How to Get Along with others Philippians 2:1-11

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Philippians 2:9-11 Outline with Blanks Completed Outline Scroll to 20:45 for sermon Philippians 2:1-11 All right, if you’ll remain standing, we’ll read some scripture here. This is Philippians chapter 2, verses 9 through 11. Perhaps some familiar verses to you but let me read it for you. Therefore, God exalted him, that’s Jesus, to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, the glory of God the Father. Well, I’m looking at the clock on the back wall and it looks to me like I have an hour and 40 minutes to preach. So, we close at about 11 and it’s 9:21 or 22, so no we won’t do that. We won’t go that long. But glad you’re here this morning on this sunny Sunday afternoon or morning, I guess it is. I’m missing that hour of sleep as well. Hey, we’ve been looking at the book of Philippians. And so, I like to just kind of review and bring us up to speed and kind of set the context. And so, let’s do that this morning. This is message number five, I think, on the book of Philippians. It’s called the Joy Epistle. And one of the reasons is because the word joy and rejoice is found 14 times in this short letter. And it’s written from Rome. Paul’s under house arrest. He’s been on trial, and he requests a hearing with Caesar. And so, Paul always wanted to go to Rome and preach the gospel. I’m not quite sure this is how he expected to get to Rome as a prisoner. Isn’t that the way God works sometimes in our lives? We have these expectations. We think what’s going to happen. And oftentimes God has a different plan. But Paul did get to Rome and he’s a prisoner and he does get to preach the gospel. And so not only does he preach the gospel and some of Caesar’s household comes to faith in Christ. Because if you get to the end of the book, Paul’s sending greetings to the church at Philippi. And he says, all those in Caesar’s household greet you. And so, through Paul’s witness in prison, some of Caesar’s household came to know Christ as their savior. And Paul also, he was there for about two years under house arrest. He was able to have visitors come and go. He also used his time wisely. He wrote four letters. We have them in our Bible. They’re known as the prison epistles. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, not Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and then Philemon. Those are the four prison epistles. So, Philippians is basically a thank you note. The church at Philippi had taken an offering and sent a gift with a fellow by the name of Epaphroditus. He makes his way from Philippi to Rome, and he gives that gift to Paul. And Paul the apostle is writing now a thank you letter that he wants to send back with Epaphroditus to thank the church for their giving. Philippians is also Paul’s most personal letter. He was the founding pastor of the church there. It was Lydia who was the first European convert at a woman’s prayer meeting that came to faith in Christ in her household. It was the Philippian jailer that came to faith in Christ in his household. And Paul ministered these people, and he loved these people. So, when he writes this letter, it’s a personal letter, and he says, I have you in my thoughts. Every time I remember you, I thank God for you. And then he said, I have you in my prayers. Paul said, I’m praying for you. I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And then Paul says, I have you in my heart. He loved these people. He says, it is right for me to feel this way. This is Philippians 1:7-8. Since I have you in my heart, God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Jesus. So, Paul had a very close relationship with these believers in Philippi. Well, then we looked at verses 9-11. Paul said, I’m praying for you. And

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