Sermons on Philippians (Page 3)

Paul’s Religious Credentials vs Christ Text: Philippians 3:4-7 One of the remarkable things that happens some time during our Christian experience, is that we begin to have a deepening sense of God’s hand being upon us in our life and circumstances even before we were converted. And we are not alone in this. Anyone who gives themselves to a study of the life of…

Rejoicing in the Lord Text: Philippians 3:1-3 Have you ever had someone try to encourage you, but instead you felt they were being condescending? That’s one of the difficulties we face in trying to encourage those going through trials when we ourselves are not going through them. And yet, it’s what we expect. We expect those going through the trial to be encouraged,…

Our Duty to the Servants of Christ Text: Philippians 2:28-30 There’s something magnetic about sacrificial people. About those who very clearly live for a cause greater than themselves. Men like David Livingston, the Christian Explorer and Missionary to Africa. Or William Carrey the “father of modern missions” who went to India and spent 41 years out there until he…

Serving God Outside Your Comfort Zone Text: Philippians 2:25-27 The central concept of this chapter flows from v3-4. It is the concept of real humility that puts the needs of others before our own. That esteems the needs of others higher than our own rights. It is putting duty before privilege. And we’re coming today to the fourth example of that, after Christ, Paul,…

A Young Man to Emulate Text: Philippians 2:19-24 After a number of verses that give us the principles for living, Paul now gives us a model to follow. And models are helpful. Seeing something is much more helpful than just reading about it. It’s why YouTube is now the first destination for most people wanting to know how to do something. It’s one thing to read how to…

Life as a Living Sacrifice Text: Philippians 2:17-18 The best lives in human history may be summed up in one word: service. A life that cannot be accurately summed up by that one word has missed the point. To be given life is to be given the opportunity to serve. The epitome of such a life is of course, the Son of God our Lord Jesus Christ who came not to be ministered…

The Life That’s a Witness To The World Text: Philippians 2:14-16 Have you ever wanted to win a soul to Christ? How important is it to you that souls are won for the Saviour? Are you content to relax upon the sovereignty of God without any emotion toward perishing souls? I believe you value the lost. But I wonder how much. You may value the lost enough to pray for them,…

Sanctification: Working Out What God Has Worked In Text: Philippians 2:12-13 Is there every a time when we can put our feet up and go on a spiritual vacation? Is there ever an occasion where we can call up the devil and arrange a time out in the midst of the battle? Of course not, and this being…

The Pattern of Christ’s Exaltation by Humiliation Text: Philippians 2:5-11 As we have seen over the past two weeks, in the opening words of this chapter we find Paul’s call to congregational unity. We have seen him use incentives, and arguments based upon self-denial. Now Paul gives the…

The Self-Denial of Spiritual Unity Text: Philippians 2:2-4 In a letter to Archbishop Cranmer in April 1552, John Calvin wrote of his vision of church unity. “Amongst the greatest evils of our century must be counted the fact that the churches are so divided one from another that there is scarcely even a human relationship between us; at all events there is not the…