God Finishes What He Begins.

Christmas Eve Service at 7 pm | Offering: Awaken City Boston

2020 Will Be a Year That We Will Never Forget.

1. The Lord Often Does His Best Work in the Worst of Times.

Paul Wrote This Letter in Prison.

After Jesus was Born, Herod the Great Killed All of the Male Children in Bethlehem.

But Not Even a Roman Cross Could Stop God From Completing His Work.

2. What God Begins, He Finishes.

3. The Good Work That the Lord Began in the Church, He Will Bring to Completion.

4. In This Season, We Need to Comfort & Encourage, But Keep Moving Forward

Band of Brothers : Incompetent Lieutenant Dike).

5. God Has Given Us Grace for This Moment & The Work That He Began, He Will Complete.

Background to Paul’s Letter to the Philippians

Another Thanksgiving & Prayer Passage (Like Ephesians 1 & Colossians 1)

Paul Shows His Concern & Gratitude for the Philippians (every time I pray for you, I pray with thanksgiving)

He Highlights Some of the Main Themes of the Letter: Joy in Particular.

This Joy Stems from Their Partnership in the Gospel.

Band of Brothers: Close Bond Through Hardship, Sacrifice & Shared Mission

Tim & The Agape Bag Initiative.

I. We are Partners in the Gospel.

Paul Uses the Word Partnership in Reference to the Church.

Plato Used the Word to Refer to a Business Partnership.

We Aren’t Looking for Attenders; We’re Looking for Partners. Attenders Consume; Partners are Consumed.

The Mall, Movies & Netflix are for Consumers. The Church is for Those Who Want to Be Consumed.

Because We are Consumed By Grace, We’re Ready to Be Consumed By the Mission.

II. We are Partakers of Grace.

Grace Drew us to Christ & Grace Shall Lead Us Home.

When Grace Takes Hold of You, It Changes You to the Core of Your Being.

Coffee Beans in Water vs. Brewed Coffee Illustration

Some Christians Look Like Beans in Coffee: The Problem is that You Can Pick Out the Beans.

Partakers of Grace Give Everything Because They Have Been Given Everything.

III. We are Positioned in this Moment.

He Who Began a Good Work in You (Past Tense) Will Bring It Onto Completion (Future Tense).

What is In Between is the Present.

The God Who Called Us to Himself & The God Waiting For Us In Eternity is Our Present Help Now.

Advent Means Coming: 1st Coming at Christmas. Ready for His Second Advent.

Day of Christ: Paul Mentions This Twice.

What God Began at Christmas, He Finishes With Easter.