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B.I.—Your Christian profession assures a home in heaven. INTRODUCTION: 1A. THE REVELATION OF CHRISTIAN PROFESSION. 12:1-3 1B. A Caveat on Hypocrisy. 1 2B. A Confirmation of Disclosure. 2-3 2A. THE REVERENCE OF CHRISTIAN PROFESSION. 12:4-7 1B. The Objects of Reverence. 4-5 2B. The Observation for Reverence. 6-7 3A. THE REWARD OF CHRISTIAN PROFESSION. 12:8-12 1B. Confession Assures Confession. 8-9 2B. Calumny Assures Condemnation. 10 3B. Calmness Assures Confidence. 11-12 CONCLUSION:

THE HARDEST THING FOR US TO DO (RIGHT) 1.    For the Congregation 2.    For the Consistory

Pastor Robert Rohlin continues the Be Joyful series in Philippians 2:6-11, one of the greatest passages on Christ in all of Scripture, which Paul wrote to heal a quarrel between two women in the church at Philippi. He traces four steps: Christ's deity, His descent, His death, and His dominion. Down, down, down, and then up above all. Along the way come a monkey that will not let go of the bait in a trap, the world-class violinist Joshua Bell playing unnoticed in a subway station, Moses leaving Pharaoh's palace, and the Savior in a servant's apron washing dusty feet the night before the cross. Jesus never stopped being God. He laid aside His glory, not His deity, and stooped to the most shameful death the Roman world knew. Then the Father lifted Him to the name above every name, before which every knee will bow, Caesar and Satan included. Why listen? Everyone will one day confess that Jesus is Lord. The only question is whether you bow now, gladly, or later, in shame. He closes with three things to do this week, bow, believe, and bend, because in God's kingdom the way up is always down.