Philippians Teaches a Life Captivated

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“Now I begin to be a disciple. … Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts,

broken bones, dismemberment … come upon me, so long as I attain to

Jesus Christ.”Ignatius, Bishop in

Antioch

“Why do you delay? Come, do what you will.”

“Leave me as I am. For he who grants me to endure the fire will enable me also to remain on the

pyre unmoved, without the security you desire from nails.”

Polycarp, Bishop in Smyrna

“Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the

flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.”

Nicholas Ridley

“Be of good comfort, Mr. Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light

such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust never shall be

put out!”Hugh Latimer

Luke 12:4 “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you

whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into

hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!”

Philippians 1:3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all

making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

… 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection

of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

Philippians 3:1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things

to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

Philippians 4:1 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord,

my beloved. … 15And you Philippians yourselves know that in the

beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and

receiving, except you only. 16 Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for

my needs once and again. … 18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you

sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Philippians 3:4b If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the

flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of

Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness

under the law, blameless.

Genesis 49:27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,

in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil.”

2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three

times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on

frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from

Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger

from false brothers; 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless

night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my

anxiety for all the churches.

2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made

perfect in weakness.”

Philippians 3:7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of

knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, … 10 that I may know him and the power of

his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his

death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Philippians 3:7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of

knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.