One Spirit, One Mind

Friday, May 15, 2015
Philippians 1:21-30 KJV

21 For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for you. 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; 26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear [to be] in me.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After writing that God would be glorified in his body, whether he lived or died, what did the Apostle Paul write about his own life and death? (v.21)
2) What was the Paul's conflict between departing this life and continuing to live? (v. 22-23)
3) What did he write concerning his life and why he should continue to live? (v.24-26)
4) What did Paul exhort the reader to do whether he was present or absent? Why? (v.27-28)
5) What did the apostle write about the conflict that we will all face as followers of Christ? (v.29-30)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) Do you fear dying? If so, why?

LIFE LESSONS
7) Only the Lord knows the day that He has appointed for His followers to depart this life. In the meantime, we are to live our lives unto the Lord, for the glory of God.