People to Follow in the Faith

Philippians 2:19-30 “The best friends are those who imitate our Lord Jesus in looking out for the interests, needs, and concerns of others. Such have been delivered from the bondage of self-obsession; they are free to live in self-forgetfulness, full of Christ’s...

What Working Out Looks Like

Philippians 2:14-18 We are told what it looks like to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Working out our salvation looks like choosing gratitude in a grumbling world (v. 14-15). “Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and...

Work Out Your Own Salvation

Philippians 2:12-13 We work out our own salvation by being committed to a “long obedience in the same direction.”  “It is this ‘long obedience in the same direction’ which the mood the world does so much to discourage. When the path of obedience to Christ...

Scooping Heavy Rocks

Philippians 2:4-11 Jesus is the reason we look to the interests of others.  Jesus empowers us to look to the interests of others (v. 5). Jesus is our example of how to look to the interests of others (v. 6-8). Jesus returning is our motivation to look to the interests...

United We Stand

Philippians 2:1-4 “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing...