ON THE SAME PAGE

We opened Paul the prisoner’s letter to the Philippians... and found it’s full of joy!  
But why joy?...  “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.”

Yup, a Christian’s joy is... ‘in Christ Jesus’

So are these Philippians perfect?  Of course not! It seems there’s even a spat between Euodias and Syntyche who should be “ of the same mind in the Lord”.

Have you heard people ‘agree to disagree’ over doctrine?...

In essentials – unity 

In non-essentials – liberty  

In all other – charity



On the same page

It might sound good but let’s see if Paul would buy that one...

“...stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...”                                                                              

“ being of one accord, of one mind”                                                             

“let us mind the same thing”

So does Paul give us a role model on this? He sure does!...

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who being in the form of God... He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”

Ah, so it takes humility too!... and we have Paul, Timothy and Epaphroditus as examples. Wouldn’t that solve a few problems!...                                                             
“in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”                     
Then we will ‘shine as lights in the world’, while others... ‘mind earthly things’.

Oh by the way... even the world’s orchestras know to play ‘on the same page’ to give their audience enjoyment. Imagine if they weren't!

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