The
backward look:
- Romans: our man
renewed
- Corinthians: the
heavenly man
- Galatians:
deflection
- Ephesians:
corporate life
Fulness
in Philippians:
Christ Himself
(2:5-11).
His servant – Paul
(3:4-15)
a. The road to
Philippi
The
fight for Philippi (Acts 16)
Faith
tested as to guidance
Not
Asia — not Bithynia
Illness
(?) drove him to Galatia, then to Troas
Frustration
— hindrance — illness
The battle in
Philippi
b.
The road of the
prize (3:4-15)
The
way of the Cross
Two
practical applications:
·
Phil. 3:2-3: the
circumcision; earthy
·
Phil. 4:2: Eurodia
and Syntyche
The
problem of the Philippians — how to be set on God's fullest
thought: an open
heart for all God's people — not to be schismatic and divisive.