The Christian’s Future: Glorification (Philippians 3:17-21) The Apostle Paul was straining and pressing on to what was ahead—the upward call of God—the prize of glorification—the prize of graduating to the heavenly realm and attaining the upward call of God. He taught...
The Christian’s Present: Sanctification (Philippians 3:12-16) The phrase Paul uses in Philippians 3:13 is a solid description of Sanctification… “forget what lies behind (our past) and to strain forward to what lies ahead (i.e., our life in Christ)”. And even though...
The Christian’s Past: Salvation (Philippians 3:1-11) Chapter 3 of Philippians covers three very important foundational concepts: Salvation, Sanctification and Glorification—i.e. the Christian’s past, present and future. Today we are focusing on Salvation. When Paul...
The Example of Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus: Philippians 2:12-30 Paul begins Philippians 2 with an exhortation to believers to unity. He goes on to explain that the key to being single-minded is being submissive-minded. We are to follow the example of Christ,...
