God Finishes What He Starts | Philippians 1:3-8

Perhaps you have sunk into cycles of self-pity, despair and bitterness during the course of your life? For whatever reason, circumstances don’t pan out as you hoped they would. Loss of hope often leads to prayerlessness and you start to think, well what’s the point of praying anyway, it looks like no one’s answering them.

As we saw last week, Paul, the author of the letter to the Philippians is in jail for his faith. He’s in a Roman jail, which is not exactly the lap of luxury. In fact he would have been constantly chained to a guard throughout his incarceration, left with no privacy whatsoever, loss of all his freedoms, unsure of his fate. Truly awful circumstances.

Yet in the midst of these extreme trials, he pens this letter to the Philippian church. Throughout the letter, there is no hint of self-pity. Instead, the letter abounds with joy and affection for the church.

How come? As we shall see in this text, Paul finds his joy not in circumstances, but instead in the hope that God will complete the work that he started in his life - this biblical doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. It is this truth in which he finds his assurance and joy in Christ.

Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.

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