Philippians 4 v 21-23 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Paul’s letter to the Philippians chapter 4. We’re going to read the final three verses as we conclude our series through the book of Philippians of recent months. “Greet every saint in Christ Jesus.  The brothers who are with me greet you.  All…

Philippians 4 v 10 – 20 We’re now getting to the end of Philippians and Lord willing next week it will probably be the last message in our series on the book of Philippians. Tonight we’re going to look at the penultimate paragraph in that wonderful letter.  Last week we saw that we need to…

Philippians 4 v 4 – 9 I’ve spoken to you often as your pastor from this passage. There’s a very good reason for that – I cannot let these words go and it’s not only because it’s next in the sequence of our series through the book of Philippians that I’m speaking on it. Read…

Philippians 4 v 1 – 3 The first word we notice is ‘therefore’ – it points to what has gone before.Paul is applying the doctrine that he has just taught us, telling us that we now need to do certain things.  We remember from last week’s sermon that he set out for us ‘Two Ways…

Philippians 3 v 17 – 21 We live in a world of so much conflict.  Despite the Lord telling us not to love the world, many of God’s people love the world and the things thereof. I observe that people claw to the old flesh as if that is all that there is.  The problem…

Philippians 3 v 1 -16 Paul throughout his ministry as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ had to contend with Jewish Christians – known today as the Judaisers, who were false teachers who often followed Paul wherever he went. They would try to bind the act of circumcision and the law of Moses itself…

Philippians 2 v 19 – 30 Paul’s letter to the Philippians is very personal. One of his motives is in verse 28 – so that he may be less anxious – an acknowledgement that the Apostle was also anxious, but for the Lord’s people. Paul’s son and Paul’s brother both had the mind of Christ.…

Philippians 2 v 12 – 18 The Apostle is stirring up (exhorting) believers to higher things. Through Paul’s writings he relates Doctrine with Duty, Creed with Character and Faith with Life. To him these things are inseparable. And so, after imploring us to have the Mind of Christ follows with this exhortation to earnestly work…

Philippians 2 v 5 – 11 This is one of the most sublime portions of Scripture in all of God’s Word. We live in a world in need of consolation. People need to be comforted.The consolation that we have in Christ is part of the foundation of the unity that produces joy that we looked…

Philippians 2 v 1-4 Division is the greatest destroyer of joy (cf Mark 3:24-25). Paul is giving a whole series of exhortations with regards to how to live the Christian life, not only as individuals, but also together as the Lord’s people.We see the divisions among Evangelicals. People have lost count of how many groupings…