Sermon Tone Analysis

If the end.

we've gathered 15 times together as we have, looked at this letter to the church, there in Philippine a letter in the scriptures, we called Philippians and and I don't know about you, but this letter has been such a blessing and just a joy to go through as your pastor.

It's, it's been an encouragement.

And you don't we started this this letter in October.

And what an amazing way to go through a flip Ians as as we close out the year and begin a new year.

and,

To end and begin.

With a letter that focuses.

On the joy.

The peace.

The god extends his children.

Through his son, Jesus Christ.

This is been just an amazing letter for me to to study through and I hope that as we have gone through that you have found time to read through this letter multiple times.

If you have not sat down and read it all the way through, I would encourage you to do that, it's just for chapters.

And what a fitting letter is Ben.

It is talking about how to, to pursue joy and peace.

Not because we have great circumstances.

but in the midst of our circumstances, in the midst of our sorrows,

We can find.

A letter today, closes.

With, with just three verses.

Often I have seen where it where folks will just even just kind of hung up there with him, okay, done move on to the next like all these are just a little you know, those little personal greetings and and move on.

I didn't want to do that for us today.

So I'm sure last week some of you were like really he's going to do a whole sermon on 3 vs why?

Yes, I mean this these verses are loaded.

And I'm excited about them.

I mean,

they're crucial.

they're crucial for you and I for the church today, Search me liking these three verses.

We're going to look at at God getting the glory.

Where our focus should be, we're going to look at at the greetings to the Saints.

You're like really, there's a sermon about greetings to the Saints.

You back, it's about the interaction of God's people together.

We're going to look at the grace, that's extended to you.

And I the very thing in which we find our strength in Our Hope,

I want to start this morning.

Bye bye looking.

Apple's opening words as we consider is closing words.

So if you would follow along as you turn to Philippians and if you were in chapter 4, good for you but we're going to go back to chapter one just for a moment.

Chapter 1, the first four verses Paul says, this is he pens a letter to these dear Saints.

He says, Paul and Timothy Bond Servants of Christ, Jesus.

To all the saints in Christ.

Jesus, who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons Grace.

To you and peace from God.

Our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God and all my remembrance of you always offering prayer with joy.

In every prayer for you.

All turn the chapter 4.

Paul closes his letter.

This way verse 20.

Now.

To our God and Father.

Be the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Greet.

Every saint in Christ.

Jesus.

The Brethren who are here who are with me, greet.

You all the same street, you especially those of Caesar's household.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, be with your spirit.

I mean, these are powerful versus would you not agree?

Some, are you going?

Not sure how yet, but okay.

Yeah, these are exciting versus for me because they they deal with practicality.

Hey, it begins with the glory being given to God.

Glory to God.

Our Focus he goes now

Now glory to God because now Philippians read this.

Here this Church.

Our focus is to be on God.

Our focus is to bring glory to him.

Church of parachute.

Readers.

Now.

Now, to our God and Father.

You know, Glory.

Not a word.

We use very often in our vocabulary, is it?

I'm not sure you is the church, go around asking your family.

Members are.

Are you bringing glory to God?

I don't know if that's part of your vocabulary.

At the dinner table.

I looking at your son, or your daughter and saying, are you glorifying God?

When we don't use that vocabulary.

I think we should.

I mean, we we seeing it in songs and in different things but what is gloring?

How do what is giving glory to God? Truly look like, It's simply this honor.

Giving God honor.

Giving him something praiseworthy.

We have to back up though is God truly praiseworthy in our life.

Do we live a life that everybody reading our story?

when they look, the only thing they can do is give praise to God.

Or is there praise going somewhere else?

Glory honor.

Forever and ever.

That's a long time.

It's an ongoing thing.

It's not a, I give glory to God every Sunday.

No.