Forming a Firm Family, Philippians 1:9–11

Knowledge: Love that Abounds, Phil.1:9

Philippians 1:9 ESV

9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,

Gen.2:24-25; 1 Cor.7:3-5

Genesis 2:24–25 ESV

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

1 Corinthians 7:3–5 ESV

3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Attitude: Excellence that is Approved, Phil.1:10

Philippians 1:10a ESV

10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

Action: Life that is Pure and Blameless, Phil.1:10-11

Philippians 1:10–11 ESV

10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Ps.11:3

Psalm 11:3 ESV

3 if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”