The Exemplary Hope, Obedience and Care of Paul and Timothy as They Imitate Christ: AN EXEGESIS OF PHILIPPIANS 2:19-24

This emphasis on Timothy's gifts and details has two objectives. It not only established Timothy in the eyes of the Filipinos but also when he talked about imitating the example of Christ's humility, it was more effective in his visit, but when Paul We also strengthened the foundation of. While maintaining his concern for Timothy, Paul also left a deep impression that asking Philippi readers for self to surpass others is a shameful thing; they are in the hands of their own interests You should pursue their interests.

In the Philippines, Paul saw that Christians respond to God's grace by believing in Christ. The work here is based on faith - they are submissive of faith and do not simply believe faith without obedience, as James said, "the belief that behavior is not dead" (Jacob 2 : 20-24). Biblical writers, especially New Testament writers, often remove sentences from the context. Most of the text used in the Old Testament is strictly out of context. But they certainly will not accidentally get out of the background. There are only two examples here.

In Philippians 2: 5-8, Paul stated that Christians have the idea of ​​Christ Jesus, and reveals what this means. The heart of Christ Jesus tends to serve. He appears in the form of God, but empties himself in the form of a servant - he takes a statue of a man, a carpenter's son. "He humbled myself and followed death, yes, yes, death of the cross" (Philippians 2: 8). We can not claim that our number has reached a selfless level. When Paul said that we have ideas about Christ, he said that now is reality and ideal - said that it is the real thing, but we still need to grow Yes. As long as we have the soul of Christ, we look at things from the perspective, show us our old values ​​as irrelevant, and the service and devotion of life is the ideal of our efforts .

Jesus followed his father. A letter to the Hebrews (9: 26) records what Christ sacrificed himself to eliminate many people's sins. In the first letter to Timothy, Paul emphasized the necessity of Christ Jesus' humanity. Then he will truly become an intermediary between God and men and can redeem himself to all. A letter to the Romans is the most systematic development of the apostles Christian religion as a source of salvation. Remember that Paul wrote the same expression at the beginning (1: 5) and the end (16: 26) of the Romans. In other words, obedience of faith is comprehensive. Obedience and sin are in stark contrast to the basic response to God. The word "obedience" comes from the verb "auditory". The Greek verb akouw - ἀκούω means I hear, listen, obey and understand. Submissive Hebrew is שָׁמַעלְקוֹל - shama leqol, listen to the sound