The Pattern Of Life
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Introduction
Introduction
Greetings...
Last week we notice Paul talking about the “Purpose of Life.”
One of the purposes of life was to partner, defend, and confirm the gospel.
Another purpose was to “Abound in Love.”
Lastly our purpose in life is to understand “To Live is Christ to Die is Gain.
Paul then begins talking about the “Pattern of Life” in chapter two.
With this in mind let us examine our lesson for today.
The Pattern Of Life Is In Christ
The Pattern Of Life Is In Christ
Jesus gave up a lot for us.
Jesus gave up a lot for us.
When one begins examining the life we ought to live it must begin, today with understanding Jesus is our pattern of life.
However, this can only be appreciated until we strive to understand what Jesus gave up for us.
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Theodore Roosevelt once stated, “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
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No one has demonstrated their love for us and shown us how much they care than God the Father, Son, and Spirit.
Jesus gave up a lot for us, and we should be willing to listen to what He knows for our life.
Jesus gave us a pattern of life to follow.
Jesus gave us a pattern of life to follow.
Not only does Jesus have the “words of eternal life” () but He gave us a pattern of life to follow.
7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Summary
Summary
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The life of Christ, from start to finish was based on a purpose and goal which led to a perfect pattern for us to follow in our lives.
Jesus didn’t come to this earth just to be sacrifice He came to be an example to His creation about how to love and live.
In this perfectly patterned life of righteousness we see what should be in our lives.
That Pattern Of Life Is Demonstrated In Us
That Pattern Of Life Is Demonstrated In Us
God works righteousness through us.
God works righteousness through us.
Many think that God “forces” His way into our lives and overwhelms us to righteousness but this is not the case.
God expects us to follow His Word and Jesus’ example in our live to effect the lives of others.
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
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13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
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So how does God use us for “His works?”
By getting us to understand that...
Our mindset must pattern Christ.
Our mindset must pattern Christ.
Most people today would shutter at the idea of “thinking like someone else or being someone else.”
In fact those who have run from the law or been in witness protection and have been interviewed have talked about how hard it is to “be someone else.”
And, yet this is basically what Paul is writing to the church in Philippi.
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
As blood purchased children of God we are to mimic the mindset of Christ.
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Not because the Father, Son, or Spirit want mindless robots but because God knows this is the best life here on earth and in the afterlife.
This new patterned mindset will help us understand...
Our life must be patterned after Christ.
Our life must be patterned after Christ.
If we are “thinking like Christ” it only makes sense that we would be “living like Christ.”
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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Conclusion
Conclusion
The pattern of life in Christ should be manifested in our life pattern.
We have the opportunity, as children of God, to hold up and make proud the name of God, if we live up to it.
Invitation
1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; 2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.