This passage (familiar to most) describes and encourages living in a Kingdomly way that impacts every area of our life.
To encourage and equip people to love God, love our neighbors, and share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
To encourage and equip people to love God, love our neighbors, and share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Sermons on Christian Life
At the start of this new chapter, Paul goes right into a discussion about the importance (and imperative!) of a life lived in devotion to the Lord Jesus, which manifests itself in holiness. Paul specifically calls it a “walk”. The walk is a Jewish euphemism that we actually understand in our own culture (i.e. whenever we say something like “don’t just talk the talk, walk the walk”). To Paul, it matters whether not we are actually living out the devotion to our King that we claim we have. Are we walking this walk?
The Triumphal Entry that we remember on Palm Sunday was something that revealed to the world at large that Jesus was proclaiming to be the Messiah. Thankfully, he was bringing something greater than what the crowds could imagine.
In this section of Philippians, Paul makes a bold statement about our source of life. We will look at how this was true for Paul and how it is true for us today.
The letter to Philippians is unique in comparison with many of the writings of Paul. As we begin to explore this letter, we will examine the background of his writing, and begin to look at the Gospel message that Paul was sending to this church, and to the church at large.