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Book messages «Life-Study of Philippians»

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Life-Study of Philippians

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The Background and Subject of the Book _{msg. 1}

I. The background
A. The Judaizers exercising their influence over the believers in Christ
B. The judaistic believers preaching Christ because of envy and strife in rivalry with the apostle Paul
C. The philippian believers participating with the apostle Paul in the furtherance of the gospel
D. Dissension existing among the philippian believers
II. The subject — the experience of Christ
A. For the overcoming of the influence of the Judaizers
B. For the discernment of the preaching of Christ in rivalry
C. For the participation in the furtherance of the gospel
D. For the abolishing of dissension

The Church in Philippi _{msg. 2}

I. Established in good order
II. Fellowshipping in the furtherance of the gospel
III. Having dissensions among themselves
IV. Needing more knowledge and discernment
A. In love that abounds
B. To discern the different preachings of Christ and the different peoples
C. Testing by purity and without offense
D. By experiencing Christ issuing in the fruit of righteousness

Paul's Suffering for the Gospel and His Enjoyment of Grace _{msg. 3}

I. Paul’s suffering for the gospel
A. In bonds
B. Due to the defense and confirmation of the gospel
1. Defending the gospel on the negative side from perverting and distorting heresies
2. Confirming the gospel on the positive side with all the revelation of God’s mysteries concerning Christ and the church
C. For the advancement of the gospel
D. Encouraging the brothers to speak the word of God without fear
E. Strengthening the brothers to suffer for Christ
II. Paul’s enjoyment of grace
A. Partaking of grace
B. Experiencing the inward parts of Christ

The Different Preachings of Christ _{msg. 4}

I. Preaching Christ out of an impure motive
II. Preaching Christ out of a pure motive
III. The apostle’s rejoicing in both kinds of preaching of Christ
IV. The preaching of Christ in both ways turning out to salvation for the apostle Paul

The Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ _{msg. 5}

I. The bountiful supply
II. The Spirit of Jesus Christ
A. The Spirit of God in creation
B. The Spirit of Jehovah in relationship with man
C. The Holy Spirit in making man holy
D. The Spirit of Jesus in suffering
E. The Spirit of Christ in resurrection
F. The Spirit of Jesus Christ in His suffering and in His resurrection
G. The Spirit — the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit of the Triune God
H. The compound Spirit typified by the compound ointment
I. The seven Spirits of God

Magnifying Christ by Living Him _{msg. 6}

I. Magnifying Christ
II. Living Christ
III. Having nothing to do with the law and circumcision

The Best Choice of Paul _{msg. 7}

Paul’s experience of salvation
The key to Paul’s experience
The contrast between Christ and gain
Fruit from work
Paul’s desire to be with Christ
Remaining for the saints’ progress and joy
Boasting in Christ in Paul
Channels for the enjoyment of Christ

Standing Firm in One Spirit, Striving Together with One Soul _{msg. 8}

Exercising both spirit and soul
Standing by striving
Not drawn out of the spirit
A place to stand
Using the weapons of the soul
Experiencing Christ by standing and striving

The Believers' Support to the Apostle _{msg. 9}

Thinking the one thing
Having the same love
Rivalry and vainglory
Lowliness of mind
The normal experience of Christ

Taking Christ as Our Pattern _{msg. 10}

Making the apostle’s joy full
Saturated with Christ to think the same thing
Tests of thinking the same thing
Christ as the pattern within us
Working out our salvation
Experiencing Christ subjectively
God operating in us
Cooperation, not imitation
The mind which was in Christ
The steps of Christ’s humiliation
Emptying Himself and taking the form of a slave
Becoming in the likeness of men
Humbling Himself and becoming obedient unto the death of the cross
Living a crucified life
The pattern becoming our salvation

The Exaltation of Christ _{msg. 11}

Experiencing Christ as our pattern
Exalting Christ in our experience
The highest standard of salvation
The highest name

Working Out Our Salvation _{msg. 12}

I. Having received salvation of the highest standard
II. The need to work out this salvation
III. God operating in us

Holding Forth Christ _{msg. 13}

I. To live out Christ, to express Christ, to work out our salvation
II. Doing all things without murmurings and reasonings
III. Becoming blameless and guileless
IV. Children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation
V. Shining as lights in the world
VI. Holding forth the word of life
VII. For the apostle’s boasting in the day of Christ

