Saints In Christ Jesus

 Philippians 1:3-11

"I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you with all joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, INASMUCH AS BOTH IN MY CHAINS AND IN THE DEFENSE AND CONFIRMATION OF THE GOSPEL, YOU ARE ALL PARTAKERS WITH ME OF GRACE. For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God."


At this point, I would encourage that you return to the beginning of 1 Corinthians/Galatians and read how Paul starts the conversation, comparing the apparent joy with which he greets the Philippian church. You will see that the Corinthian and Galatian churches are not PARTAKERS with Paul of grace (Jesus' all-knowing plan to inspire and empower to righteousness to the Father through Him) for they have either rejected His development by way of the Living Bread or they have stepped away from it - suffering so many things in vain. These Philippians are with Paul, having provided for his needs while he was ministering to the Corinthians and, more importantly, are willingly partaking of the Paul's chains, by example, as our great High Priest ordains.


Paul is an example of man going on to completion in Christ Jesus- more complete in Him than most! These Philippians were willing to surrender as Paul was surrendering. Paul steadfastly confesses that his chains are in Christ; chains that He is not looking to separate himself from!

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