Free Bible Commentary
“Philippians 2:14-18”
Categories: Philippians“Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.”
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“Grumbling and disputing” are indicators of dissatisfaction and selfishness. We must understand that God will hold us accountable for a worldly and unholy attitude as we endeavor to go about working out our own salvation with fear and trembling (verse 12). We will never “appear as lights” (verse 15) if we participate in the gloom that pervades this dark world. If the people living outside of the light of Christ cannot see something desirably different in us, then they will see no reason to want what He has to offer them.
“There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:9-13)
The majority of the people that Jesus walked among “did not comprehend the light” that He came to shine into their lives (John 1:5). And yet there were precious few who appreciated and absorbed His grace and glory, and He transformed and translated them into the kingdom of heaven. If we reflect the light of the Son as we walk amid the gloom of the world, we have wonderful opportunity to help pull aimless and lost souls out of the midst of this “crooked and perverse generation.”
Please read Philippians 2:19-24 for tomorrow.
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Have a safe and blessed Lord’s Day!
- Louie Taylor
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