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ONE MASTERONE MESSAGE

and ONE MISSION

We can work together – whatever our

denomination, doctrine, or distinctive

PHILIPPIANS

2:1-4

WHAT MAKES WORKING TOGETHER

WORK?

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.

Philippians 2:1

I. RECALL THE HAND OF GOD’S BLESSINGS

“encouragement” - the blessing of God standing beside us to help

“comfort” - the blessing of God motivating us with His love

“fellowship” - the blessing of God partnering with us

“tenderness & compassion” - the blessing of God showing His affectionate sympathy

These blessings help us to be brotherly and sisterly, because God is fatherly.

I. RECALL THE HAND OF GOD’S BLESSINGS

1. People are not burdens: People are blessings.2. People are not problems: People have problems.3. It’s always too early to give up on

people.

IMPLICATIONS OF GOD’S BLESSINGS TO HOW WE SEE

OTHERS

Then make my joy complete by being

like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

Philippians 2:2

II. RETAIN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY

The emphasis on “like,” “same,” & “one” displays the value of HARMONY.

Since we can have God’s encouragement, we can be like-minded.

Since we can have God’s comfort, we can love one another.

Since we can have God’s fellowship, we can partner in being united.

Since we can have God’s tenderness & compassion, we can have the same goal of being tender and compassionate.

II. RETAIN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY

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The dysfunctional key in the typewriter illustrates the power of

one – just one letter affects the many letters around it.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than

yourselves.

Philippians 2:3

III. REFLECT THE MIND OF HUMILITY

Pride was a problem in Philippi, because that city was prime and strategic.

Philippi was a mini-Rome; Philippi was a colony that enjoyed full Roman

citizenship, even exemption from taxes; Philippi had rich reserves of gold and silver;

and Philippi boasted of many hills and fresh

fountains.

So the Philippians thought they were better than others.



According to Life magazine, Muhammed Ali, one of the greatest heavyweight boxing champions of the world, spoke of himself before his 1971 fight with Joe Frazier this way:


“There seems to be some confusion. We’re gonna clear this confusion up on March 8. We’re gonna decide once and for all who is king! There’s not a man alive who can whup me.

(He jabs the air with half a dozen blinding lefts.)

I’m so smart. (He taps his head.)

I’m so pretty. (He lifts his head high in profile, turning as a bust on a pedestal.)

I AM the greatest. I AM the king! I should be on a postage stamp – that’s the only way I could be licked!”


Ali lost to Frazier in that fight. Let’s not fall into the trap where Ali

fell.

Paul reminded the Philippians to humbly consider others as more important than themselves, and not to be caught up with selfishness.

I used to think that God’s gifts were on shelves one above the other, and the taller we grow,

the easier we can reach them. Now I find that God’s gifts are on shelves one beneath

another, and the lower we stoop, the more we get.

F. B. Meyer


When grow in humility when we consider others better than ourselves.

How?By learning from anybody and everybody, even our enemies.


Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the

interests of others.Philippians 2:4

IV. REPRODUCE A HEART OF CONCERN

Our world must not only include our interests, but also those of others.

How do we look to the interests of others?1. We can watch out for their good points

and model after them; and2. We can be sensitive to their needs and

help meet those needs (if we can).


To find a perfect model, look at Christ’s example – Philippians 2:5-11.

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.


Who, being in very nature God,did not consider equality with God

something to be grasped,but made himself nothing,

taking the very nature of a servant,being made in human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a man,he humbled himself

and became obedient to death –even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest placeand gave him the name that is above every

name,that at the name of Jesus every knee should

bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is

Lord,to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:5-11

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Your physical appearance is not important, what really matters is that He made you in His likeness and that He loves you just as you are!

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1. Out of the four ways of working together (i.e., recalling the hand of God’s blessings; retaining the spirit of unity; reflecting the mind of humility; reproducing the heart of concern), which one (in your opinion) do the Philippine evangelical churches need the most? Why?

2. What do you think are the top three areas that need more working together among the Philippine evangelical churches?

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