Philippians

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Philippians

• Saints and ServantsVs.1-2

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Saints and Servants

• Review (Acts 16)
• Lydia- wealthy merchant open to finding God
• Demon-possessed slave girl/fortune-teller
• Jailer and his family

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Saints and Servants

• Fast-forward 10 years
• In Roman Prison (hired house)
• Chained to Roman Guard
• Nero

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Saints and Servants

• Philippians
• Persecution
• Division
• False Teaching
• Joy!

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Saints and Servants

• Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus
• Whats Missing?

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Saints and Servants

• Servant doulos
• Life belongs to someone else

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Saints and Servants

• You are a slave to whatever God you serve
• Hows your god treating you?

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Saints and Servants

• Christ Jesus
• God first, then man
• We serve a King who served us first

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Saints and Servants

• To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi,
  together with the overseers and deacons- vs. 1

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Saints and Servants

• Saint hagios
• Holy
• Set Apart for a Specific Purpose

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Saints and Servants

• Positional
• we have been made holy through the sacrifice of
  the body of Jesus Christ once for all- Hebrews
  1010

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Saints and Servants

• Experiential
• Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner
  worthy of the gospel of Christ- Philippians 127
• Only let us live up to what we have already
  attained- Philippians 316

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Saints and Servants

• Experiential
• But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy
  in all you do- 1 Peter 115
• BToL- Only by being a servant can you experience
  being a saint

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Saints and Servants

• in Christ Jesus at Philippi
• Dual Citizenship- which one comes first?
• together with the overseers and deacons