A Drink Offering Poured Out Upon the Sacrifice of the Believers' Faith _{msg. 14}

Constituted a drink offering
Faith constituted of the enjoyment of Christ
Satisfying God and making him happy
Mutual rejoicing
Two peaks in the experience of Christ

The Apostle's Concern for the Believers _{msg. 15}

Experiencing Christ and caring for the saints
The need to be one in soul
Like-souled
Risking our soul

Being Like-Souled and Risking Our Soul _{msg. 16}

The source of divisions
Two results
Experiencing Christ in the Body
Experiencing Christ by risking our soul
Martyrs for the church life
The limitations due to not being like-souled
Our need to be like-souled and to risk our soul

The Three Positive Aspects of the Spiritual Believers Versus the Three Negative Aspects of the Religious Judaizers _{msg. 17}

I. Rejoicing in the Lord
II. The three negative aspects of the religious Judaizers
III. The three positive aspects of the spiritual believers
IV. Saul of Tarsus as a model of the Judaizers
A. Having more confidence in the flesh
B. Circumcised the eighth day
C. Of the race of Israel
D. Of the tribe of Benjamin
E. A hebrew of the Hebrews
F. A Pharisee keeping the law
G. Persecuting the church out of zeal for the law
H. Blameless according to the law

Counting All Things Loss on Account of Christ _{msg. 18}

Religion, philosophy, and culture
Hooked by Satan
National philosophy and domestic logic
A practical word

The Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ _{msg. 19}

The contrast between the law and Christ
Derived from the excellency of the person of Christ
The all-inclusiveness of Christ
Our urgent need for the excellent knowledge of Christ

To Be Found in Christ _{msg. 20}

Paul’s aspiration
The righteousness of God based on faith
A vision of the preciousness of Christ
The six-thousand-year tradition
Our unique expression
The standard of God’s salvation

Seeking to Know Christ, the Power of His Resurrection, and the Fellowship of His Sufferings _{msg. 21}

Revelation and experience
A higher knowledge of Christ
Our shortage in living Christ
Experiencing Christ in the power of resurrection
The crucial need for a vision of Christ
More knowledge for more experience

Conformed to Christ's Death to Attain to the Out-Resurrection from Among the Dead _{msg. 22}

The influence of national characteristics
The need for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
The power of Christ’s resurrection
Conformity to the death of Christ
Living the divine life by the human life
A serious problem
Processed in resurrection

Gaining Christ by Pursuing Him _{msg. 23}

I. Not yet perfected, but pursuing
II. The way to pursue
III. The goal for the prize of the high calling

Having the Same Mind and Walking by the Same Rule _{msg. 24}

This mind
God’s unique goal
Only this
Walking by the basic principle
Gained by Christ to gain Christ
The same path
A number of extraordinary expressions
Pursuing Christ

Awaiting Christ for the Transfiguration of Our Body _{msg. 25}

Paul’s basic thought
Transformation and the renewing of the mind
The need for surgery on our soul
The physical body and its enjoyment
Citizenship in the heavens
The transfiguration of the body

Thinking the Same Thing and Rejoicing in the Lord _{msg. 26}

Some puzzles in Philippians 3
Two dealings
A concluding word
Thinking the same thing
Genuine yokefellow
The importance of rejoicing in the Lord

Excellent Characteristics of the Christian Life (1) _{msg. 27}

I. Forbearance
II. Without anxiety

Excellent Characteristics of the Christian Life (2) _{msg. 28}

III. The rest
A. Whatever is true
B. Whatever is honorable
C. Whatever is righteous
D. Whatever is pure
E. Whatever is lovely
F. Whatever is well-spoken of
G. If Any virtue and any praise
IV. The things learned, received, heard, and seen in the apostle

The Apostle's Secret of Sufficiency in Christ _{msg. 29}

Learning the secret
Applying the secret
God’s sovereign arrangement of our circumstances
Doing all things in Him who empowers us
Counteracting anxiety
Day and night in the Christian life
In everything and in all things

The Believers' Fellowship in the Apostle's Need _{msg. 30}

I. The apostle rejoicing in the Lord for the believers’ renewed concern
II. The believers’ thinking for the apostle
III. The apostle’s remembrance of the believers’ supply in the past
IV. The philippians’ supply to the apostle through Epaphroditus
V. Glory to our God and Father forever and ever

