Sermon Tone Analysis

Week 4 Phil 2:1-11

a.

The right marks of unity

b.

The right means of unity

c.

Our model for unity

Week 5 Phil 2:12-18

a. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling

b.

Understand your part in sanctification

c.

Stop complaining

Week 6 Phil 2: 19-30

a. Paul’s son in the faith: Timothy

b.

Epaphroditus: The common man

c. 3 Men whose lives are worth imitating

Week 7 Phil 3:1-11

a.

Put no confidence in the flesh

b.

Pauls religious credits

c.

The righteousness of God

Week 8 Phil 3:12-16

a.

A Foot Race

b.

Can we achieve spiritual perfection?

c.

What does Christ likeness require?

Week 9 Phil 3:17-21

a.

The enemies of the cross

b Gentile Libertines

c.

Our Hope in Christ

Week 10 Phil 4:1-9

a. Church Splits

b.

Antidotes to anxiety

c.

How we should pray

Week 11 Phil 10-13

a. Principles of contentment

b.

Confidence in God’s providence

c.

Living independent of circumstances

Week 12 Phil 14-23

a.

The gift that brought Paul Joy

b.

The saints of God

c. Closing

Following Jesus as Joy

​Philippians 2:1–11 NKJVTherefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The theme of this chapter is a submissive mind

Paul gives four examples

— Jesus (2:1-11)

— Paul himself (2:12-18)

— Timothy (2:19-24)

— Epaphroditus (2:25-30)

Unity requires a shared struggle

(1:1-2) Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

Four (4) IF’s Rhetorical

— 1 - encouragement in Christ

— 2- consolation of love

— 3-fellowship of the spirit

— 4-affection and compassion

Unity requires understanding

Current focus

— No time for petty disputes

— Focus on reaching the South Bay for Christ with the gospel of Christ

Unity Requires

— Shared Attitude

— shared passion

— sharing in Christ’s sufferings

— shared purity

— shared struggle

— shared understanding

Right Motives

(2:1- 2a) Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Q: What is the “Therefore” there for?

Because (1:27) we are united in one mind and one spirit, we must therefore...

Formula for spiritual unity

— right motives (2:1-2a)

— right marks (2:2)

— right means (2:3-4)

(2:1) Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ

Encouragement παράκλησις (paraklesis) Encouragement

— come alongside, counsel, help, encourage, exhort

— consolation

We have experienced