God Will Finish What He Started
God began a good work in you, and He never leaves anything unfinished. While you are not there yet, He will gradually help you make progress.
Author
Travis Agnew
Lead Pastor
Discipleship
God Will Finish What He Started
God began a good work in you, and He never leaves anything unfinished. While you are not there yet, He will gradually help you make progress.
Travis Agnew
Lead Pastor
God Started Working on You (1:1-2)
- Jesus saved Paul while he was a murderous Jewish leader who hated Christians (Acts 9:1-19).
- Jesus saved Timothy, who came from a religiously and ethnically diverse family (Acts 16:1-5).
- Jesus started the Philippian church by transforming a wealthy Asian (Acts 16:11-15), a demon-possessed slave (Acts 16:16-24), and a Roman jailer (Acts 16:25-40).
- From these unlikely candidates, God established a church and leaders from within it (1:1).
- God initiates a relationship with us not because we are worthy, but because He is gracious (1:2).
God Will Finish Working on You (1:3-6)
- When we consider how God is working among His Church, it should cause us to thank Him for one another (1:3).
- Our prayers for one another can be filled with joy as we prioritize our partnership in gospel work (1:4-5).
- God has never left anything unfinished, and He is not intimidated by our incompleteness (1:6).
God Is Currently Working on You (1:7-11)
- One of the primary ways that God works in our lives is through the consistent presence and affection of a local church (1:7-8).
- God uses our discipleship efforts to improve our beliefs and our behaviors (1:9-11).
- God doesn’t expect you to be perfect, but He does equip you to make progress (1:9-11).
