LIVING A WORTHY
LIFE
Memory
Verse: Philippians
1:27 (NIV) Whatever happens,
conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I
come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you
stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the
gospel
TEXT: Philippians 1:21–30
1.
WE MUST BE
CONSISTENT IN OUR NCONDUCTS AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.
Philippians 1:27; Ephesians 4:1; Philippians 3:20; Acts
4:13
·
“conduct
yourselves” (politeuesthe)
·
“walk” (peripateĊ)
·
“conduct yourselves as citizens” (politeuĊ).
Hymn:
Let others see Jesus in You
1. While passing thro' this world of sin,
and others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
2. Your life's a book before their eyes,
They're reading it thro' and thro'
Say, does it point them to the skis,
Do others see Jesus in you?
and others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
2. Your life's a book before their eyes,
They're reading it thro' and thro'
Say, does it point them to the skis,
Do others see Jesus in you?
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
2.
WE MUST
DEMONSTRATE THE CHARACTER OF THE REDEEMED
Philippians
1:27 ;
First, they are to stand firm (cf. Phil. 4:1) in one spirit. Galatians
5:1; Ephesians 6:14; Colossians 4:12; Titus 3:10
“There is need of united action: union is
strength; we must stand fast, keeping our ground as in battle, striving
together. Disunion breaks the power of the great army; it dissipates Christian
energy, and impedes grievously the progress of the gospel.”--
H. D. M. Spence-Jones
Second,
they are to contend
as one man (lit., “in one soul”) for the faith of the gospel. Philippians 4:3; Jude 3; Colossians 2:1–4
contending (synalthountes)
3.
WE ARE CALLED TO
COURAGEOUS LIVING
Philippians 1:28; 2 Timothy 1:7; John 16:33; Isaiah
54:17
4.
WE ARE GRACED TO
BE IDENTIFIED WITH CHRIST
Philippians 1:29–30;
1 Thessalonians 2:14–16; James 1:2
CONCLUSION:
Acts 4:12; Romans 10:13
