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Philippians
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004 (message contributor)
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1. Living Together In Christ
Contributed on Jun 22, 2004
In this text, Paul suggests three means through which we can live together in Christ. They summarize the content of this book.
LIVING TOGETHER IN CHRIST Philippians 1:3-11 INTRODUCTION A. Living together requires more than living in the same house with someone. 1. During the week of Christmas 2001, Christine and I spent a week at her brother’s in Marquette, MI, along with her sister’s family from Oceanside, CA, ...read more
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2. Living Together To Advance The Gospel
Contributed on Jun 22, 2004
God often uses strange tools to help us advance the Gospel as pioneers. From Paul, we see two of those tools.
LIVING TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL Philippians 1:12-18 INTRODUCTION A. Three German Christian preachers who stood out as preachers in WWII Germany: 1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who joined a movement to overthrow Hitler, lectured in the US during a period of time in which his life was ...read more
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3. Living Together With The Right Desire
Contributed on Jun 22, 2004
Paul shows us from his own life two kinds of desire that we need to have.
LIVING TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT DESIRE Philippians 1:19-26 INTRODUCTION A. How desire helped us in a basketball game against Manitowoc my junior year in high school. We were having a perfect season; we had not won a game when the eventual state champions came to town to play us. (They would ...read more
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4. Living Together With The Right Conduct
Contributed on Jun 22, 2004
There are two results to living together with the right conduct.
LIVING TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT CONDUCT Philippians 1:27-30 INTRODUCTION A. We often fail to live with the right conduct in the church. 1. One day a little boy complained that his new shoes were hurting his feet. His teacher looked down at his feet. No wonder they hurt, his shoes were on ...read more
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5. Living Together With Like Minds
Contributed on Jun 23, 2004
Paul discusses two actions that will give us like minds.
LIVING TOGETHER WITH LIKE MINDS Philippians 2:1-11 INTRODUCTION A. Spock performing the Vulcan mind meld on Star Trek at the OK Corral, so they would think the bullets were not real. • We have a better basis for which to have like minds, and Paul gives it to us before he calls for us to ...read more
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6. Living Together In Obedience
Contributed on Jun 23, 2004
Paul gives us two requirements for living together in obedience to God.
LIVING TOGETHER IN OBEDIENCE Philippians 2:12-18 INTRODUCTION A. Sometimes we set the course, but we need to allow God to be the unchangeable standard that we obey: 1. Lighthouse illustration: The captain of the ship looked into the dark night and saw faint lights in the distance. ...read more
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7. Living Together In Service
Contributed on Jun 23, 2004
The two men Paul introduces us to in this text demonstrate two qualities of people who live together in service.
2002-07 G-4 M-1 (86-76) LIVING TOGETHER IN SERVICE Philippians 2:19-30 INTRODUCTION A. Have you been playing it safe as a Christian? – illustration: A Georgia farmer, ragged and bare-footed, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water. ...read more
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8. Living Together By The Right Pattern
Contributed on Jun 23, 2004
There are two reasons we need to live by the right pattern: the first is negative; the second is positive.
LIVING TOGETHER BY THE RIGHT PATTERN Philippians 3:17-4:1 INTRODUCTION A. How Christine lays out a pattern to sew by: 1. She spreads it out on the table, and I will come home to find the dining room table taken over by her material as she cuts out a pattern. 2. The items she is cutting ...read more
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9. Living Together In Personal Thanksgiving
Contributed on Jun 23, 2004
Paul cites for us one attitude and one action that enable us to live together in personal thanksgiving.
LIVING TOGETHER IN PERSONAL THANKSGIVING Philippians 4:10-20 INTRODUCTION A. We have much to be thankful for in America, yet we are not always thankful. 1. "If the rich young ruler was rich, what am I?" by William Boice. Dear Lord, I have been re-reading the record of the Rich ...read more
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10. A Final Look At Living Together In Christ
Contributed on Jun 23, 2004
In this final look at living together in Christ Paul mentions two concerns that we need to have in perspective for living together.
A FINAL LOOK AT LIVING TOGETHER IN CHRIST Philippians 4:21-23 INTRODUCTION A. Viet Nam veteran who had just returned from Viet Nam and called his mother. The phone rang in the home of high society Boston. On the other end of the line was a son who had just returned from Vietnam and was ...read more