SANCTIFICATION: A PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD (5)
by Tim Melton
Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18
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Sanctification: A Partnership With God (5)
Series: Philippians
Tim Melton
Philippians 2:12-18
Have you ever been in a situation where you have tried your best to live the Christian life and you just don´t have enough strength to be holy. Maybe it was with anger, pornography, over-eating, or over-shopping. Maybe it was jealousy, gossip, worry or coveting. You tried with all your power to live rightly and it did not work.
Or maybe there are others who have tried the opposite approach. By faith they sit and wait for God to deliver them from sin, but they make no effort to flee temptation, hide God´s Word in their heart, watch and pray, confess sin one to another, meditate on His Word, or throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. Besides waiting by faith, they disregard all of God´s instructions to live a holy life. They then are also overcome by temptation and wonder why god did not deliver them.
It brings us to the question. Is our living a holy life our responsibility or God´s responsibility? This passage in Philippians gives us one of the clearest answers to this question in all of scripture. Let´s pray and then we will look to what Paul had to say to the Philippians.
Paul begins today´s portion of scripture with the word ''therefore.'' That should always be a sign for us to look back at the previous verses. Paul had just spoken about unity through humility. Paul had exhorted those in the church of Philippi to be. . .
2of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
To make the point very clear Paul then gave the example of Christ´s humility. Jesus Christ was the King of kings and Lord of lords, the perfect Son of God, who had left His rightful home in heaven and come to earth to ...
Series: Philippians
Tim Melton
Philippians 2:12-18
Have you ever been in a situation where you have tried your best to live the Christian life and you just don´t have enough strength to be holy. Maybe it was with anger, pornography, over-eating, or over-shopping. Maybe it was jealousy, gossip, worry or coveting. You tried with all your power to live rightly and it did not work.
Or maybe there are others who have tried the opposite approach. By faith they sit and wait for God to deliver them from sin, but they make no effort to flee temptation, hide God´s Word in their heart, watch and pray, confess sin one to another, meditate on His Word, or throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. Besides waiting by faith, they disregard all of God´s instructions to live a holy life. They then are also overcome by temptation and wonder why god did not deliver them.
It brings us to the question. Is our living a holy life our responsibility or God´s responsibility? This passage in Philippians gives us one of the clearest answers to this question in all of scripture. Let´s pray and then we will look to what Paul had to say to the Philippians.
Paul begins today´s portion of scripture with the word ''therefore.'' That should always be a sign for us to look back at the previous verses. Paul had just spoken about unity through humility. Paul had exhorted those in the church of Philippi to be. . .
2of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
To make the point very clear Paul then gave the example of Christ´s humility. Jesus Christ was the King of kings and Lord of lords, the perfect Son of God, who had left His rightful home in heaven and come to earth to ...
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