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Philippians 1
*Introduction:* The Philippians church was started by Paul.
Philippians was known as “Little Rome”.
The theme of Philippians is joy, the happiness and peace of knowing Christ as Savior.
Paul was imprisoned during this time and he was happy.
Prison in those days was not like it is today.
He is concerned that pride and quarreling are spoiling the fellowship at the church.
Paul reminds the believers that Christ was our example to follow.
Christ was a servant and a slave for us and died for us as well.
The Jew were looking for Christ the king to come back and take all their problems away and is that not what many people are looking for today?
Paul warns them about false teachers teaching the law and not Grace.
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I. Paul greets the Philippians.
Verses 1-11.
!! A. Timothy is with Paul and they both see themselves as servants and slaves for Christ.
!! B. He writes to both the leaders and members calling them Saints.
!!! 1. Which means = set apart to live holy life’s for Christ.
!!! 2. “They do this by living ‘in Christ’ — their whole lives caught up in his holiness.”[1]
!!! 3. Paul greets them with Grace and Peace.
!!!! a) Grace means = God’s overwhelming goodness towards us.
!!!!! (1) There is nothing we can do to get Grace, it is from God simply because He loves us.
!!!! b) Peace means = the harmony God gives to our lives and relationships.[2]
!!!!! (1) As I have been teaching you, we can have a joyess life here on earth with all our problems.
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II.
Thanksgiving and prayer (verses 3-11)
!! A. Verse 3; Every time Paul thinks of the church at Philippians he would start to rejoice.
!!! 1. Paul was happy in what was going on there.
!!! 2. People growing in the Lord.
!!! 3. People there were growing and having a relationship with Christ.
!! B. Verse 4; Paul is always praying for them.
!!! 1. Every time Paul prays he remembers the Philippians’ church and everyone in it.
!!! 2. The sum of this Epistle is joy in Christ.
!!!! a) The word joy appears 19 time in this book.
!!!! b) The name of Jesus Christ appears 40 times in this book.
!!!! c) I want you to think about something here, churches today have all kinds of program to keep us happy.
When all our happiness should come from our relationship with Christ.
!! C. Verse 5; Here Paul takes about fellowship.
!!! 1. Fellowship means = that which believers can share of the things of Christ.[3]
!!! 2. There is 3 elements that come into play to have fellowship.
!!!! a) Sharing the things of Christ.
That is what we are doing right now.
!!!!! (1) Testimonies which we did two Sundays ago.
!!!!! (2) Anything we do that centers around Christ is fellowship.
!!!! b) Working together for Christ.
!!!!! (1) Bible studies, Sunday services, a time of learning together.
!!!! c) All this results in sweet fellowship together in Christ.
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III.
Verse 6
!! A. Paul was convinced that God can perform what He started out to do.
!!! 1. Paul saw what God had done in his life.
!! B. We are in God’s hand and we can be happy even though we don’t know where the money is going to come from with whatever financial problem we have.
!!! 1. Galatians 3:3 Are ye so foolish?
having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
!!! 2. We must never forget how we begun by faith, must continue by faith.
!!! 3.
This is where must Christians lose it and their live becomes miserable.
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IV. Verse 7
!! A. Paul and the Philippians church had a close relationship.
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They prayed for each other and helped each other with money and send help when needed.
!!! 2. Just like each of you praying for my wife and I, that God will not let the devil get to us and our financial needs.
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V. Verse 8
!! A. Most of what takes place in us does not necessarily take place from the brain, but from the bowls.
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When you first saw your spouse, did the feeling come from your brain?
!!! 2. When we feel we feel from our inter most being not our brain.
!! B. Paul longs for the people in the Philippians church.
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He had a special place in his heart for them.
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VI. Verse 9
!! A. Our love should always be overflowing.
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A perpetual flood.
!! B. Always with Godly knowledge to back it up.
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We are not to do stupid things.
!!! 2. Example; some people down at the missions.
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Verse 10
!! A. We do what it says in verse 9 so that we will recognize what is important in our lives.
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Our relationship with Christ and not our jobs.
!!! 2. Like getting a good night sleep Sat.
night as to be at church on Sunday.
!!! 3. Giving to God more than other things.
!!! 4. Distinguish between good and evil.
This is not always black and white.
!!!! a) In the Greek it says, “ to test the things that differ”.
!! B. Always remembering that what we do, others see and that can cause them to stumble or to come to Christ.
!!! 1. *1 Corinthians 10:32*, Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
!! C. We may have several options in our lives as we serve the Lord.
Which one is right?
!!! 1. Example; say we have two directions in our lives and we don’t know which one to take.
!!!! a) We are to pray and test each one, which one seems best in God’s will and take it.
!!!! b) We find out that it is not working and than we are to try the other way and it starts to work for us.
!! D. The word “sincere” means without wax.
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The Roman used to destroy everything until they realized the importance of national treasure.
!!! 2. After this happened, they would have art treasures that were broken and they would put wax in the broken cracks to make them look perfect.
!!! 3. Sincere means without wax and is telling the people that what you are getting is a perfect piece.
!! E. God is telling us here not to be a phony Christian, be the real thing.
People around you will know the differents.
!! F. We are to be blameless.
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We will never be without offence to people.
!!!! a) The Gospel it self will offend people.
!!!! b) People might be offended and some rumors will start, we should make sure that none of them are true.
!!!! c) If it came down to a court hearing about the offence, they could not prove it.
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