Philippians 1:1-11
Philippians 1:1-2 1 Paul
and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:3-6 3I
thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:7-8 7 It
is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:9-11 9 And
it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
God is Faithful 1) We can be confident that God is faithful
- He keeps His promises
Joshua 21:45 Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass.
2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him.
God is Faithful 1) We can be confident that God is faithful
- He keeps His promises - He doesn’t change
Psalm 40:11 As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
God is Faithful 1) We can be confident that God is faithful
- He keeps His promises - He doesn’t change - He always finishes what He starts
Psalm 78:37 Their heart was not steadfast toward God; they were not faithful to his covenant.
Hosea 4:1 There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
Romans 3:3-4a What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
By no means!
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.
2 Timothy 1:12 I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
God is Faithful 1) We can be confident that God is faithful
2) We can be committed to our initiative-taking God
Acts 16:14 One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
Acts 16:18 Paul turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.
Acts 16:29-31 29
And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" 31 And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.
Philippians 1:7-8 7 It
is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Acts 16:9-10 9
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." 10 And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
God is Faithful 1) We can be confident that God is faithful
2) We can be committed to our initiative-taking God 3) We can be certain that God will finish His work
We go into the artist's studio and find there unfinished pictures covering large canvases, and suggesting great designs, but which have been left, either because the genius was not competent to complete the work, or because paralysis laid the hand low in death; but as we go into God's great workshop we find nothing that bears the mark of haste or insufficiency of power to finish, and we are sure that the work which His grace has begun, the arm of His strength will complete. F.B. Meyer (1847-1929)
God is Faithful 1) We can be confident that God is faithful
2) We can be committed to our initiative-taking God 3) We can be certain that God will finish His work - Sanctification
- Perseverance
Philippians 1:1-2 1 Paul
and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:9-11 9 And
it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 2:12-13 12 Therefore,
my beloved, as you have always obeyed . . . work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 The Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
God's Purpose of Grace Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners . . . All true believers endure to the end. Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end.
”The fact that we shall continue in grace is as certain as the fact that God, who cannot lie, will go on working in us.”
“The perseverance of the saints rests on the perseverance of God with the saints.” Alec Motyer
Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.