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(ESV) - 1 THEREFORE, MY BROTHERS, WHOM I LOVE AND LONG FOR, MY JOY AND CROWN, STAND FIRM THUS IN THE LORD, MY BELOVED.
2 I ENTREAT EUODIA AND I ENTREAT SYNTYCHE TO AGREE IN THE LORD.
3 YES, I ASK YOU ALSO, TRUE COMPANION, HELP THESE WOMEN, WHO HAVE LABORED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL TOGETHER WITH CLEMENT AND THE REST OF MY FELLOW WORKERS, WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
ETS – PAUL POINTS OUT THAT A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO WOMEN IN THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI WAS HAVING AN OBVIOUS EFFECT ON THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH.
ESS – WHEN BELIEVERS ARE UNWILLING TO FUNCTION AS A TEAM, THE ENTIRE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH IS AFFECTED.
OSS – TO CONVINCE BELIEVERS TO FUCTION AS PART OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, IN THE SENSE THAT THE BODY IS NEVER TO BE IN CONFLICT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH ITSELF.
PQ – ARE YOU FUNCTIONING AS A TEAM MEMBER, OR ARE YOU A ROGUE CHURCH MEMBER?
UW – TEAMWORK
INTRODUCTION:
IN HIS BOOK CAN THESE BONES LIVE?
BILL HENARD LISTS TEAMWORK AS THE FINAL PARAMETER OF CHURCH HEALTH…
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL NOT FIND THE WORD TEAMWORK IN THE BIBLE, THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK FOUND THERE…
WE CAN LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE OF MOSES, WHO SERVED ON A TEAM WITH HIS BROTHER AARON, AND LATER, ON THE ADVICE OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, JETHRO, ASSIGNED LEADERSHIP ROLES TO PEOPLE HE KNEW TO BE TEAM PLAYERS TO OVERSEE GROUPS (TEAMS) OF THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS, FIFTIES, AND TENS…
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, WE READ OF THE WISDOM OF JESUS IN PUTTING TOGETHER A TEAM OF TWELVE MEN, WHO LITERALLY CHANGED THE WORLD WITH THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL…
OPEN YOUR BIBLE TO THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS, CHAPTER 4…
I WANT US TO TAKE AS OUR TEXT THIS MORNING VERSES 1 THROUGH 3…
SO STAND WITH ME AS WE READ THIS PASSAGE TOGETHER…
STAND – READ – PRAY
ARE THERE PLACES IN THE BIBLE THAT SPEAK TO THIS PRINCIPLE OF TEAMWORK?
THERE CERTAINLY ARE…
(ESV) - 10 I APPEAL TO YOU, BROTHERS, BY THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT ALL OF YOU AGREE, AND THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, BUT THAT YOU BE UNITED IN THE SAME MIND AND THE SAME JUDGMENT.
(ESV) - 11 FINALLY, BROTHERS, REJOICE.
AIM FOR RESTORATION, COMFORT ONE ANOTHER, AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER, LIVE IN PEACE; AND THE GOD OF LOVE AND PEACE WILL BE WITH YOU.
(ESV) - 18 TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH SHALL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH SHALL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN.
19 AGAIN I SAY TO YOU, IF TWO OF YOU AGREE ON EARTH ABOUT ANYTHING THEY ASK, IT WILL BE DONE FOR THEM BY MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
20 FOR WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED IN MY NAME, THERE AM I AMONG THEM.”
AS A MATTER OF FACT, BEFORE PAUL WROTE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK IN THIS PASSAGE, HE HAD ALREADY ESTABLISHED THIS IMPORTANT CONCEPT…
(ESV) - 27 ONLY LET YOUR MANNER OF LIFE BE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, SO THAT WHETHER I COME AND SEE YOU OR AM ABSENT, I MAY HEAR OF YOU THAT YOU ARE STANDING FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT, WITH ONE MIND STRIVING SIDE BY SIDE FOR THE FAITH OF THE GOSPEL…
STANDING FIRM IN THE SPIRIT…
WITH ONE MIND…
STRIVING SIDE BY SIDE…
FOR THE FAITH OF GOSPEL…
AND THEN HERE IN CHAPTER 4, HE ADDRESSES THE SUBJECT AGAIN, THIS TIME IN REFERENCE TO AN OBVIOUS LACK OF TEAMWORK…
SO LET ME POINT OUT A FEW TRUTHS TO YOU FROM THIS PASSAGE…
1. WHAT MAKES US A TEAM?
a. IT’S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW PAUL MOVES FROM A TONE OF ARGUMENT, AS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONVINCE THEM OF TRUTH…
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TO A TONE OF EXHORTATION, AS IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE UP A PARTICULAR ATTITUDE…
c. AND THE ATTITUDE IS ONE OF TEAMWORK AND UNITY…
d. (ESV) - 1 THEREFORE, MY BROTHERS, WHOM I LOVE AND LONG FOR, MY JOY AND CROWN, STAND FIRM THUS IN THE LORD, MY BELOVED.
e. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES US A TEAM?
i. LOOK AT THE WORDS PAUL USES HERE TO SPEAK TO HIS FELLOW BELIEVERS, YO BEGIN TO GET A PICTURE OF WHAT MAKE US A TEAM…
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BROTHERS…
i. BECAUSE OF CHRIST, WE ARE PART OF A FAMILY OF BELIEVERS…
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AND FAMILY WORKS TOGETHER…
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WHOM I LOVE…
i. THE LOVE OF CHRIST IS NOT JUST A COMMON EXPERIENCE FOR US, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMON CONVICTION WE ALL HOLD…
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FELLOWSHIP…
i. PAUL SAID HE LONGED FOR THE PHILIPPIANS…
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IN OTHER WORDS, HE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THEM…
i. HE REFERRED TO THEM AS “MY JOY”…
i. PAUL REJOICED OVER NOT ONLY THEIR SALVATION, BUT ALSO OVER THEIR CONTINUED MATURITY AND GROWTH IN CHRIST…
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FINALLY, HE SPOKE OF A FUTURE TOGETHER WITH THESE BELIEVERS…
i. HE REFERRED TO THEM AS “MY CROWN,” WHICH IS WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS AN ESCHATALOGICAL STATEMENT…
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AND THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST PIVOTAL WORDS IN PAUL’S ENTIRE DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE BELIEVERS…
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BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CULMINATION AWAITING NOT JUST ALL BELIEVERS, BUT ALL PEOPLE…
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AND OUR JOB IS TO BE TEAM PLAYERS, BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE VERY HIGH…
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AN UNWILLINGNESS TO BE PART OF THE TEAM CAN DO GREAT HARM TO THE WORK OF THE CHURCH…
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AND IN VERSE 2, PAUL REFERS TO THIS WHEN HE REMINDS US THAT…
2. ROGUE CHURCH MEMBERS CAN DAMAGE MINISTRY EFFECTIVENESS.
a. – I ENTREAT EUODIA AND I ENTREAT SYNTYCHE TO AGREE IN THE LORD.
b.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A ROGUE CHURCH MEMBER?
c. GOING ROGUE OFTEN INCLUDES EXCHANGING IDEAS FOR THE IDEAL…
i. FOR EXAMPLE, HERE IN THE TEXT, THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO WOMEN IN THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI.
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WHAT VERY POSSIBLY COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT THEY HAD A DIFFERENCE OF IDEAS THAT LED TO THEM LOSING SIGHT OF THE IDEAL…
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AN IDEAL IS SOMETHING CONSIDERED AS A STANDARD TO STRIVE TOWARD OR SOMETHING CONSIDERED WORTHY OF IMITATION.
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SO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHURCH, CHRISTLIKENESS, AND HIS MISSION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE IDEAL…
v. BUT OFTEN, OUR OWN COMPETING IDEAS BECOME SO IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE LOSE SIGHT OF THE IDEAL…
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AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS, SOMETIMES CHURCH MEMBERS GO ROGUE…
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THEY BEGIN TO OPERATE OUTSIDE THE STRUCTURE THAT NOT ONLY INCLUDES TEAMWORK, BUT THAT ALSO HELPS THE CHURCH PURSUE THE IDEAL OF CHRISTLIKENESS.
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WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHURCH CAN BE COMPROMISED…
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SOME OF THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS TYPE OF ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR IN THE CHURCH ARE…
i. PASTORS AND DEACONS…
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ALTHOUGH ANYONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS TYPE OF ROGUE ATTITUDE…
e. SO THEN, IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING A ROGUE CHURCH MEMBER…
3. HOW DO I BECOME A TEAM PLAYER?
a. – YES, I ASK YOU ALSO, TRUE COMPANION, HELP THESE WOMEN, WHO HAVE LABORED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL TOGETHER WITH CLEMENT AND THE REST OF MY FELLOW WORKERS, WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
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AS YOU HAVE LABORED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME (TEAMWORK)…
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