Pastor John, you said something happened to you recently as you were sitting in the Bible

for yourself, and you wanted to share it here on Ask Pastor John, please explain for us

what happened.

Well, it was on the Lord's Day.

I'm sitting on the front porch and just trying to enjoy Philippians chapter 2, which is

one of the richest chapters there is.

You know, it begins with, have the same mind among yourselves and don't do anything

from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than

yourselves and don't look just to your own interests, but to the interests of others

and have the mind of Christ, and you know what that means?

He didn't hold on to his outward manifestations of deity, but empties himself and becomes

a slave and a servant and dies for us and rises, and so work out your salvation with

fear and trembling.

And then I got to verse 14 of chapter 2, and the Lord really convicted me.

I was on the point of tears really, if I was supposed to let myself go, I would have

cried all the way, but on the ring of tears because it says, do all things without grumbling

or disputing.

And I've read it a hundred times, more than a hundred, I'm sure, without it having this

effect on me, grumbling is another word for complaining or murmuring, that word disputing

is the word that it's deologous voice.

It means reasonings or thoughts, and so what I think it means is complaining is usually

accompanied by all kinds of rationalizations.

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