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Philippians 1:1-2
Stephen Caswell © 2003
Hallelujah from the Depths
When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus," his health and his fortunes had reached the lowest possible ebb.
His right side had become paralyzed, and all his money was gone.
He was heavily in debt and threatened with imprisonment.
He was tempted to give up the fight.
The odds seemed entirely too great.
And it was then he composed his greatest work -- Messiah.
Couldn't we say of Handel that the Spirit entered in and set him upon his feet?
He had the Lord's joy.
Introduction
/Would you like to know the secret of lasting joy in life?/
The apostle Paul reveals the secret of joy in the Christian life.
He wrote this cheerful epistle to the Philippians from prison in Rome.
If anyone could write from experience about joy it was Paul.
His letters are full of thanksgiving and praise.
He knew Christ's joy in full measure.
Today we will see that every believer has the potential to be joyful and content regardless of their circumstances.
Christ's joy comes from within and is not dependent on our circumstances or nature.
/Would you like to know the secret of Paul's joy? /The first ingredient to joy in life is /Jesus first/.
Paul mentions Christ's name 18 times in chapter 1 and the Gospel 6 times.
Paul said this in *Philippians 1:21* /For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain./
Today we will see the people in this epistle and their position in Christ.*/
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*/We will see: /* I.
The Writers II.
The Readers III.
The Riches
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*/Firstly we will look at /* The Writer
*Philippians 1:1* /Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:/
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Paul /
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Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ.
He had been commissioned by the Lord to preach the Gospel.
His commission was specifically to the Gentiles.
Previously he was called by his Hebrew name Saul.*/ /*Saul came from the tribe of Benjamin from where King Saul also descended.
The name*/ Saul/* means */desired/*.
Originally he had persecuted the Church thinking this would please God.
But then he met Jesus Christ on the Damascus road and his life was completely turned around.
As Saul comprehended God's immense grace in saving him he saw himself as /small/ and /insignificant./
So Saul changed his name to */Paul/*, paulo" a Roman name meaning */small /*or*/ little/*.
He no longer thought of himself as */desired/.*
He saw that Jesus Christ was Lord and alone worthy of being desired.
Also a Roman name would be received better Gentiles than a Jewish name.
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Timothy/
Timothy was with Paul when he wrote to the Philippians.
He was converted by Paul on his first missionary journey.
He had a Greek father and Jewish mother.
His mother Eunice and grandmother Lois were both believers who taught Timothy the Scriptures from childhood.
Timothy's name timoqeo" means */God honouring/*.
Timothy was recommended to Paul by the Churches at Lystra and Derbe when he visited them.
Paul took him along and he became his best worker.
Paul was able to send Timothy to the Churches of Asia to minister the Gospel and sort out problems.
He was reliable and sincere.
He certainly lived up to his good name.
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Bondservants/
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Both Paul and Timothy called themselves bondservants of Jesus Christ.
As we have seen before a bondservant is a voluntary slave.
The title bondservant started in ancient Israel where slaves served for a maximum of 7 years.
All slaves had to be released in the year of Jubilee.
But if the servant loved his master and didn't want to be freed he could became a bondservant or voluntary slave.
The servant was branded and remained a slave for life.
Paul and Timothy became slaves out of love for Jesus Christ.
Paul didn’t need to remind the Philippians of his apostleship because they respected and loved him.
Is Your God Like You?
Jim, an elder at a church, was to oversee the evangelism of new people that moved into the area.
Sun Lee and his family were Vietnamese refugees who had recently been moved into the area.
They had no possessions, knew no one, needed help in every way.
Jim began by helping them to get food and then spent much time finding Sun Lee a good job.
Jim wanted so much to tell Sun Lee about Jesus Christ, but he didn’t know Vietnamese and the refugees knew very little English.
Both men sought to learn the other’s language so that they could become better friends.
One day, Jim felt that he knew enough now to tell Sun Lee about Jesus.
Jim began to explain about God and Jesus to Sun Lee, but the more he talked, the more confusing it seemed to get.
Sun Lee would repeat in Vietnamese a little of what Jim said in English.
Finally, Jim was so frustrated that he decided to give up trying to communicate until he had learned more Vietnamese.
Sun Lee at this point blurted out, */Is your God like you?
If he is, I want to know him./*
Jim explained that Jesus Christ was greater than he was, far greater.
Yet Sun Lee wanted to know more about Jesus Christ /if/ he was like Jim! Jim had thought for all these months that he was not communicating the gospel.
But he was, with the greatest form of communication a person can use — the example of a life filled with Jesus Christ.
Paul and Timothy were bondservants of Jesus Christ.
They dedicated their lives to His service.
In light of the riches of their salvation they believed that this was their reasonable service.
/Are you a bond servant of Jesus Christ, or are you your own master?
/Christ has given us, His life, His riches in glory, His name, His all./
How can we not give Him the little we have?
Will you serve as a bondservant of Jesus Christ? / God gives joy and abundant life to those who serve Him.
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The Readers
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Philippi/ *Philippians 1:1* /Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:/
Paul addresses this letter to the saints in Philippi.
Philippi was the chief city of Macedonia.
Acts 16 records Paul's ministry there on his second journey.
The Philippian Church started in the midst of much affliction./
How could Paul remember them with such joy?/
The church started with the conversion of Lydia a seller of purple cloth.
She and then her household came to faith in Christ.
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