Christ PCA Temecula Christ Presbyterian Church

This week in part two of the sermon, “The Fight For Joy” we will look at the “surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus” and the difference between righteousness and self-righteousness through a joyful perspective, a joyful pillar, and a joyful passion which comes from further knowing Christ.

In chapter three, Paul warns of the evildoers; those who put confidence in the flesh. He counters with the reasons he is “qualified” through the flesh, but explains the futility of putting confidence in anything but the Lord. We will look at why it’s so easy to take confidence in the flesh and learn the benefits of putting our confidence in the Lord.

This week, we move to chapter three of Philippians where in the opening line, Paul reiterates what he has said before regarding joy. This important reminder is because we can easily let our present circumstances rob us of joy. How do these circumstances impact our joy and how can we rejoice in the Lord daily?

This week in Philippians 2:19-30, Paul tells the Philippian church that he is sending two faithful workers to them: Timothy and Epaphroditus. He commends both men for their genuine service to the Lord, contrasting that with others who worked only in their own self-interest. We will look to see why Paul speaks of being anxious and how in sending the two faithful servants, it will ease his anxiety.

This week in Philippians 2:14-18, Paul urges the church to not grumble and complain and we’ll look at the roots of both. In our broken world, it’s easy to do, but how can we fight the urge to grumble and complain and how do those two things affect our witness to the watching world? What does it mean to “hold fast to the word of life” and how might that have been encouraging to Paul, despite facing the prospect of his own death?

This week as we look at Philippians chapter two, we will see that the Philippian church is facing difficulties and Paul encourages them to work out their salvation rather than to give up or try something new. We will look at what it means to fear and see the difference between working out our salvation and working for our salvation and where we get the strength to continue on in the faith.