The Apostle Paul trusted in the Lord Jesus, not only for grace and salvation but for all things in life as Christ’s servant. He hoped to send Timothy to Philippi to preach to the saints there and commended his young friend as a faithful preacher who would lift up Christ and preach the gospel.

The Apostle Paul trusted in the Lord Jesus, not only for grace and salvation but for all things in life as Christ’s servant. He hoped to send Timothy to Philippi to preach to the saints there and commended his young friend as a faithful preacher who would lift up Christ and preach the gospel.

Believers are lights in this world because we dwell in Christ and serve His cause by faith. Believers shine in the darkness of this world not because of what we do and don't do but because of who and what we are and, especially, whose we are.

The Apostle Paul is not implying that men and women can work towards their own salvation in these verses. Rather he is showing that the God who lives and dwells in the hearts and lives of His people is willing and doing His purpose in our lives to the glory of His name.

The God-Man, our Lord Jesus Christ, has been given a name a name above every name. He has been glorified by His Father above all things in heaven, on earth and under the earth because He finished the work He was commissioned to do. Christ glorified His Father by coming to Redeem His people from their sins and His Father glorified His Son for accomplishing that work.

Paul is encouraging humility amongst the Lord's people. He tells them to 'Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus'. Following Christ's example is the measure of a believer's life. The Apostle goes on to show how Christ's incarnation, suffering and death exemplifies true humility and in so doing provides a beautiful account of the Lord Jesus Christ's divinity.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the believer's pattern of life. He gives is spiritual life by the gift of His faith and He sustains that life in Himself. He calls us to honour and serve Him with our lives which we are happy to do. Christ is both our Enabler and our Example. He teaches us how we should live and enables us to follow Him.

The gospel is God's promise to save His people by the blood of Jesus Christ. It is the message of redemption accomplished and applied by the grace of God alone and experienced by the gift of faith alone. It is to the gospel we look as believers for all our acceptance with God and to Christ on the cross for all our example of how to libe in this world.

Because the Apostle Paul trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ he had confidence that whether he lived or died God would be glorified and Christ's church would be blessed.

The church at Philippi was anxious that the gospel of God would be hindered by Paul's extended period in prison. However, the Apostle wrote to reassure them that the Lord Jesus would accomplish all His purpose and that far from hindering the gospel "the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel". The Apostle explains why this is so.

The Apostle Paul prayed for his friends in Philippi that they might grow in gospel knowledge and spiritual judgment. He prayed they might learn to approve things that are excellent. He prayed they might be filled with the fruits of God’s righteousness in their hearts. What he prayed for them is a prayer of us all. Let us add our Amens!

The work of grace in the life of a believer is a work of God. It is Our Triune God who has begun the work of grace and it is He who will complete it until the end of our lives.

The Apostle Paul’s epistle to the church at Philippi teaches us the importance of grace and peace in the preaching of the gospel. Grace is God’s free gift and peace with God has been obtained for all who believe by the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.  

The Lord Jesus Christ asks us to examine our hearts before God and see if we are walking in the light of Christ's saving work and gospel grace. He admonishes those who walk in darkness to return to the gospel and the Lord who first saved them.

David calls upon God's mighty angels to join him in blessing the Lord. Then he solicits the praise of the church of the redeemed in heaven, the church on earth and her ministers and every born-again child of God's workmanship. Finally the psalmist returns to his own soul and ours saying, Bless ye the Lord.

The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ was known and believed by God's servants of long ago just as surely as it is known and believed by His people today. David tells us that Christ made known his ways unto Moses so that Moses knew the gospel of distinguishing, sovereign grace and substitutionary atonement.

The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ was known and believed by God's servants of long ago just as surely as it is known and believed by His people today. David tells us that Christ made known his ways unto Moses so that Moses knew the gospel of distinguishing, sovereign grace and substitutionary atonement.

The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ was known and believed by God's servants of long ago just as surely as it is known and believed by His people today. David tells us that Christ made known his ways unto Moses so that Moses knew the gospel of distinguishing, sovereign grace and substitutionary atonement.

David's psalm of praise to God is a call to us all to bless the Lord from our soul for all His benefits. David expounds what these benefits are and calls every child of god to testify with him to the grace, mercy and love of God in Jesus Christ.

Trials are hard to endure but they carry in them the seeds of spiritual blessing for men and women of faith. James is encouraging the Lord's people to exercise patience, trust in the Lord and use the experiences of hardship as opportunities to grow in grace and deepen our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.