When it comes to understanding big and important truths it can be helpful to have real life flesh and blood examples. This is why we love stories so much…they communicate big important truths in a way that helps us get it. The passage we are going to be looking at works sort of like that. It helps put flesh and blood on what we have been learning so far in Philippians and reminds us that the Kingdom of God doesn’t need lip service from admirers…it needs examples people can see.