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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 39
Titus 2:13 Declares Jesus Christ as God
Now verse 28.
Philippians 1:28a
It’s those who oppose the believers. So Paul makes it so plain to these Philippians that when the pressures from the outside world, whether it was the Judaisers or the Pagans or the Romans
Also remember at the time of Paul, Emperor worship had almost superseded the god and goddesses of mythology. Now verse 29.
Philippians 1:29
Most of the time Christians suffered for their faith, most of the time they were driven from place to place because they didn’t conform. Now verse 30.
Philippians 1:30
Paul was convinced as a Roman citizen he would get a fair shake in the Roman courts. Philippians 2:1-2a
"If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels (inner-most part,) and mercies, 2. Fulfil ye my joy,..."
The fact that Paul was penetrating the higher echelons of the Roman empire. He was actually seeing these hardened Roman soldiers come to a knowledge of the saving Grace of Jesus Christ. Philippians 2:2-3a
"Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, (as joyful as I am) having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Now again, compare the life of the average Philippian believer in their mundane, everyday Christian experience, compared to where Paul was chained to a Roman soldier, with his life on the line. How many Churches bicker, bicker, bicker. Iris worked in the nursing profession, and worked with people from every background you can imagine. Now completing verse 3.
Philippians 2:3
Philippians 2:4
Paul isn’t saying, Look at your neighbors stuff and wish you had it. A verse comes to mind in I Corinthians chapter 13, the great love chapter. "Charity (love) suffereth (endureth) long, and is kind; charity (love) envieth not; charity, (love) vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5. (love) Doth not behave itself unseemly, (or unnaturally, love) seeketh not her own, (love) is not easily provoked, (love) thinketh no evil;"
Now back to Philippians. So that’s exactly what Paul has on his mind in verse 4 and the Holy Spirit inspiring it. Looking at the verse again.
Philippians 2:4
Philippians 2:5
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
"Have the mind of Christ! Well there’s only one way, and that is to be saturated with the Word, literally saturated.
So to make a long story short the Lord opened the old boy’s heart and he had just literally begun to saturate himself with the Word.
God has given us the wherewithal to study, and to become skilled in the use of the Scriptures. No, if you get into the Word, the Holy Spirit will begin to open your understanding. So looking at the verse again.
Philippians 2:5
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
Romans 12:1a
Because of everything he had written in these previous chapters, especially the first 8 chapters. Remember chapters 9, 10, and 11 are parenthetical. Romans 12:1
"I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, (not sinless perfection, or that you sprout a halo, but holy simply means that you’ve been set apart, you’re different, you belong to God, you’re no longer a part of the world. So this is what we are to be, holy,) acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
See God isn’t unreasonable. God’s knows we’re made of dust. Romans 12:2a
The mind is the core of everything. It’s the same way spiritually then, that if our mind is lined up with the things of God, and according to the teachings and exhortations of the Holy Spirit then our mind is going to think as God wants us to think. So if our mind is on the world’s garbage then that’s the way we’re going to think. If on the other hand the mind has been saturated with the Word of God, then that’s what we’re going to think, and it’s going to start showing.
Romans 12:2b
"...that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
We get letters that ask, "How can I know the will of God?" Let’s read verse 5 again and then verse 6 which we’ll pick up in our next lesson.
Philippians 2:5-6
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (now I’ll go on into the next verse although we won’t have time to comment on it. Speaking of the Lord Jesus Christ) 6. My, the Scriptures declares that He was God. I know there’s one particular group that their main hang up is that they just can’t believe that Jesus Christ was God. Well it’s hard to deal with someone like that, but I guess my favorite Scripture to prove to them that Jesus Christ is God is found in Titus chapter 2.
"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."
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