Philippians 2:12-15..
12 Obedience at all times, with Deliberate & Reverent Cooperation in God's Salvation.
13) God Enables Us to Will & Do His Good Pleasure (Believers Keep God's Commandments & Do What is Pleasing in His Sight (see comment).
14) Not Allowed in the Church: Complaining & Division.
15) Bible Perfection is Possible in this Perverse World.
PASSAGES...
SCRIPTURE LESSON
Philippians 2:12-15
(12) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
(13) For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
(14) Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
(15) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
GOD ENABLES OUR WILL, OBEDIENCE AND MORE...
God enables us to have the will to do His will. God enables us to do His will. God enables us to keep His commandments. God enables us to do more than obey, He enables us to do that which is pleasing in His sight. The believers relationship with God is not a legal transaction, but a love relationship. He loves us, we love Him.
John 7:17
(17) If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Philippians 2:13
(13) For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
1 John 3:22
(22) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
BIBLICAL PERFECTION IS PROVIDED NOW...
The salvation of God provides Bible Perfection(aka Atonement Perfection, Believers Perfection, Christian Perfection) in this present life.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
(9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Galatians 1:4
(4) Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Ephesians 4:11-13
(11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
(12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
(13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
Colossians 1:28-29
(28) Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
(29) Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
PASSAGES...
SCRIPTURE LESSON
Philippians 2:12-15
(12) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
(13) For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
(14) Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
(15) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
GOD ENABLES OUR WILL, OBEDIENCE AND MORE...
God enables us to have the will to do His will. God enables us to do His will. God enables us to keep His commandments. God enables us to do more than obey, He enables us to do that which is pleasing in His sight. The believers relationship with God is not a legal transaction, but a love relationship. He loves us, we love Him.
John 7:17
(17) If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Philippians 2:13
(13) For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
1 John 3:22
(22) And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
BIBLICAL PERFECTION IS PROVIDED NOW...
The salvation of God provides Bible Perfection(aka Atonement Perfection, Believers Perfection, Christian Perfection) in this present life.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
(9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Galatians 1:4
(4) Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Ephesians 4:11-13
(11) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
(12) For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
(13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
Colossians 1:28-29
(28) Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
(29) Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
