Phillipians 1

 

Phillipians 1

Phillipians 1: 1-14

 

     At Radiant Life Community Church in Sioux City, Iowa on June 2, 2024, this message was given by Micaiah Cvrk to those in attendance.

1.     God has a plan for you, but you have to walk it out.  As with the Israelites, God has made us promises but we must show up in faith for Him to move.  In other words, He partners with us to accomplish the works He has for us.

2.     Paul wanted believers to experience God for themselves.  Again, God is a God of action not stagnation.  Life with God means engagement with Him in a daily walk.

3.      Paul wanted them to go farther than book knowledge.  What good is the teaching of God in our minds if it never gets to our hearts?  Once we receive it with love, our actions naturally follow.

4.      Paul wanted the fruits to become the character in their life.  Building on the first three points, God’s work of individual sanctification comes next as we work to conform ourselves to Jesus’ character.  We are to abide in His love while we work.

5.      God desires us to want to, not just empty commands.  God lavishly pours upon us His love.  As His children, we naturally want to please Him.          

     Finally, this core principle: I do not fully understand, but I fully trust.  God partners with us to reveal His Son in us.  When trials come, we submit to Him and change.  We faithfully take our testimonies to others.  We often do not see the whole plan, but we are to keep moving and keep growing.

Thus concluded the message.

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