PHILIPPIANS 1: 12-18 (4 OF 4)
Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18
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Philippians 1: 12-18 (4 of 4)
Series: Philippians
Vermon Pierre
Illus High school science class, at some point will talk about stimuli and response to stimuli. Ex. plants reacting to sunlight. Stimuli, natural response to stimuli.
Humans have same thing. An example is when someone has allergic reaction. Stimuli of certain substance - pollen, certain foods - and natural response - an allergic reaction.
These all occur at physical level. But same thing tends to happen at social and behavioral level. Especially when we talk about the stimuli of suffering and what tends to be our natural response to this suffering.
Today, describe in two ways.
1. The suffering of being betrayed by life. i.e. when life lets you down.
2. The suffering that comes when feel betrayed by people i.e. when people let you down and disappoint you.
Natural response to these two things? Anger, anxiousness, depression, selfishness, addiction
This seems like natural and inevitable reactions. But is there way for us face things not with all those negative responses, but positively? With joy even?
Yes there is a way. And the secret comes down to how we see Jesus. We've called our series in Philippians, Christ Is Life. It means Jesus is everything, is all that matters most. So if that is true, then means we can have joy and hope and life whenever you see Jesus. Whenever see people hearing about Jesus, talking about Jesus, believing in Jesus.
This the open secret of Bible that hope can get grab onto today. In our passage,
we see Paul facing both kinds of suffering. Being betrayed by life, being
betrayed by people. Learn from how he chooses to respond to them.
Let's talk about first kind of suffering. When you feel like life has betrayed
you and let you down.
Something we can forget - just how much of an all-start Paul was before he became a Christian. Paul tells us himself how awesome he was. Philippians 3:5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people o ...
Series: Philippians
Vermon Pierre
Illus High school science class, at some point will talk about stimuli and response to stimuli. Ex. plants reacting to sunlight. Stimuli, natural response to stimuli.
Humans have same thing. An example is when someone has allergic reaction. Stimuli of certain substance - pollen, certain foods - and natural response - an allergic reaction.
These all occur at physical level. But same thing tends to happen at social and behavioral level. Especially when we talk about the stimuli of suffering and what tends to be our natural response to this suffering.
Today, describe in two ways.
1. The suffering of being betrayed by life. i.e. when life lets you down.
2. The suffering that comes when feel betrayed by people i.e. when people let you down and disappoint you.
Natural response to these two things? Anger, anxiousness, depression, selfishness, addiction
This seems like natural and inevitable reactions. But is there way for us face things not with all those negative responses, but positively? With joy even?
Yes there is a way. And the secret comes down to how we see Jesus. We've called our series in Philippians, Christ Is Life. It means Jesus is everything, is all that matters most. So if that is true, then means we can have joy and hope and life whenever you see Jesus. Whenever see people hearing about Jesus, talking about Jesus, believing in Jesus.
This the open secret of Bible that hope can get grab onto today. In our passage,
we see Paul facing both kinds of suffering. Being betrayed by life, being
betrayed by people. Learn from how he chooses to respond to them.
Let's talk about first kind of suffering. When you feel like life has betrayed
you and let you down.
Something we can forget - just how much of an all-start Paul was before he became a Christian. Paul tells us himself how awesome he was. Philippians 3:5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people o ...
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