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| A work in Progress |
A work in
Progress
“Being confident of this, that he who began a
good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Paul was
confident that Philippians uphold the highest regards to perseverance and
sanctification. "the action or
process of being freed from sin or purified." the process of
sanctification takes deliberate action on our part".
They are
working on these areas with a real deal.” They
really mean business with the Lord. For they are branded as a “church in
action” they supported the ministry, Paul, and other church workers to advance
the kingdom of God.
We are
not to wait around unchanged. Seeing Christ as the end goal, the faithful
Christian will seek to grow in godliness until the day Jesus returns- (connect us)
* The grace of God is doing a work in your heart and life.
When the
Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on
his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
John
16:13
“For
those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he
predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he
justified, he also glorified” (Ro 8:29-30).
The
progressive work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Philippians
1.
Assured of Salvation
All over again we are assured that
we are saved by the Grace of God Jesus Christ and not slaves of fear and doubt.
We are adopted sons of God by Grace.
2. Acknowledge Gods working power
God is
about His breaking into our awareness of Him and drawing us toward Himself.
Therefore,
since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God
because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us Romans 5:1
3. Saved
to Grow
If we
were saved, then we are saved to grow. God doesn’t save anyone and then not
turn them into the likeness of his Son in one way or another.
If you consider yourself a Christian but have no
real desire to change and become like Christ, go and cry out to God. You either
need to be genuinely saved, or you need him to lift whatever deception from
your eyes makes you think anything other than, “To live is Christ” (Phil 1:21).
Conclusion
I am a work
in progress by The grace of God in my life, in my relationship in my ministry,
in my family in my workplace.
I press on toward the goal to win the prize
for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14.Are
you one with this goal? where are you right now? Do you want to submit to God's working power
to change your life?
