This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians 4:10-23)

Philippians 4:10-23

¹⁰ I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. ¹¹ I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. ¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

¹⁴ Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. ¹⁵ Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; ¹⁶ for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need. ¹⁷ Not that I am looking for a gift, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. ¹⁸ I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. ¹⁹ And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

²⁰ To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

²¹ Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send greetings. ²² All the saints send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar’s household.

²³ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Life Principles from Philippians, Part 10 (Video) by Ken Boa

The Key to Everything (Philippians 4:10-13) by David Hoke

Credited to Your Account (Philippians 4:10-23) by Robert Rayburn

To Be Content (Philippians 4:10-20) by Ray Stedman

The Secrets of Being Content (Philippians 4:10-13) by Bruce Goettsche

Grace, With Your Spirit (Philippians 4:21-23) by Ligon Duncan

Thanksgiving for the Philippians’ Gift and Final Greeting (Philippians 4:10-23) by Greg Herrick

 

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This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians, Part 9)

Philippians 4:1-9

4 Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for,my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firmin the Lord, dear friends!

² I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. ³ Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers,whose names are in the book of life.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding,will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹ Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.And the God of peacewill be with you.

Joy (Philippians 4:2-7) by Robert Rayburn

Life Principles from Philippians, Part 9 (Video) by Ken Boa

Standing While Running (Philippians 4:1-9) by Ray Stedman

A Positive Mental Attitude (Philippians 4:8-9) by David Hoke

Taking Control of Our Thinking (Philippians 4:8-9) by Bruce Goettsche

The Shalom of God (Philippians 4:2-7) by Ligon Duncan

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This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians, Part 8)

Philippians 3:12-21

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press ontoward the goal to win the prizefor which God has calledme heavenward in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. ¹⁶ Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

¹⁷ Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. ¹⁸ For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. ¹⁹ Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. ²⁰ But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who, by the powerthat enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodiesso that they will be like his glorious body.

Life Lessons from the Book of Philippians, Part 8 (VIDEO) by Ken Boa

The Focus of the Faithful (Philippians 3:12-14) by Bruce Goettsche

Following without Falling (Philippians 3:16-19) by David Hoke

Looking East (Philippians 3:17 – 4:1) by Robert Rayburn

All Things Subject to the Risen Christ (Philippians 3:20-21) by John Piper (also includes audio and video)

Fleeing from Enemies (Philippians 3:18-19) by John MacArthur

Pressing on Toward the Goal (Philippians 3:12-16) by Ligon Duncan

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This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians, Part 7)

Philippians 3:1-11

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,and it is a safeguard for you.

² Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. ³ For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— ⁴ though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵ circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ as for zeal,persecuting the church;as for legalistic righteousness,faultless.

⁷ But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. ¹⁰ I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹ and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrectionfrom the dead.

Life Principles from Philippians, Part 7 (VIDEO) by Ken Boa

The Christian’s Triple Gain (Philippians 3:1-11) by Ligon Duncan

Paul’s Fixation (Philippians 3:1-11) by Robert Rayburn

Christ Alone (Philippians 3:1-11) by Bruce Goettsche

Marks of a True Believer (Philippians 3:1-3) by David Hoke

Dangerous Confidence (Philippians 3:1-7) by Ray Stedman

Treasuring Christ Together Because He Is More Valuable Than All Else (Philippians 3:1-16) by John Piper (also in video and audio)

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This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians, Part 6)

Philippians 2:19-30

¹⁹ I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. ²⁰ I have no one else like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare. ²¹ For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. ²² But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. ²³ I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. ²⁴ And I am confidentin the Lord that I myself will come soon.

²⁵ But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. ²⁶ For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. ²⁷ Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. ²⁸ Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. ²⁹ Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, ³⁰ because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.

Life Principles from Philippians, Part 6 (VIDEO) by Ken Boa

Christian Manhood (Philippians 2:19-30) by Ken Boa

Honoring Others (Philippians 2:19-30) by Robert Rayburn

A Few Good Men (Philippians 2:19-30) by David Hoke

Servants and Friends (Philippians 2:19-30) by Bruce Goettsche

Two of a Kind (Philippians 2:19-30) by Keith Krell

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This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians, Part 5)

Philippians 2:12-18

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, ¹³ for it is God who works in youto will and to act according to his good purpose.

¹⁴ Do everything without complaining or arguing, ¹⁵ so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe ¹⁶ as you hold out^[c] the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing. ¹⁷ But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. ¹⁸ So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Life Principles from Philippians, Part 5 (VIDEO) by Ken Boa

Work It Out (Philippians 2:12-13) by David Hoke

Stars in the Night (Philippians 2:14-18) by Bruce Goettsche

The Quest for the Stars (Philippians 2:12-18) by Robert Rayburn

Live Life in Light of the Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ (Philippians 2:12-13) by Ligon Duncan

Holding Fast the Word of Life (Philippians 2:14-16) by John Piper (Video, Audio, and Written)

God at Work (Philippians 2:12-18) by Ray Stedman

Stop Complaining (Philippians 2:14) by John MacArthur (Audio and Written)

Another cool video…

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This Week’s Bible Study (Philippians, Part 4)

Philippians 2:1-11

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ² then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. ³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ⁴ Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

⁵ Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

⁶ Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
⁷ but made himself nothing,
    taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
⁸ And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    and became obedient to death —
        even death on a cross!
⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹ and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

God’s Surprising Formula for Joyful Living (Philippians 2:1-4) by Bruce Goettsche

Our Example for Life (Philippians 2:5-11) by David Hoke

Powerful Motivations (Philippians 2:1-4) by Robert Rayburn (also on audio)

Carmen Christi (Philippians 2:1-11) by Robert Rayburn (also on audio)

Song of Christ (Philippians 2:5-11) by Ligon Duncan

Life Principles from Philippians, Part 4 (VIDEO) by Ken Boa

The Means to Spiritual Unity (Philippians 2:3-5) by John MacArthur (also on audio)

The Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others (Philippians 2) by John Piper (also on video and audio)

The Secret of Humility (Philippians 2:5-11) by Ray Stedman (also on audio)

The Theology of Christmas (Philippians 2:5-11) by John MacArthur (see video below)

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