Joy Has A Name // 7 Workers For Christ - Joel Virgo // Philippians 2:19-30

The way that God works in our hearts to grow and mature us often involves pain and suffering. It is not often that progress comes from a context of comfort. Paul describes Timothy and Epaphroditus as a slave and a soldier, implying that they have experienced pain. Here Paul is wanting to encourage the Philippians to look at mature Christians who display Christ-likeness in order to learn from them.