Study 6 From the Book of
Philippians is: Philippians 3:12-21
1.
Verses
12-17. Once a person knows he is ‘saved’
or ‘justified’, what attitude should he adopt to life? Even after he has ‘grown up’ as a Christian
and become ‘mature’, what concern should still dominate his thoughts? What is
he never justified in doing? How in consequence ought I to be acting?
2.
Verses
18-21. What kind of outlook, interest
and expectation should a Christian have, and why? By contrast, what kind of
appetite and interests dominates some?
What difference should the cross of Christ make to my daily life? Cf.
Gal. 5:24; 6:14.
Notes
1.
Verse
12, 15. ‘Perfect’ or ‘mature’: the Greek word means ‘having reached its end’.
It was used of persons who were full-grown or mature.
2.
Verse
20. The thought here is that Christians here on earth are a colony of heavenly
citizen, just as the Philippians’ were proud to think of themselves as a colony
of Romans citizens. Cf. Acts 16: 12, 21
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