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This week, Paul explains how the Christian life is a paradox of active obedience and deep rest,

urging believers to diligently work out their salvation while confidently trusting that God alone secures and sustains it.

Here's this week's Wednesday's work. Quote, 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.

End quote.

Philippians 1.6.

Notice how the Apostle Paul doesn't say, I am confident that you will get your act together, take your salvation seriously, and obey as you've been commanded.

No, when it comes to the sanctification of the Philippian believers, Paul looks to one place for confidence,

to the same Lord, who chose, called, and justified them.

Yes, we are called to obey.

Yes, we are called to take our salvation so seriously that we actively go after every aspect of that salvation,

seeking to live it out in every dimension of our lives.

But Paul's confidence is in the surety

that God would never abandon the saving work that he began. It may seem contradictory, but it isn't.

In the Christian life, we are called to work and rest. We are called to never stop working out

our salvation, never allowing ourselves to take it for granted, never permitting ourselves

to become spiritually

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