by Eric Spivey | Aug 11, 2019 | Discussion Guides, Love 2019
Passage Intro Throughout Isaiah we see passages like this, where Isaiah the prophet speaks as the Messiah. The most famous examples of these are the Servant Songs from Isaiah 42, 49, 50, and 52, which are often quoted in their clear references to Jesus, like, “He was...
by Eric Spivey | Aug 1, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Note: the sermon was on the whole 4th chapter, but you could do at least three separate discussions as a group on it. We’ll just be focusing on verse 4-9. Here we are at the end of the letter, and Paul is beginning his closing remarks. In 4:1 he...
by Eric Spivey | Jul 18, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Continuing off his thought in verse 16, “Let us hold true to what we have attained,” Paul encourages the Philippians to join in imitating him and the example of other faithful Christians. And right out the gate that encouragement might be a little...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 24, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Don’t miss the antecedent; otherwise this passage is pretty confusing. When Paul starts with “Not that I have already obtained this,” the “this” is the resurrection. He’s just continuing his thought from verse 11. Here Paul says that he is living his...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 24, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro Paul starts a new section here in chapter 3, returning to a familiar content point for many of his letters. Paul was frequently running in a specific heresy in the church proposed by folks we call the Judaizers. These people wanted to tack Jesus onto the...
by Eric Spivey | Jun 19, 2019 | Obey Love
Passage Intro That “therefore” at the start of this section means everything we’re going to talk about this week is based on what we talked about last week. “Therefore” looks back to Christ’s example of humility, his glorification, and most immediately, the fact that...
