Philippians: Arrested for Reckless Living
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. RECKLESS LIVING AS A BROTHER
Philippians 2:25a “But I deemed it necessary to send my brother Epaphroditus to you”
A. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BROTHERS
B. SYMPATHY BETWEEN BROTHERS
II. RECKLESS LIVING AS A FELLOW WORKER
Philippians 2:25b “my fellow worker”(also I Samuel 30:24)
A. HE WAS A WILLING WORKER WITH PAUL
B. HE WAS A WORKER AT HOME FIRST
III. RECKLESS LIVING AS A FELLOW SOLDIER
Philippians 2:25c “and fellow soldier” (also II Tim. 2:2-3)
A. PAUL KNEW SOLDIERS
B. WHAT WOULD A SOLDIER DO?
IV. RECKLESS LIVING AS A SERVANT
Philippians 2:25d-27 “who is also your messenger, whom you sent to serve my needs. For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. 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). (also Phil 4:14-18; II Cor 11:9)
A. A MINISTER TO PAUL
B. A MESSENGER FOR PAUL
V. RECKLESS LIVING AS AN HONORED MARTYR
Philippians 2:28-30 “Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I’ll have less anxiety. Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor [people] like him, because he almost died for the work of Christ, gambling his life to complete the ministry you hadn’t had opportunity to do for me.”
A. HONORING THE SERVANT OF GOD
B. REMEMBERING THE MARTYR
RESOLVED: I will be a brother AND a worker AND a soldier AND a servant AND even, if God desires, a martyr in 2014