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Rules to Live By
We’ve all got them.
Some of us just aren’t brave enough to tell anybody.
I don’t have many.
Some, I’ve already shared at different times.
But, here are a few.
Use your friends wisely.
If you’re good for something I will make sure I get some of it.
Be the 1st one to turn on the TV.
You will have a distinct advantage is choosing what you watch.
I tend to avoid the cooking shows and dancing shows.
More sports and crime.
I always eat whatever Sara puts in front of me whether I like it or not.
Never, under any circumstances, try to organize Sara’s kitchen.
I just try to find what I need and get out quickly.
When I’m trying to find something it’s always dangerous to ask where it is today.
And, it’s scary to try to think like here.
Don’t get frustrated w/ the futility of trying to organize the garage.
After a few weeks I’ll get my work bench cleared off just to give someone else the opportunity to stack paper towels, toilet paper, and cans of food on it.
There are 3 places in the house that are mine.
My spot on the sofa, my seat at the dinner table, my side of the bed.
Outside of that, I have no squatters rights anywhere in my big house and will not try to occupy any of it.
There’s another rule that would be good for all of us to have near the top of our respective lists.
Paul wrote this to the Philippian church:
Here’s the rule:
Be more concerned that everybody else gets what they need before being concerned about what you want.
But, who really does this?
It would be great if he were writing this from the recipients perspective.
But, he’s not.
He’s writing this from the giver’s perspective.
This costs us something.
What do you think he was thinking when he wrote this?
He goes on to write that Jesus did this.
Jesus was more concerned about what we need than He was about what He wanted.
He was in heaven, came to earth, born, lived, died, tortured, all so we could live.
In the Garden, “Not my will but Your will be done.”
Sure, He did it.
But, He’s God.
We’re just mere mortals living in culture that is becoming more and more “me” focused.
This is counter-cultural.
We should more concerned about what everyone else needs before we are concerned about what we want.
Who does this?! Hopefully, a lot of us.
B/C, where this is one of the rules to live by, it’s a good place to be.
Does Paul really understand what he’s saying here?
I think he does.
Who does this?! Hopefully, a lot of us.
B/C, where this is one of the rules to live by, it’s a good place to be.
B/C, here’s what happened when he got to Philippi the first time.
Encounters w/ 3 different people.
Probably, no more ethnically diverse group in any other passage.
A wealthy, business-owning woman.
Born Gentile, became Jewish and kept a lot of the law.
A young, demon-possessed, slave girl who was being used and abused by her owners to make them a lot of money.
And, a suicidal Roman jailer.
They all needed something he could help them get.
And, in each case it cost him something.
First, Lydia.
A woman like no other he would have ever encountered in his previous life as Pharisee.
If he had, and treated her like he did here, he would have been ostracized by the rest.
His reputation would have been ruined.
Lydia, a Gentile Business Owner
Acts 16:
The journey to Philippi
Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke are traveling together.
This is Paul’s second journey.
Remember, last week he and Barnabas split up over the issue of whether or not to take Mark.
Barnabas took Mark and went to Cyprus.
Paul took Silas, was later joined by Timothy and Luke, and they headed for Macedonia in northern Greece.
Philippi was a principal city in the Macedonian region.
A Roman colony.
Meaning, all the rights, rules, and privileges of being Roman applied even though it was so far away from Rome.
It was a wealthy city.
There were copper, silver, and gold mines in the vicinity.
Not only did this provide nice incomes for these mine-owners, all of the support and service businesses did well, too.
There was a strong Roman and educated presence.
And, just a small Jewish presence.
The Greek and Roman culture afforded women more opportunities than the Jewish culture.
Paul and his traveling companions found a group of women praying and engaged them regarding Jesus and their faith.
Lydia was part of this group and proved t/b a valuable asset to the church that would be established here later.
Lydia was a leader
This was a regular gathering spot for the women to come and pray.
It was by a river where they could practice the ceremonial washings of Jewish law.
Can’t say about all of them, but Lydia was not born Jewish.
She was Gentile.
But, she became Jewish and practiced at least some of the law.
A Jewish woman, by law, was not allowed to own a business.
She didn’t obey this one.
She was a
In saying she dealt w/ purple cloth, what Luke meant was she sold expensive clothes to wealthy people.
And, she was the head of her household.
So, either divorced or widowed.
Her home become the place where the Philippian church that Paul later wrote to was birthed.
A lot of churches begin in living rooms.
You get the picture she was a high-capacity person, she got a lot done.
Luke wrote that she was a worshiper of God, that is, in a Jewish sense.
She had not met Jesus as her Savior, yet.
So Paul laid it all out.
God opened her heart and she accepted the gracious work of Jesus as her own payment for her sin and was saved.
Paul and her group went to her home and ended up staying there.
Christianity is turning the culture upside down.
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