To Know Him and Make Him Known
We are all pursuing something, either our immediate satisfaction or our ultimate transformation. Paul challenges us to make our life’s pursuit to be “Me 2.0” in God’s eternal kingdom. If we are going to do this, it will require us to think differently; we have to be humble, refuse to get stuck in the past,…
God has communicated clearly what He wants from us. He is not impressed by our lineage, accomplishments, or status as moral people, because they cause us to shift all our confidence and hope onto our own abilities and skills. The only way to be “good” with God is to put all of our confidence in…
Ahhhh…role models. Is there even a point to following them anymore?
Paul delivers to the Philippians their mission as a church: to shine as lights in the world and hold fast the word of life. Carrying it out successfully calls for getting rid of hindrances and meeting certain requirements. But it’s worth the effort, both for future glory for Christ and for present joy in serving…
Sermon Summary: While God alone is the one who gives the gift of salvation, those of us who receive it are responsible to put it into practice in our everyday life. We do this by taking the initiative to obey God while trusting Him to empower our efforts to obey Him.
Sermon Summary: Living in a completely selfless and others-centered way is impossible unless we learn to think the way that Jesus thought. But if we come to Jesus in desperate faith, he can help us to think differently about ourselves and others, which will enable us to live the way that Jesus lived.
Paul expects us to make sure we understand that our lifestyle (the values, goals, and choices that we live by) is “in sync” with the good news about Jesus. To help us judge how we’re doing, he gives us four benchmarks in this passage to help us measure how closely our own personal lifestyle matches…