Learning the Secret of How to Pass Through All Things
I. Paul's Example - Philippians 3:17-18; 4:8-9
- A. Participating in the inward parts of Christ - Phil. 1:8
- B. Living and magnifying Christ - Phil. 1:19-21
- C. Thinking and minding Christ - Phil. 2:2; Col. 3:1-4
- D. Merging with Christ's disposition - Phil. 2:5
- E. Seeking the things of Christ - Phil. 2:19-21; 1 Cor. 4:17
- F. Valuing Christ above all things - Phil. 3:7-8
- G. Gaining Christ - Phil. 3:8b
- H. Being found in Christ - Phil. 3:9
- I. Knowing Christ - Phil. 3:10
- J. Laying hold of Christ for the prize - Phil. 3:12-14
- K. Being empowered by Christ - Phil. 4:13
- L. Being content with experiencing Christ - Phil. 4:12-13
II. Learning the Secret of "How to"
- A. Learning progressively, not automatically - Phil. 4:11
- 1. Not merely having experiences, but experiencing Christ in them
- B. Learning to live a supplied life - Phil. 1:19; 2:1; 3:3; 4:13,
19, 23
- C. Learning to obey the inner operation - Phil. 2:12-14
- D. Learning to be reduced to Christ - Phil. 3:7-10
- E. Learning to forget the past and press on- Phil. 3:13-14
- F. Learning to walk in the light that we have - Phil. 3:15-16
- G. Learning to rejoice in the Lord - Phil. 4:4
- H. Learning to turn anxiety into prayer - Phil. 4:6-7
- I. Learning to let peace loom larger than solving problems - Phil.
4:7
- J. Learning to be initiated into our circumstances by revelation -
Phil. 4:12; 3:15-16
- 1. Knowing the church is a matter of revelation - Matt. 16:13-18
- 2. Knowing our circumstances under revelation - Rom. 8:28-39
- 3. Making connections in our daily life - Phil. 4:12; 3:15-16
- K. Learning to living one moment at a time - Phil. 4:11
- L. Learning the secret of drawing from the hidden supply
- Phil. 4:11; 2 Cor. 12:9; Rev. 2:17
- M. Learning the secret of self-sufficiency in God's sufficiency -
Phil. 4:11; 2 Cor. 3:5-6; 9:8
- N. Learning to trust in our built-in ability to face every situation
- Phil. 4:13; Eph. 6:10;
2 Tim. 2:1; 1 Pet. 4:11