Title Philippians 2:19-30
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Philippians 2:19-30
Shall we say hello?
Be the person you want to see when you break up...
What kind of person do you want to see when you break up?
that is..
Maybe someone you like?
Is it the person you have in your heart?
You are meant to invest your time in the person you love.
How are you spending your day? I'm curious, but I'm also worried.
What we are looking at... Paul and the Philippian church seem to see the person we have in our hearts...
The Philippian church hears the news.
Paul is imprisoned in a Roman prison.
I'm so upset... I'm worried... I'm sending one person away.
He is Epabrodido.
But...
Sent to help Paul in prison.
Epaphroditus was... rumored to have been... rather made by Paul.
How upset would you be?
For those who need help...
It's been a burden...
In the Philippian church... in an instant, worries... change into resentment.
Why... are you hurting.. making it hard on Paul? He starts to hate Epabrodido.
The greatest virtue of the church is love.
But...
Love begins to crack.
Paul in prison...
He was sick and now he is healthy... Epaphrodi too... and the Philippian Church...
An invisible conflict has begun.
Paul makes a decision. I had to make a decision.
Meanwhile... one?
19 I send Timothy to you quickly, for it is my desire in the Lord that I may be comforted in the knowledge of your circumstances.
20 For I have no one other than this who agrees and sincerely considers your circumstances.
It was decided to send Timothy.
Timothy's role is... Paul's situation and what is happening around him. And... it is the role of understanding the situation of the Philippian church. So, it is the role of filling in the cracked place.
Paul says:
who will do the job. .It's only Timothy...
21 They all sought their own things, not the things of Christ Jesus.
22 You know the training of Timothy, that he labored with me for the gospel, as a child does to a father.
23 Therefore I hope to see how my work will turn out and let this man go soon.
24 I am sure in the Lord that I also go quickly.
It means that you are a trustworthy person.
I think like this.
When someone else entrusts me with a job...
Am I the kind of person who gets things done so neatly that I never look back?
Is there anyone around me who will entrust me with such a job that I don't look back?
This heart that Paul thinks of Timothy
You should have the same thoughts when you entrust the work to the saints.
25 But I think it is necessary to send Epaphroditus to you.
He is my brother, who labors together, and a fellow soldier, and your messenger and helper for my needs.
26 He longed for all of you, and when he learned that you had heard of his illness, he was very grieved.
27 He became ill and died, but God had mercy on him, and
And he had mercy on me, and took away the sorrow that was upon my sorrow.
Also send people.
Evabro Dido...
He doesn't know what to do now.
The Philippian church who worries about herself
Silently, I only see Paul's eyes
I can't even complain.
We must also have the strength of Epabrodido.
He was a man who worked hard to carry out the work entrusted to him by the church that sent him even though he was sick.
ok though...
Because he was already sick... he became a sinner.
Complaining...I can't do it anymore.. silently.. tearing my heart out.. putting up with the pain myself.. a person who serves Paul.
28 Therefore I sent him more hastily, so that you may see him again and rejoice, and that my sorrow may be lessened.
29 Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men.
30 When he died for the work of Christ, he did not look to his life,
to make up for the lack of your work in serving me.
The division of the church is... Paul's pain. It is God's pain.
Misunderstanding should be cleared.
But what?
We often give up on it easily.
Paul wanted to prevent division in the church by sending Epaphroditus as soon as possible.
If the Church of God is broken even through good work, there will be no history as painful as this.
We have Paul's heart.
Timothy...
Eva Brody...
By examining the church in Philippi, we are looking back at the true church.
Hallelujah..