Hey, church family, it is Devo time.

If you got your Bible and you tuned in last week, you'll know that we're in the book of

Philippians.

This week we're going to try to cover Philippians chapter two coming out of saturated.

The last day of saturated talking about hope, I did an overview of some of Paul, Paul's words to the church at

Philippi, and I thought for a few, I don't know, it might take a month or I don't know how long

it'll take. We're going to just dive into the book of Philippians. So, Philippians chapter two,

we're going to cover the first 11 verses. Paul starts out this way. So, and one of the great ways to study the Bible

is just to see what the conjunctions are putting together. Because he's, he's, the,

the thoughts that he is going to have after the words so are there because of the words before

so. And before so, if you go back to chapter 1, verse 27,

ultimately he says, only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that

whether I come to see you or an absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit.

He goes on to say, it has been granted to you for the

sake of Christ that you should not only believe in him, but also suffer for his sake,

engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now here that I still have. So,

if what he's saying is, as a Christ follower, then you are going to be able to, as a gift,

to partake in suffering. So, if there be any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love,

any participation in the spirit, any affection and sympathy.

In other words, because of what Christ has called you to do in walking out your salvation

by walking in a manner worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ, regardless of the circumstances

you find yourself in, that's chapter one.

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