Righteousness

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A mature Christian strives to live a holy (set apart from the ways of the world), obedient, loving, life, that is really, simply letting Christ live in and through him or her.

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Rejoice in the Lord

As we continue studying Philippians, as in this letter that the Apostle Paul wrote, seeking to calm any fears the church had conscerning Paul, his imprisonment and his gospel ministry. Paul was fine, guards and prisoners were coming to trust Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sin, and the leaders in Rome were becoming more and more bold in sharing about Jesus.
A theme that appears often in this letter is rejoice. Specifically, here, rejoice in the Lord. Paul isn’t simply stating something we ought to do, he’s really giving us an important perspective that will help us out as we walk through life. There are times when life just doesn’t go the way we think it ought to go. We don’t feel the feelings we think we should feel. We think about missed opportunities, think about what we had expected out of life so far, but don’t have. We think about how happy we are supposed to be, how we’re supposed to be healthy, wealthy and wise. But what if life doesn’t go like that. Actually, we’re warned that life doesn’t go like that, regardless of what people say!
Paul is telling us, that our true joy, true rejoicing is found in the Lord, in the salvation that Jesus earned for us through his death and resurrection. That no matter what happens in this life, Christ’s salvation belongs to those who’ve received it, and it will never, ever be taken away. Rejoice, even when you’re feeling down, feeling sorrowful, feeling great, experiencing a good day, a bad day, a meh day, whatever, rejoice in the Lord, because He is in you! He is with you! And that is what safeguards you from sin, temptation, and as he explains in the next verse, those dogs.
Paul is reminding us, that the battle is in our minds. By focussing on Christ, by focussing on the goodness of God’s salvation, we will experience joy! But Paul is as much a pragmatist as he is an optimist. In the next breath he says, “Watch out!”

Watch Out!

As you work out your salvation with fear and trembling, as you seek to live a righteous, holy, set-apart life. Things will come at you that will try to derail you from following Christ, depending on Christ, resting solely on Christ.

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