Knowing the Bible: Philippians: A 12-Week Study
Overview
The book of Philippians challenges Christians to remember their true identity as citizens of God’s kingdom, especially when faced with difficult circumstances and painful trials.
Helping us grasp the Apostle Paul’s gospel-centered exhortation to endurance, this guide explains the biblical text with clarity and passion—encouraging us to joyfully imitate Christ in the midst of hardship.
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Top Highlights
“Only the gospel can free us from focusing on our circumstances and then fixate our hearts on Christ and his cause in this world. Paul shows us the power of the gospel to bring supernatural joy because of spiritual realties. As he wrote to the Corinthians, ‘we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal’ (2 Cor. 4:18).” (Page 23)
“Thus, it is clear that the kingdom has come—it is now. But it is also still coming. It is both now and not yet. Christians are redeemed but must keep pressing on: standing firm in their confession, working out their salvation in Christian growth, resisting false teachers, embracing suffering and persecution, holding out the gospel of hope to the world, and committing to live out Christ’s love and humility with each other in the church.” (Page 8)
“Paul’s primary goal here is to show Jesus as the ultimate example of humility, servanthood, and sacrifice. It is ‘this mind’ that we should have among ourselves (v. 5). So too, elsewhere in Scripture, Jesus’ life and death are an ‘example’ to his followers (John 13:15; 1 Pet. 2:21).” (Page 39)
“Isn’t it wonderfully ironic how opposition to the gospel could turn into opportunities for the gospel” (Page 21)
“His confidence and joy were rooted in eternal truths, not mere circumstances. He was unswervingly confident because Christ is unshakably faithful. And Paul was effervescent in his love for other believers because the gospel showed him Christ’s love and taught him to love in imitation of it.” (Page 15)
- Title: Philippians, A 12-Week Study
- Author: Ryan Kelly
- Series: Knowing the Bible
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Pages: 96
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Philippians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Philippians › Study and teaching; Bible. N.T. Philippians › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781433540264, 9781433540271, 9781433540288, 9781433540295, 1433540266, 1433540274, 1433540282, 1433540290
- Resource ID: LLS:PHLPPNS12WKST
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:12:53Z