Choosing the Life of Joy_Joy in Setting a Shining Example
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In this text in Philippians 2:12-18, Paul encourages us to "work out" our salvation with fear and trembling. It seems at odds with much of his teaching on salvation by grace alone through faith alone. However, as we dig further we see that God "works in" our salvation. Our "working out" is our expression of gratitude and joy for what God has already done. In this sermon, we are challenged to live a shining example of joy and faith. We are also challenged to avoid the greatest sin that bushels our light... a grumbling complaining spirit. Part of choosing the life of joy entails removing that bushel and allowing the light of Christ's joy to shine through us.
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Choosing the Life of Joy_Joy in Setting a Shining Example
- 2. “Joy is simply the signpost that points us to Jesus.”Dawn Klinge
- 3. Philippians 2:12-18 Joy in Setting a Shining Example
- 4. “A Christian is more than a person who is living up to a system of ethics. A Christian is more than a person living a good moral life. A Christian is a person in whom Christ dwells.”
- 5. First Point A Shining Example is the result of a “worked out” and “worked in” salvation.
- 6. Philippians 2 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, κατεργάζεσθε (katergadzesthe)
- 7. Ephesians 2 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
- 8. Philippians 2 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
- 9. Philippians 2 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. ἐνεργέω (energeō) 20x in NT 18x in Paul’s writings
- 10. “The believer must finish, must carry to conclusion, must apply to its fullest consequences what is already given by God in principle … He must work out what God in His grace has worked in.” Jac J. Müller
- 11. JFB Commentary “It is not that God does some, and we the rest. God does all, and we do all. God is the only proper author, we the only proper actors.”
- 12. With Fear and Trembling “This is not the fear of a lost sinner before the Holy One, but the fear of a true child before the most loving of all fathers; not a fear of what he might do to us, but of the hurt we might do to him.” J.Alec Motyer
- 13. Second Point A Shining Example is not a suggestion, but a command.
- 14. Philippians 2 14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you must shine as lights in the world,
- 15. Philippians 2 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. κοπιάω (kopiaō) – Labor; toil
- 16. Third Point A Shining Example is Something to Rejoice In.
- 17. Philippians 2 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
- 18. Numbers 15 4 then he who brings his offering shall offer to the LORD a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil;
- 19. Numbers 15 5 and you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of wine for the drink offering for each lamb.
- 20. Philippians 2 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Editor's Notes
- Joy is simply the signpost that points us to Jesus.
- Philippians 2:12-18 Joy in Setting a Shining Example
- “A Christian is more than a person who is living up to a system of ethics. A Christian is more than a person living a good moral life. A Christian is a person in whom Christ dwells.” Billy Graham, 1958, Charlotte In the high-profile evangelical world, he was an exception – a leader who valued integrity over ego, a husband who lived in a full and thriving marriage, a man who offered not only words to learn by, but a life to admire.
- First Point A Shining Example is the result of a “worked out” and “worked in” salvation.
- Philippians 2 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, κατεργάζεσθε (katergadzesthe)
- Ephesians 2 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
- Philippians 2 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, κατεργάζεσθε (katergadzesthe)
- Philippians 2 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. ἐνεργέω (energeō) 20x in NT 18x in Paul’s writings
- “The believer must finish, must carry to conclusion, must apply to its fullest consequences what is already given by God in principle … He must work out what God in His grace has worked in.”
- With Fear and Trembling “This is not the fear of a lost sinner before the Holy One, but the fear of a true child before the most loving of all fathers; not a fear of what he might do to us, but of the hurt we might do to him.” J.Alec Motyer
- Second Point A Shining Example is not a suggestion, but a command.
- Philippians 2 14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you must shine as lights in the world, Blameless = without fault Innocent = pure, undiluted. Often used to describe a metal with no weakening alloy. I have inserted the word “must” into the text because in the Greek text, this word shine is in the imperative tense. Paul is not describing the Philippians as currently having a shining example. Rather, he is calling them to reach down deep and begin to shine in the way that Christ has called them to shine.
- Philippians 2 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. κοπιάω (kopiaō) – Labor; toil
- Third Point A Shining Example is Something to Rejoice In.
- Philippians 2 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
- Numbers 15 4 then he who brings his offering shall offer to the Lord a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil;
- 5 and you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of wine for the drink offering for each lamb.
- Philippians 2 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.