Paul discusses “attaining to the resurrection” by any means necessary. We have not been made perfect/complete, yet. So Paul strives forward, running as hard as he can to “win the prize.” We are being saved In Christ. But that does not mean that we just sit around and do nothing. Part of “working our salvation…

We dig deeper into Paul’s warning about the “Judaizers.” This leads to an important discussion about one of the “Faith of Christ” passages in this paragraph. Our righteousness comes THROUGH Christ’s faith/faithfulness and our trust in Him.

Paul discusses his plans to send Epaphroditus back to the Philippians and eventually Timothy and himself. He then moves on to talk about the negative examples – the dogs, evil workers, mutilators – who could potentially lead the church astray.

Paul continues to explain and illustrate what it means to “live worthy of the Gospel of Christ.” Paul’s prime example is Jesus Himself. Although He was God, He did not cling to His “Divine Prerogatives” – instead He emptied Himself and became a human and a slave. He sacrificed Himself for the welfare of others.…

Paul explains how his circumstances have providentially advanced the Gospel! Then he gets to the “main thing” in his exhortation: “Live as citizens worthy of the Gospel of Christ, striving together as ONE.” Everything else Paul says in this letter is an amplification of this main idea.

We begin our study of Philippians by reading the letter together. We then take a look at Paul’s introductions and prayers.

We complete our brief overview of Ephesians by considering Paul’s last admonitions to stand firm in the Lord’s power and put on the full armor of God. Paul tells us that we are standing firm and wrestling against the Spiritual Forces of evil in the Heavenly places.

We continue to discuss Paul’s final admonitions in the last half of Ephesians. What does it mean to live as Children of the Light? What does it mean to be overflowing with the Spirit? How do we submit to one another out of reverence for Christ? These are some of the final issues Paul addresses.

We continue to discuss the practical and ethical instructions of Paul in the second half of Ephesians. Understanding the purpose of the Body and means that Christ has given to us, we are to “walk as Children of Light” withe the goal of becoming like Christ our Great Teacher.

We take a look at the final sections in “theological” first half of the letter and move on to the “exhortation” part of the letter. Because of the incredible, unsearchable riches of Father God’s work in the Church (in Us) in Christ through the Spirit, we should live in a manner worthy of this calling.…