How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

As Christians were called to love, to love one another, to love our neighbors, even to love our enemies. And though that may

sound noble, it's often the hardest thing God asks us to do, isn't it?

Welcome to Through the Bible. In just a minute Dr. J. Vernum McGee is going to tell us more about that in today's study of

Philippians chapter one. And he reminds us that in our weakness, God gives us the grace to do what we can't

do on our own.

I'm Steve Schwartz.

Now, before we get started, I want to remind you that Dr. McGee's

notes and outlines and other Bible study resources

are available to you anytime at TTB.org or you can always call us at 1-865 Bible if we can help.

Now as you find your place on the Bible bus, let's commit this time to God and to His Word.

Lord, thank you for the promise that you will fill us with your knowledge, wisdom,

and spiritual understanding.

We need all of it from you today, Lord.

Open the eyes of our study of

study of Philippians 1 on through the Bible.

Now last time I left off at verse 9 and I felt like though I spoke about it at some

length I did not feel that I exhausted it, may have exhausted the listeners but not this verse, and

I would like to widen it up just a little that you might see how this actually works because I believe that this

epistle is Christian Levin. Now Christian Living is not way up yonder in the

Heavenless and it's not some pious assumption today and it's not

putting up a front and it's not trying to act spiritual it's just living right down here in the midst of the pots and pans and

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