BREAKING AWAY FROM SELFISHNESS (6)
by Tim Melton
Scripture: Philippians 2:19-30
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Breaking Away From Selfishness (6)
Series: Philippians
Tim Melton
Philippians 2:19-30
In these verses Paul continues to call those in the church in Philippi to humble themselves as Christ did. In this way they will live in unity and reflect the light of Christ to the dark world around them.
Paul first gave Christ as the ultimate example of humility. Now he continued by giving two other examples. Join me as we look at Philippians 2:19-30.
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. 23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
Paul starts out stating that his hope is in the Lord Jesus. Paul does not describe Jesus as, the son of a carpenter, or Jesus of Nazareth, or even Jesus the good teacher, but Lord Jesus.
In that day, many, especially in Philippi, were committed to Caesar as Lord, who had ultimate power and who demanded complete allegiance from all who lived in the Roman Empire, but in this phrase Paul is proclaiming that it is Jesus who has his full allegiance. It is Jesus who is Lord over all.
When we think of the word Lord it affects us in two different ways. The first is the truth that Jesus is Lord of all. As Paul had just written in verses 10-11, Jesus has been given, ''the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.''
The second way of relating to the Lordship of Christ is not just as the sovereign Lord who rules over all things, but as the Lord who rul ...
Series: Philippians
Tim Melton
Philippians 2:19-30
In these verses Paul continues to call those in the church in Philippi to humble themselves as Christ did. In this way they will live in unity and reflect the light of Christ to the dark world around them.
Paul first gave Christ as the ultimate example of humility. Now he continued by giving two other examples. Join me as we look at Philippians 2:19-30.
19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy's proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. 23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
Paul starts out stating that his hope is in the Lord Jesus. Paul does not describe Jesus as, the son of a carpenter, or Jesus of Nazareth, or even Jesus the good teacher, but Lord Jesus.
In that day, many, especially in Philippi, were committed to Caesar as Lord, who had ultimate power and who demanded complete allegiance from all who lived in the Roman Empire, but in this phrase Paul is proclaiming that it is Jesus who has his full allegiance. It is Jesus who is Lord over all.
When we think of the word Lord it affects us in two different ways. The first is the truth that Jesus is Lord of all. As Paul had just written in verses 10-11, Jesus has been given, ''the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.''
The second way of relating to the Lordship of Christ is not just as the sovereign Lord who rules over all things, but as the Lord who rul ...
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