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To make his rhetorical point, he could have just as easily said, “If water is wet, if fire is hot, if rocks are hard,” and so forth. Paul mentioned these things in a manner that suggests to us that they should all be obvious parts of the Christian’s experience. If there is any… affection and mercy: Paul’s final rhetorical question assumes that every Christian knows something of the affection of God and of the mercy of God.
“The Lord doth usually and graciously water the holy fellowship of his people with the dews of many sweet and glorious refreshings so that they have a very heaven upon earth.” (Trapp)į.
Of course there is fellowship of the Spirit! The Holy Spirit fills and guides and moves in our lives in a powerful and precious way. We share life with the Spirit of God that we never knew before. It means the sharing of things in common. Fellowship is the ancient Greek word kononia. Paul knew and valued the fellowship of the Spirit, and every Christian should know what it is to have the fellowship of the Spirit. If there is any… fellowship of the Spirit: This is Paul’s third rhetorical question in this context. The idea behind this word is communicated by the Latin word for comfort ( fortis), which also means “brave.” The love of God in our life makes us strong and makes us brave. It has the idea of strengthening, of helping, of making strong. The idea behind this word for comfort in the New Testament is always more than soothing sympathy. The word comfort in this passage is the ancient Greek word paraklesis. But this is more than comfort this is the comfort of love. There is no way He cannot comfort us and no circumstance beyond His comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3 says that God is the God of all comfort. Every Christian should know what it is to have Jesus give him the comfort of love. If there is any… comfort of love: This is Paul’s second rhetorical question in this passage, affirming the great comfort of love. If I may use the figure, the Holy Spirit is the Physician, but Christ is the medicine.” (Spurgeon)ĭ. “The Holy Spirit consoles, but Christ is the consolation. Of course there is consolation in Christ! In 2 Thessalonians 2:16, Paul says that God has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace. Paul could say in 2 Corinthians 1:5, For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. Luke 2:25 says that one of the titles for Jesus as the Messiah is the Consolation of Israel. Every Christian should know the consolation of Christ. If there is any consolation in Christ: Paul asked this as a rhetorical question, knowing of course that there was great consolation in Christ.
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“It is extremely difficult to give the force of these expressions they contain a torrent of most affecting eloquence the apostle pouring out his whole heart to a people whom with all his heart he loved, and who were worthy of the love even of an apostle.” (Clarke)Ĭ. The idea is that if the Philippian Christians have received the things he mentions, then they have a responsibility to do what he is about to describe. If there is any: This introduces the basis for Paul’s exhortation to unity, humility and love among believers.
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Now he tells them how to act against internal conflicts in the body of Christ.ī. Therefore: This draws back to what Paul has built on in Philippians 1:27-30, telling the Philippians how to stand strong for the Lord against external conflicts. Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,Ī. (1) The basis of Paul’s exhortation to the Philippians. How Paul wants the Philippians to live with each other. Philippians 2 – Humble Living In Light of Jesus’ Humble Example A.