Challenge to Live as Children of God

Text: Text: Philippians 2:14-16
23 August 2014

CANDID DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD

1. Crooked

2. Perverse          Philippians 2:14

CHALLENGE TO LIVE AS CHILDREN OF GOD

1. Without complaining

2. Without disputing

REASON FOR CHOOSING TO LIVE IN THIS MANNER

1. Reason expressed
“In order that…”          Philippians 2:15

2. You may be blameless          Philippians 2:15

3. That you may be harmless          Philippians 2:15

4. Without fault          Philippians 2:15

5. Children of God          Philippians 2:15

CHALLENGE TO MINISTER FOR THE LORD

1. Working (doing all things)          Philippians 2:14

2. Shine as lights in the world          Philippians 2:15

3. Holding fast the word of life          Philippians 2:16

PERSONAL APPEAL

1. That I may rejoice in the day of Christ          Philippians 2:16

2. That I may not have run in vain          Philippians 2:16

3. That I have not labored in vain          Philippians 2:16


MEMORY VERSE

That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God
Without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
Among whom you shine as lights in the world.
Philippians 2:15