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Not Ashamed in Life and in Death

Once the great fear of death is resolved (getting to the point we are at peace about God making the choice plus all the circumstances of timing & details), we can focus on Paul’s main concern, that he will be faithful to God & His gospel in life and in death. And we WILL be faithful because God is faithful to us.

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Anything For You, Gospel!

Often the world shows more zeal for terrible ideas than Christians devote to the truth. Paul shows us otherwise, a commitment to gospel advance which surpasses all his comforts, logic, and rights. Then, not sulking in what’s lost, he revels in the joy of salvation and mission.

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How I am Praying for You

Concluding his opening prayer, Paul shares his heart (better, his guts!) for these saints & siblings in Philippi, asking God to increase their love exponentially via discernment, ever aiming for what is excellent, to better praise & glorify God. This is how we must be praying for one another in our gospel koinonia, until the Day of Christ Jesus.

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Grace & Peace from Father & Son

This great epistle of joy opens with a reminder of God’s grace which produces God’s peace, leading from “the first day” to our full partnership, or koinonia, in the gospel. This sense of mission informs our prayers and overwhelms any discouragement we have in being apart. It assures us all the more that God will finish all His good work in & through us.

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All Salvation is of the Lord

Acts as a whole (Church History’s First Chapter) shows that Lydia of Philippi was not alone in needing God’s sovereign grace to open her heart, to cause her to pay fruitful attention to the preached word, and to believe & repent. This is the consistent view of personal salvation and Kingdom progress in the New Testament.

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The Lord is Opening Hearts to Respond

The back-story for the ‘first Euro church’ includes the dramatic conversions of Lydia, a slave-girl, and a jailer … with supernatural wonders plus the clear news that GOD must open territorial doors AND the doors of our hearts … but that is what He does!

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Nailing This Down

“Nailing it down” is a figure of speech about confidence and commitment. The nail by which a bondservant was formally dedicated to his master’s lifelong service matched the nails by which Jesus was affixed to the cross. These give sinners confidence if the record of our sins was nailed to that same cross with Christ (acc. to Colossians 2).

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Every Knee & Every Tongue

Of course, under the Bible’s careful description, we ARE Christian nationalists (see Psalm 2)! Our word to ourselves, the high, and the low is to cease rebelling against the LORD & His Anointed (Christ), serving Him in all our roles and relations. Blessed are all who ‘kiss’ and hide in the Son.

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Blessed Is THE Man

Psalm 1 with Ps. 2 form the Psalter’s intro, asserting God’s rightful interest in things personal & cosmic. In Ps. 1, the wicked & righteous man are contrasted, but both are revealed in their relationship to God & His word. May you be judged righteous in THE Righteous Man.

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The Sin & the Story, the Song & the Savior, Cont’d

Part 2 of this sermon on Psalm 51 (the Sin, Story, Song, and Savior) emphasized the inside (heart) work which God must do, to make us clean within … and how that impacts joy, witness, & sacrificial service to Him. All this points to the impact of our Savior, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of atonement.

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