Senior Pastor
In Sunday’s message, we see Paul draw upon the deep teaching of the incarnation as a solution to the divisions and infighting being experienced in the Church at Philippi. He calls the church to imitate Christ who refused to take advantage of his divine prerogatives and became a common servant to humanity.
How does the church achieve unity? In Sunday’s passage, Paul makes an impassioned appeal to imitate Christ in his humility. It is this humble mindset that makes Christian unity possible and so attractive.
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Paul’s great affection for the Philippian church is evident in the early verses of this letter where he identifies Philippians believers as saints– those who have been set apart by God for his purposes. Because that designation brings with it the responsibility to live holy lives, we should live out of our identity and spiritual calling. Paul also calls us to maintain joy despite our circumstances because our joy is based upon a deep seated trust in God that he will work in and through our circumstances to bring about his purposes in our lives.
In this message, we will be taking a bird’s-eye view of Philippians, looking at authorship, original audience, date, purpose of writing and the broad outline of the book.
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Life’s struggles are common to all. In this portion of Jacob’s life he suffers three tragedies in short order: the death of his beloved nanny Deborah, the tragic and unexpected death of his beloved wife Rachel, and finally the death of his father Isaac. Jacob’s dysfunctional family set aside their differences and gave Isaac a proper burial.
After the terrible massacre at Shechem, Jacob and his family recognize their need to repent before God and walk faithfully with him again. Jacob finally makes good on his vow to return to Bethel. In a beautiful picture of repentance and heartfelt worship, the family puts away their idols, consecrates themselves to God and offers sacrifice.
In our next passage, Jacob foolishly moves his family to the Canaanite town of Shechem. After their sister Diana is violated, the brothers take matters into their own hands, bringing yet another threat to the well being of God’s people.
