August 25, 2024
Teacher: Daniel Broyles
Philippians 1:18–21
[18] What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, [19] for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, [20] as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. [21] For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Big Truth:
Jesus Followers Live And Die To Worship Christ
To live is Christ, and to die is gain (Phil. 1:21)
Big Ideas:
- Jesus Followers Live To Proclaim Jesus (18, 20-21, 26)
- Jesus Followers Are Encouraged Through The Prayers Of The Church (19)
- Jesus Followers Are Encouraged Through The Help Of The Spirit (19)
- Jesus Followers Hope To Honor Jesus Through Life And Death (20)
- Jesus Followers Hope Beyond This Life (20-21, 23)
Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Talk About It
- What does a life that honors Christ look like?
- What helps you to set your hope beyond this life? What distracts you from this pursuit?
Additional References
1 Corinthians 2:12–13 [12] Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. [13] And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20 [19] Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, [20] for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Romans 14:7–9 [7] For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. [8] For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. [9] For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Romans 8:38-39 [38] For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, [39] nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.