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UNITY RECOMMENDED
Philippians 2:1. _If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if
any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels
and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind_.
THE Church of Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
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ESTEEMING OTHERS ABOVE OURSELVES
Philippians 2:3. _In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better
than themselves_.
IT is a common and universally approved saying, that the tree may be
known by its fruit. Now we would have the Gospel brought to this test:
and we are willing that... [ Continue Reading ]
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CHRIST’S HUMILIATION
Philippians 2:5. _Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be
equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE EXALTATION OF CHRIST
Philippians 2:9. _Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and
given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under the earth; and that every tongue should... [ Continue Reading ]
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GOD ASSISTS THE DILIGENT
Philippians 2:12. _Work out your own salvation with fear and
trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do
of his good pleasure_.
THERE is no person, however eminent his attainments in religion may
be, who does not need to be exhorted... [ Continue Reading ]
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PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCED
Philippians 2:14. _Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye
shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word o... [ Continue Reading ]
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MINISTERIAL ZEAL DEPICTED
Philippians 2:17. _Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same
cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me_.
THE hope of benefiting immortal souls is most delightful to a
benevolent mind... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE SELFISHNESS OF MAN
Philippians 2:21. _All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus
Christ’s_.
CANDOUR is a virtue that should be held in the highest estimation:
but, if pressed beyond its proper limits, it will degenerate into
indifference, and be productive of incalculabl... [ Continue Reading ]