The Gift of Suffering for Christ | Philippians 1:27-30

The Philippian church to which Paul is writing was facing pressure from the surrounding pagan Greco-Roman culture to conform. Paul had experienced not just this pressure, but also persecution, when he and Silas arrived in Philippi for the first time to plant the church. In Acts 16, we see that they were both arrested for preaching Christ. Paul understands the hostility that the Philippian church is facing, so he writes now to encourage them to live a life of gospel faithfulness in the midst of pressure from the culture. He encourages them to see that suffering for the sake of Christ is a gift and therefore urges them to stand firm in living a life worthy of the gospel.

Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.

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