Lesson 2106

(Lesson 2106)(09-11-17)  Phillipians 1:1-11
    “Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

    Today’s quote relates Paul’s love and admiration for the church at Philippi. Therein, he lifted them up because of their persistent adherence to the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.
    Sadly, the writer of Revelation 3:15-16, addressing the church at Laodicea, a church much like  many of today’s so-called Christian churches, hit the nail right on the head when he wrote; “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
    It is far beyond time that those of us who still adhere to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ
get out and make a difference. It is up to us to see to it that a lost world hears the truth of Jesus Christ before it is eternally too late.~