Introduction: Philippians is one of the Apostle Paul's prison epistles, letters written by him while he was imprisoned in Rome. It is also Paul's epistle of joy, proving that one's joy in Christ can be continuous regardless of one's circumstances.
Philippians 1:6 — Christ's salvation in us commences with justification, salvation from the penalty of sin. It continues with sanctification, salvation from the power of sin. And it will be completed when Christ returns with glorification, salvation from the very presence of sin!
Philippians 1:20 — Every Christian should resolutely resolve, with the Apostle Paul, to never suffer shame over their failure to courageously glorify Christ at all cost, whether it be in their lives or by their deaths.
Philippians 1:21 — Life is Christ, for Christ is what life is all about! Death, on the other hand, is gain, for all who've learned what life is all about, since they'll no longer be living temporarily for Christ in the here and now, but eternally with Christ in the hereafter!
"If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gan everything!" (Blaise Pascal)
Philippians 1:28-29 — Contrary to popular opinion, we're not guarded from suffering, but it is actually given to us to suffer for Christ's sake. Furthermore, our faithfulness and fearlessness in our suffering, serves as a sure sign of our salvation and our persecutors' perdition.
Philippians 2:1-4 — To lose oneself in love for the Lord and others is to be liberated from the cruelest of all taskmasters; namely, from self and all self-concerns.
Philippians 2:5-8 — The fullness of divine glory, which Christ enjoyed in the form of God before His Incarnation, was emptied into the form of a man in His Incarnation.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, the divine became human.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, our Sovereign became our servant.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, the hallowed put on humility.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, the Ruler of Heaven relinquished His regality in order to make Himself of no earthly reputation.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, the Lord of life became obedient unto death.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, divine glory was deposited into a human body.
Philippians 2:5-8 — In the incredible miracle of the Incarnation, divine glory was covered by corruptible flesh.
Philippians 2:7 — No one worried about their reputation—what men think and say about them—will ever be a faithful follower of Christ, who made Himself of no reputation.
Philippians 2:9-11 — The name of Jesus is the name above all names, the one every knee will eventually bow to and every tongue will eventually confess.
Philippians 2:9-11 — Everyone will bow before Christ and confess Him as Lord, either voluntarily in the day of their salvation or mandatorily in the day of their condemnation.
Philippians 2:12-13 — Although we can’t work for our salvation, since it is dependent on Christ’s work, not ours, we can work out our salvation; that is, we can daily conform externally to the work Christ is working in our hearts internally, which makes us want to do, as well as do, what pleases Him.
Philippians 2:13 — Anyone who doesn't want to please God doesn't have God working in their heart, since God works in the hearts of all Christians so that they will not only do, but want to do what pleases God!
Philippians 3:1 — To safeguard our faith in every situation, we should never tire of reminding ourselves to rejoice in the Lord, regardless of what happens.
Philippians 3:3 — It’s not circumcision that distinguishes Christians as God’s peculiar people, as it did the Jews. Instead, it is reliance on the Spirit rather than the flesh and glorying in Christ rather than in themselves that distinguishing Christians from all other people.
Philippians 3:7 — Every loss is great gain, if day by day, Christ fills the void of all He takes away!
Philippians 3:8 — To embrace Christ we must empty our arms of all other things; otherwise, we’ll relinquish an eternal acquaintance with God in order to hold on to the temporal refuse of this world.
Philippians 3:8 — To embrace Christ, you must empty your arms of everything else, counting it all but garbage in comparison to gaining Christ.
Philippians 3:10 — Life is all about knowing Jesus Christ. If you don’t know Him, you don’t know what life is all about!
Philippians 3:10 — When we suffer as Christians, we enter into the fellowship of Christ's sufferings, by which we are conformed to Christlikeness.
“We will never be a victorious church until we see suffering as a divine gift.” (Dietirch Bonhoeffer)
Philippians 3:18-19 —To glory and take pride in the shame of sin is one of the distinguishing marks of an enemy of the cross of Christ.
Philippians 3:20 — Christians are not citizens of this world waiting to get to Heaven, but citizens of Heaven while they are in this world.
Philippians 3:20 — While Christians presently abide on this earth, their pledged allegiance belongs to Heaven.
Philippians 4:4 — It is the joy of the Lord, not our joy, that is our strength. How does the Lord's joy become ours. According to Paul, it is by us rejoicing always in the Lord. If our joy is always in Him, His joy will always be ours, and we will always be strong. (Nehemiah 8:10)
Philippians 4:6-7 — The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts from all anxiety when we worry about nothing, pray about everything, and thank God in all things.
Philippians 4:7 — Peace of mind comes from one refusing to worry about anything and resolving to pray about everything. Those who do will not only have God's peace in their heart, but God's Son standing sentinel over it, in order to secure it.
Philippians 4:14-19 —If we are faithful to God, He will faithfully provide for us. However, we're not trusting God, but tempting Him, when we presume upon His providential care outside the parameters of His Word and will.
Philippians 4:19 — God can be trusted to supply our needs, not to satisfy our greeds.
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