The more I study the Bible, the more I come to understand the importance of unity within the church. The apostle Paul writes about Christian unity quite often as he wrote the book of Romans, Ephesians and now in Philippians. As the body of Christ, the actions of just one Christian impacts other Christians. [...]
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Is there anyone in your church which you would consider spiritually mature? I’m not necessarily referring to someone’s age, but the wisdom, character, and righteousness with which they live their life by. You can normally spot someone who is more spiritually mature than others by their giving nature and their service of others for [...] I’ve heard it said that 90% of the work within a church is done by 10% of the people. The other 10% of the work is done by the remaining 90% of the people. There are those of us who are content to do little for the Lord. It is easy to become distracted [...] The great baseball player Satchel Paige once said, “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” There’s a lot of truth in that statement as it relates to every day life. The apostle Paul wrote a similar statement in Philippians 3:13 which we can readily apply to our own personal lives. Philippians 3:13 [...] The Christian life is like a race which the Christian runs every day. Day in and day out, a Christian should have his face pointed forward, striving to attain the goal of being like Christ. That is, after all, the way we reflect Christ to the rest of the world: by living our lives [...] Most people in the world today have heard of Jesus Christ. If you ask the average person, they’d tell you one thing or another about Him. But being aware of Christ, and having heard of Him is not the same as knowing Christ. I say very few people truly know Jesus Christ and what [...] In order to have a proper relationship with God, one must obtain righteousness. This is a fact because God is Himself righteous. Verse 9 of Philippians 3 implies this to us, and differentiates between righteousness which man tries to obtain by himself, and the cleansing righteousness which we obtain from God. Let’s look at [...] In the verses leading up to Philippians 3:8, Paul recounts the different things in his life that, from a worldly perspective, made him a perfect candidate to be a citizen of Heaven. He was born a Hebrew of Hebrew parents; he was a devout religious man who knew the Old Testament law like no [...] I think it is important to note that as we serve the Lord, we are not sanctified by our service. Our sins are not forgiven by what we do, or by who we are. We are not cleansed of our sins by participating in religious ceremony of any kind. Our sins are forgiven by [...] We as Christians need to keep our eyes open toward pitfalls at all times. There are so many people in the world today that will give you lip service of support but secretly work against you. Paul warns against the different kinds of people a Christian will face in their life for Christ in [...] |
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