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Daily Devotion - Philippians 2:1-4 - Seeking Unity in the Church
What makes the church the one place in the world where people from all types of backgrounds and cultures can be unified? We all share the same gift from Jesus Christ of salvation: He lived the life you and I could not live, died the death we deserved and rose from the grave three days later.
Philippians is a letter addressed to the church of Philippi. This is a church that Paul loves dearly. At the beginning of the letter, you read how he prays for the church with joy because of their partnership in the gospel (Ph 1:4-5). He loves their church through the problems, but he was not afraid to point out a unity problem that needed to be addressed. We know that whatever issue was causing the division allowed grumbling and disputing among one another to creep into the church (Ph 2:14). Unity in the church can be difficult as everyone has their preferences and ideas on how the church should operate but being grounded in God's Word and the salvation of Jesus Christ means those preferences may need to be set aside at times.
Paul does not tell the church how they should achieve unity. Rather he says,
Read Philippians 2:1-4
The world continues to push the notion that you should be most concerned about you. Do not worry about others but worry about yourself. Paul is telling this church not to be selfish as it was tempting to follow the Roman culture, which proclaimed people were proud and cared about their self-image and status. This is not what the Bible calls us to, but it is countercultural to say, “Do nothing selfish.”
Paul connects unity in the church with Christians humbling themselves and counting others more significant than themselves. This is not natural for us to do as Christians, and it takes work and reliance on the Holy Spirit if we are to count others more significant than ourselves. This is not a “Don’t care about yourself and only care about others” attitude, but an attitude that makes you more selfless instead of selfish.
Christians who love one another as Jesus has loved us and count others more significant than themselves will be people who have unity with one another.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-philippians-21-4-seeking-unity-in-the-church/
What makes the church the one place in the world where people from all types of backgrounds and cultures can be unified? We all share the same gift from Jesus Christ of salvation: He lived the life you and I could not live, died the death we deserved and rose from the grave three days later.
Philippians is a letter addressed to the church of Philippi. This is a church that Paul loves dearly. At the beginning of the letter, you read how he prays for the church with joy because of their partnership in the gospel (Ph 1:4-5). He loves their church through the problems, but he was not afraid to point out a unity problem that needed to be addressed. We know that whatever issue was causing the division allowed grumbling and disputing among one another to creep into the church (Ph 2:14). Unity in the church can be difficult as everyone has their preferences and ideas on how the church should operate but being grounded in God's Word and the salvation of Jesus Christ means those preferences may need to be set aside at times.
Paul does not tell the church how they should achieve unity. Rather he says,
Read Philippians 2:1-4
The world continues to push the notion that you should be most concerned about you. Do not worry about others but worry about yourself. Paul is telling this church not to be selfish as it was tempting to follow the Roman culture, which proclaimed people were proud and cared about their self-image and status. This is not what the Bible calls us to, but it is countercultural to say, “Do nothing selfish.”
Paul connects unity in the church with Christians humbling themselves and counting others more significant than themselves. This is not natural for us to do as Christians, and it takes work and reliance on the Holy Spirit if we are to count others more significant than ourselves. This is not a “Don’t care about yourself and only care about others” attitude, but an attitude that makes you more selfless instead of selfish.
Christians who love one another as Jesus has loved us and count others more significant than themselves will be people who have unity with one another.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-philippians-21-4-seeking-unity-in-the-church/
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By DevotableDaily Devotion - Philippians 2:1-4 - Seeking Unity in the Church
What makes the church the one place in the world where people from all types of backgrounds and cultures can be unified? We all share the same gift from Jesus Christ of salvation: He lived the life you and I could not live, died the death we deserved and rose from the grave three days later.
Philippians is a letter addressed to the church of Philippi. This is a church that Paul loves dearly. At the beginning of the letter, you read how he prays for the church with joy because of their partnership in the gospel (Ph 1:4-5). He loves their church through the problems, but he was not afraid to point out a unity problem that needed to be addressed. We know that whatever issue was causing the division allowed grumbling and disputing among one another to creep into the church (Ph 2:14). Unity in the church can be difficult as everyone has their preferences and ideas on how the church should operate but being grounded in God's Word and the salvation of Jesus Christ means those preferences may need to be set aside at times.
Paul does not tell the church how they should achieve unity. Rather he says,
Read Philippians 2:1-4
The world continues to push the notion that you should be most concerned about you. Do not worry about others but worry about yourself. Paul is telling this church not to be selfish as it was tempting to follow the Roman culture, which proclaimed people were proud and cared about their self-image and status. This is not what the Bible calls us to, but it is countercultural to say, “Do nothing selfish.”
Paul connects unity in the church with Christians humbling themselves and counting others more significant than themselves. This is not natural for us to do as Christians, and it takes work and reliance on the Holy Spirit if we are to count others more significant than ourselves. This is not a “Don’t care about yourself and only care about others” attitude, but an attitude that makes you more selfless instead of selfish.
Christians who love one another as Jesus has loved us and count others more significant than themselves will be people who have unity with one another.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-philippians-21-4-seeking-unity-in-the-church/
What makes the church the one place in the world where people from all types of backgrounds and cultures can be unified? We all share the same gift from Jesus Christ of salvation: He lived the life you and I could not live, died the death we deserved and rose from the grave three days later.
Philippians is a letter addressed to the church of Philippi. This is a church that Paul loves dearly. At the beginning of the letter, you read how he prays for the church with joy because of their partnership in the gospel (Ph 1:4-5). He loves their church through the problems, but he was not afraid to point out a unity problem that needed to be addressed. We know that whatever issue was causing the division allowed grumbling and disputing among one another to creep into the church (Ph 2:14). Unity in the church can be difficult as everyone has their preferences and ideas on how the church should operate but being grounded in God's Word and the salvation of Jesus Christ means those preferences may need to be set aside at times.
Paul does not tell the church how they should achieve unity. Rather he says,
Read Philippians 2:1-4
The world continues to push the notion that you should be most concerned about you. Do not worry about others but worry about yourself. Paul is telling this church not to be selfish as it was tempting to follow the Roman culture, which proclaimed people were proud and cared about their self-image and status. This is not what the Bible calls us to, but it is countercultural to say, “Do nothing selfish.”
Paul connects unity in the church with Christians humbling themselves and counting others more significant than themselves. This is not natural for us to do as Christians, and it takes work and reliance on the Holy Spirit if we are to count others more significant than ourselves. This is not a “Don’t care about yourself and only care about others” attitude, but an attitude that makes you more selfless instead of selfish.
Christians who love one another as Jesus has loved us and count others more significant than themselves will be people who have unity with one another.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-philippians-21-4-seeking-unity-in-the-church/