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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>SEP
18 - PHILIPPIANS 1 - RELATIONSHIP OF GOSPEL TO SUFFERING</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
1:1-2, (NNT). PAUL AND TIMOTHY: TO OVERSEERS AND DEACONS. <font size="3">“Paul
and Timothy bondmen of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ
Jesus that are at Philippi, with overseers and deacons: </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2
</font><font size="3">Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
</font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
Lord Jesus Christ.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
love Your servants, Father! We love their heart expression! We see
Your heart manifested through Paul’s heart. </span></span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
1:6 (1:3-8) PAUL: BASIS FOR HIS THANKSGIVING. <font size="3">“Confident
of this very </font><font size="3"><i>thing</i></font><font size="3">,
that he who began a good work in you will perfect </font><font size="3"><i>it</i></font><font size="3">
unto Jesus Christ’s day.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">What
comfort! What confidence! What a basis for hope and faith! We will
end up like Jesus! We will be like Him! Already He is </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">living</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">growing</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in us. Soon He will be fully manifested through us. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
1:9-11. PAUL: NATURE OF HIS PRAYER. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
this I pray, that your :love abound yet more and more in knowledge
and all discernment; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">10
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">so
that you may approve the </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
excellent; that you be sincere and void of offense unto Christ’s
day; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">11
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">filled
with fruit of righteousness, which </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is
</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">through
Jesus Christ, unto God’s praise and glory.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
We believe for the fulfillment of Paul’s prayer, Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
1:12 (1:12-14) PAUL: HIS BONDS OVERRULED. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Now
I would have you know, brethren, that the happenings unto me have
come out rather unto progress of the gospel.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Forgive
us Father, for ever doubting the wisdom of Your Providential dealings
and circumstance</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">All</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
things work together for good to those in You, and walking in Your
love! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
1:20 (1:15-20) PAUL: REJOICES IN ALL WHO PREACH CHRIST. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“According
to my earnest :expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be
shamed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be
magnified in my :body, whether by life, or by death.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Paul’s
faith didn’t take him out of prison, nor cause him to escape
martyrdom. For Paul’s faith was </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Jesus’</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
faith, and he walked in </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
will</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Father, and You walked with him in his testing! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
1:21 (1:21-26) PAUL: HIS DELEMMA. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“For
to me :to live is Christ, and to :die gain.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
victory! What overcoming! What can Satan do with a saint who walks on
this level? All he can do is be greatly cast down, as He watches You
Father, overcome through Your saints! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
1:29 (1:27-30) </span><span style="text-decoration:none">PAUL:
EXHORTATION TO SUFFER. </span><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Because to
you it has been granted in the behalf of Christ, not o</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">n</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">ly
:to believe unto him, but also :to suffer in his behalf.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
Father, is the glory of all saints! O may we not be deluded by a
partial Gospel, and seek to escape the path th</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">at</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Jesus and Paul and all the saints have trod! May American culture not
infiltrate the Gospel, but may we </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">always
let </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
pattern have precedence! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
1:23-24 (1:21-26) PAUL: HIS DECISION OF GRACE. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire :to depart and be
with Christ; for </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">it
is</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
very far better: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">24
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">yet to
abide in the flesh is more needful for you.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Plant
this heavenly spirit in each of us, Father!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">C.H.
Spurgeon Quotes: “Angels Are Humble!” </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
angels in heaven are humble because they remember who made them and
kept them angels, for they would have been devils in hell if God had
not preserved them in their first estate.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: </span><span style="text-decoration:none">78:72
(78, ESV) TELL THE COMING GENERATION. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“With
upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful
hand.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Integrity!
Yes, this is You too Father, who guards us from false enthusiasm and
deception! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:1.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Give ear, O my
people, to My law: incline your ears to the words of My mouth.</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="text-decoration:none">When God gives His truth
a tongue and sends forth His messengers trained to declare His word
with power, it is the least we can do to give them our ears and the
earnest obedience of our hearts. As the officer of an army commences
his drill by calling for “attention,” even so every trained
soldier of Christ is called upon to give ear to His words. Men lend
their ears to music; how much more then should they listen to the
harmonies of the gospel; they sit enthralled in the presence of an
orator; how much rather should they yield to the eloquence of heaven!</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:</span><span style="text-decoration:none">2</span><span style="text-decoration:none">.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>I will utter dark
sayings of old</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">;
enigmas of antiquity, riddles of yo</span><span style="text-decoration:none">re.</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
The mind of the poet-prophet was so full of ancient lore that he
poured it forth in a copious stream of song, while beneath the
gushing flood lay pearls and gems of spiritual truth capable of
enriching those who could dive into the depths and bring them up.
The letter of this song is precious, but the inner sense is beyond
all price. Whereas the first verse called for attention, the second
justifies the demand by hinting that the outer sense conceals an
inner and hidden meaning, which only the thoughtful will be able to
perceive.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:14.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And all the night
with a light of fire. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">So
constant was the care of the Great Shepherd that all night and every
night the token of His presen</span><span style="text-decoration:none">ce
was with His people. That cloud which was a shade by day was as a sun
by night. Even thus the grace which cools and calms our joys, soothes
and solaces our sorrows. What a mercy to have a light of fire with us
amid the lonely horrors of the wilderness of affliction. Our God has
been all this to us, and shall we prove unfaithful to Him? We have
felt Him to be both shad</span><span style="text-decoration:none">e</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
and light, according as our changing circumstances have required.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:18.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And they tempted
God in their heart. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">He
was not tempted, for He cannot be tempted by any, but they acted in a
manner calculated to tempt Him, and it is always just to charge that
upon men which is the obvious tendency of their conduct. </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"> Christ
cannot die again, and yet many crucify Him afresh, because such would
be the legitimate result of their behavior if its effects were not
prevented by other forces. The sinners in the wilderness would have
had the Lord change His wise proceedings to humor their whims, hence
they are said to tempt Him.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:32.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>For all this they
sinned still, and believed not for His wondrous works. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Continuance
in sin and in unbelief go together. Had they believed they would not
have sinned, had they not been blinded by sin they would have
believed. There is a reflex action between faith and character. How
can the lover of sin believe? How, on the other hand, can the
unbeliever cease from sin? God’s ways with us in providence are in
themselves both convincing and converting, but unrenewed nature
refuses to be either convinced or converted by them.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:41.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And limited the
Holy One of Israel. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Doubted
His power and so limited Him, dictated to His wisdom, and so did the
same. To chalk out a path for God is arrogant impiety. The Holy One
must do right, the covenant God of Israel must be true, it is
profanity itself to say unto Him You shall do this or that, or
otherwise I will not worship You. Not thus is the eternal God to be
led by a string by His impotent creature. He is the Lord, and He will
do as seems good to Him. </span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">78:57.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And dealt
unfaithfully like their fathers, </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">proving
themselves legitimate by manifesting the treachery of their sires.
They were a new generation, but not a new nation - another race yet
not another. Evil propensities are transmitted; the birth follows the
progenitor; the wild ass breed wild asses; the children of the raven
fly to the carrion. Human nature does not improve; the new editions
contain all the errata of the first, and sometimes fresh errors are
imported. </span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From “The
Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O. Fuller)</b></span></font></font></p>
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