DISCOURSE: 2143 UNITY RECOMMENDED Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind_. THE Church of Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2144 ESTEEMING OTHERS ABOVE OURSELVES Philippians 2:3. _In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves_. IT is a common and universally approved saying, that the tree may be known by its fruit. Now we would have the Gospel brought to this test: and we are willing that... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2145 CHRIST’S HUMILIATION Philippians 2:5. _Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2146 THE EXALTATION OF CHRIST Philippians 2:9. _Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2147 GOD ASSISTS THE DILIGENT Philippians 2:12. _Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure_. THERE is no person, however eminent his attainments in religion may be, who does not need to be exhorted... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2148 PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCED Philippians 2:14. _Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word o... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2149 MINISTERIAL ZEAL DEPICTED Philippians 2:17. _Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me_. THE hope of benefiting immortal souls is most delightful to a benevolent mind... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2150 THE SELFISHNESS OF MAN Philippians 2:21. _All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s_. CANDOUR is a virtue that should be held in the highest estimation: but, if pressed beyond its proper limits, it will degenerate into indifference, and be productive of incalculabl... [ Continue Reading ]