God designed us to have needs. But why? As the computer programmers say, "That's not a flaw; that's a feature." But what possible purpose could it serve to build an entire planet where everyone is needy...all the time? Jim has found four reasons, and he'll share them today and tomorrow, as we finish our survey of Paul's letter to the Philippians. Even the title of the sermon challenges us to think differently about this. It's Freedom Through Co-Dependency. Here's Pastor Jim to explain.

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We need to grant our brothers and sisters the right to be "wrong." Searching the letter of Philippians on Friday, we found "enemies to the cross of Christ:" fake brethren on a mission to twist and destroy the true faith. But... Now in chapter 4, Paul is going to pivot and tell us that we need to get along better with each other. For those truly in the faith, we need a generous shot of that lubricant called "gentleness." Otherwise the friction might produce heat. Here's Jim to conclude his sermon, Pathway to Peace.

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Who are the "enemies of the cross of Christ?" They're not who we might think! The enemies Paul warns of in Philippians 3 are not people openly hostile to the Lord, but those who pretend to be His followers. Those are always the worst, aren't they; the ones who betray Jesus with a kiss? And there are a lot of them. Their message will sound very attractive if we don't know what pattern of life we're to follow. That's our topic of study today. Here's Pastor Jim with the opening portion of his sermon, Pathway to Peace.

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How do you carve a statue of an elephant? Easy: you just get a big block of marble and chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant! The Holy Spirit as a Master Sculptor is trying to remove everything in us that doesn't look like Jesus. He has the skill and the power to do it - but we can short-circuit that power. In Philippians, chapter 3 Paul warns of two ways not to live the Christian life, and gives us a positive example, too. Here's Pastor Jim to conclude his message, Ride the Thermal.

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Becoming a Christian isn't like joining a club; it's like plugging into a power plant! Saul of Tarsus went from Christian-killer to Christian, and it wasn't because he had learned a new philosophy; it was because he was "laid hold of." We know he's speaking from experience when he tells us that we can live a life of purpose, and power. We've been studying the book of Philippians. Now let's begin Jim's sermon called, Ride the Thermal.

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What are you after? Fame? Fortune? Or do you want to "make a difference?" If we crave significance, first we'll have to realize how insignificant we are. Jim was talking about Minding the Main Thing when we ran out of time yesterday. And the "main thing" is not us! When we were infants the world revolved around us, and we liked it. Then we grew a bit, and found out that we were not the center of the universe. But do we ever fully accept that truth? Our text is Paul's letter to the Philippians, chapter 2. This passage confronts the problem of our selfishness, head-on.

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You know all those annoying people in your life? What if God sent them to teach you unselfishness? In Philippians, chapter 2, Paul challenges us to choose meekness. He goes so far as to say, "Regard others as more important than yourself." That's not something you're likely to hear from today's self-help gurus! How can we understand, much less adopt, this "me-second" attitude? Pastor Jim calls this sermon, Minding the Main Thing.

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Christians know that we're citizens of a different Kingdom, but sometimes we forget that this kingdom and that Kingdom are at war! Yesterday we began a sermon called The Winning Altitude. It looks at the epistle to the Philippians, and the motivating cause behind this jailhouse letter from Paul. He didn't want anyone to be scandalized by his suffering; he wrote, in effect, that this is normal stuff - prepare for it. Jim will look today at the reasons and the benefits of suffering. He'll launch right into Philippians chapter 3, verse 20.

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If there's a storm, your attitude isn't nearly as important as your altitude. Paul was in a storm. He always seemed to be in the middle of controversy and conflict - we could say the storm followed him around. But above the tempest there is peace. And that's the perspective this Apostle of grace wants to give us. If you're feeling tossed and soggy in your own storm, turn up the volume for some advice from someone who has been there. From Philippians, chapter 1 Jim brings us the first part of his sermon, The Winning Altitude.

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"What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!" Hamlet got it partly right: Those of us who have put ourselves in the hands of the Master are a workpiece - a "piece of work." "We are His workmanship," the Word says. As imperfect and unattractive as we may be now, we're on our way to becoming a masterpiece. In this half-hour we'll complete a message we started yesterday, inaugurating our new series called Pressing Toward the Goal. We're in Philippians, chapter 1, with Jim.

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