Choosing Joy

Philippians 1:1-11

Jesus: 1:1-2

Philippians 1:1–2

1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

2Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

His Supremacy: “the servants of Jesus Christ”

Our Savior: “to all saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and

deacons:”

His Sovereignty: “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Others: 1:3-8

Philippians 1:3–8

3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

5For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Remember Others: 1:3-5

Summon to Mind Others: “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”

Supplicate for Others: “Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,”

Similarity of Others: “For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;”

Regarding Others: 1:6-8

Sureness: “Being confident of this very thing,”

Success: “that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: 7Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel,”

Synergism: “ye all are partakers of my grace.”

Soft Hearted: “For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.”

You: 1:9-11

Philippians 1:9–11

9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Swell in Love: “And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;”

Sanction the Excellent: “That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;”

Saturated with Fruit: “Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.”