Paul's Greetings and His Blessing _{msg. 31}

I. Greetings
A. The apostle greeting every saint in Christ
B. The brothers who were with the apostle greeting the saints
C. All the saints in Rome, especially those of Caesar’s household, greeting the saints in Philippi
II. Blessing
A. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
B. With our spirit

Grace, Salvation, the Spirit, and Christ _{msg. 32}

Different kinds of salvation
Two aspects of the salvation needed by Paul
Paul’s grace and ours
The defense and confirmation of the gospel
Experiential grace
Rejoicing in the Lord
Experiencing the Spirit
Enjoying the Spirit and magnifying Christ

The Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ for Magnifying Christ _{msg. 33}

A daily salvation
The supply of the Body
The compound ointment
Applying the Spirit
The compound Spirit for the Body and for God’s service
Experiencing a glorious salvation

To Live Christ by the Spirit _{msg. 34}

Live Christ
Receiving the holy breath
A life of coinherence
Praying without ceasing
Breathing to live Christ
Receiving the Spirit by calling on the name of the Lord
Applying the Lord and enjoying Him

Living Christ by Receiving the Word Through the Spirit _{msg. 35}

Experiencing salvation
Saved from murmurings and reasonings
God’s operation and our cooperation
Christ magnified
The Spirit, God, Christ, and the word
The Word and the Spirit
God reaching us
The antenna and the ground wire
Two extremes
Receiving the word by means of prayer
Exercising our spirit
The prescription and the dose

The Riches of the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit Embodied in the Word _{msg. 36}

Man created in God’s image
One with the Triune God
Preoccupied by our concepts
Nourishment and revelation
The riches and the supply in the Word
Eating the Word
The elements of Christ’s riches
Pray-reading the Word
Living Christ and magnifying Him
Receiving the riches embodied in the Word

The Rich Word, the Bountiful Supply, and Unceasing Prayer for Living Christ _{msg. 37}

God’s economy versus the natural concept
Not outward correction but inward transfusion
Constituted of what we eat
The word of Christ dwelling in us richly
Singing the Word
Doing all in the name of the Lord
The Word becoming the bountiful Spirit

The Riches of Christ Realized in the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit and the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit Embodied in the Rich Word _{msg. 38}

The all-inclusive and extensive Christ
Our life and life supply
Living Christ as sons of God
The Holy Bible and the Holy Spirit
The Triune God reaching us
Indwelt by the Spirit
The Word and the Spirit
The fullness, the riches, the supply, and the Word
Permeated with the Triune God to live Christ
The antenna and the ground wire

To Participate in the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit and Enjoy the Riches of Christ by Receiving the Word of God (1) _{msg. 39}

Christ abiding in us and living in us
Christ making His home in us and being formed in us
Constituted of Christ
A metabolic change
The experiential Christ
Christ magnified
Saved through the indwelling Spirit and the operating God
Shining as luminaries and holding forth the word of life
A definition of living Christ
Saturated with the word of life

To Participate in the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit and Enjoy the Riches of Christ by Receiving the Word of God (2) _{msg. 40}

A living person
In all wisdom
Teaching and admonishing one another
Singing to the Lord
Saturated with the Word by singing
Filled in Spirit
Receiving the Word to live Christ

Christ Making His Home in Us by His Word Inhabiting Us _{msg. 41}

The Word and the Spirit
Receiving the Word to live Christ
Singing the Word of Christ
Saturated with the word through the Spirit

Doing Everything in the Name of the Lord by Being Saturated with His Riches _{msg. 42}

Praying in the name of the Lord
Experiencing Christ subjectively
Coinherence
Saturated with the Word
One with the Lord
The normal Christian living

Christ, Salvation, God, and the Word of Life _{msg. 43}

Christ as the pattern
Reprinting the pattern
Salvation from murmurings and reasonings
God operating in us
Holding forth the word of life
Salvation through the Spirit and the word

The Word of God Being the Embodiment of the Living God _{msg. 44}

The God-child and the life-giving Spirit
The processed God
God’s speaking
The Spirit and the Word
God operating in us
Holding forth the word of life

The Word of Life Identical to the Living Christ _{msg. 45}

The three-one God
A heavenly language
Distinct but not separate
A three-one name
The Spirit
The Spirit embodied in the Word
Exercising our spirit to “strike” the Word
Testimonies of pray-reading the Word
The importance of the spirit
The spirit being dormant
Experiencing the fire in the Word
Experiencing the divine attributes
Taking the Word as the tree of life
The Lord and his words abiding in us
The proper Christian life

