A Chapter a Day
- Sunday, May 7, 1 Kings 1
- Monday, May 8, 1 Kings 2
- Tuesday, May 9, 1 Kings 3
- Wednesday, May 10, 1 Kings 4
- Thursday, May 11, 1 Kings 5
- Friday, May 12, 1 Kings 6
- Saturday, May 13, 1 Kings 7
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Main point: By God’s , we to look like Christ so that we may in a dark world.
Philippians 2:12-16 (ESV)
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, 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.
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
- Christians are called to work what God works (12-13).
- How we work out our salvation:
i. We grow in the .
ii. We practice to God.
iii. We own our responsibility to grow .
iv. We encourage one another to grow .
v. We work in a posture of and .
- God works in us for His will and His good pleasure.
i. God’s work in us gives us .
ii. God’s work in us gives us .
- As we look like Christ, we will shine in a dark world (14-16).
- We are to as in a dark, crooked, and twisted generation.
- We shine like Christ when we avoid and .
- We shine like Christ when we model .
- We shine like Christ when we cling to and extend the .