Children of God Shining as Luminaries by Holding Forth the Word of Life _{msg. 46}

Pray-reading the Word
Singing the Word
The inexhaustible riches in the Word
Filled with the word to manifest Christ
Children of God
The function of shining

The Constant Salvation in Our Practical Life _{msg. 47}

A subjective salvation for magnifying Christ
Enjoying a constant salvation to live Christ
Saved from ordinary things
Holding forth the word of life
Particular situations and common situations
What it means to live Christ

Constant Salvation Through the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ and the Inward Operation of the Indwelling God _{msg. 48}

The need for constant salvation in our family life and church life
Saved from crookedness
The means of our daily salvation
An organic union with the Triune God
The contents of the bountiful supply
Divinity
Humanity
Crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension
The divine attributes and human virtues
Saved from murmurings and reasonings
God operating in us
A constant salvation from refined sins
Saved through the life-giving Spirit and the processed God

The Divine and Rich Provision for Our Constant Salvation _{msg. 49}

The pattern and the standard
The operating God
Children of God
Shining as luminaries
The word of life

The Sacrifice of Your Faith _{msg. 50}

Faith as a sacrifice offered to God
Faith, the Word, and the Spirit
Strengthened by the element of faith
The enjoyment of Christ
The joy of faith
Constituted of Christ to be a sacrifice
Faith and holding forth the word of life

To Be Found in Christ in the Righteousness of God Through the Faith of Christ _{msg. 51}

The excellency of the knowledge of Christ
To gain Christ and be found in Him
A necessary condition
The righteousness of God and our own righteousness
The faith of Christ
The Spirit and the Word
Infused with God

To Obtain Christ by Experiencing the Power of His Resurrection _{msg. 52}

Three stages of securing Christ
Suffering for the Body
Free from earthly entanglements
Christ’s resurrection and sufferings
Conformed to His death
The reality of Christ’s resurrection
The intrinsic power of the divine life

To Obtain Christ by Attaining to the Out-Resurrection _{msg. 53}

The goal and the prize
Out of the old creation and into the new creation
Paul’s goal
Dying to the old creation and living to God
Knowing Christ in resurrection
Conformed to Christ’s death
Living in the new creation

Pursue Toward the Goal for the Prize of the High Calling _{msg. 54}

A definition of out-resurrection

The Unique Mind and the Unique Walk _{msg. 55}

A mind to pursue the out-resurrection
Not otherwise minded
A realization and a resolution
Governed by the unique mind to have the unique walk
Walking by the rule of the new creation

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (1) _{msg. 56}

The need to learn the secret
Standing firm in the Lord
No anxiety
Satisfied with less than our due
An all-inclusive virtue
Magnifying Christ by making known our forbearance
The nearness of the Lord
The expression of the out-resurrection
Considering others
Living in the out-resurrection

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (2) _{msg. 57}

Making Christ known
An expression of Christ
Making our forbearance known
Fitting and suitable
The forbearance of Christ
Christ as our forbearance

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (3) _{msg. 58}

An all-inclusive virtue
The need of forbearance in our family life
Needed by elders
Needed by all the saints
God’s forbearance
A book of forbearance
Christ’s forbearance
Paul’s forbearance
The need of growth
Walking by the rule of forbearance
The secret of contentment

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (4) _{msg. 59}

The meaning of forbearance
A rich supply
Rejoicing in the Lord
A pattern of forbearance
The need for understanding and wisdom
Prayer and forbearance
Married life, family life, and the church life

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (5) _{msg. 60}

The circumstances assigned by God
The totality of human life and of the christian life
Living Christ
Magnifying Christ
Contentment and forbearance
God’s assignment

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (6) _{msg. 61}

Two lives
Two sources
God, the source of forbearance
Satan, the source of anxiety
How God uses Satan
No coexistence of forbearance and anxiety
Living Christ as our forbearance

A Life Full of Forbearance but Without Anxiety (7) _{msg. 62}

One with the Lord
The secret of satisfaction
Prayer and petition with thanksgiving
Accepting the Lord’s will
Experiencing His sufficient grace
Trusting the Lord
A proper realization
Six points to understand and practice

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