Philippians 1:11

“being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God”

“Being filled”: Here is another positive result of such intelligent love. “The Philippians are now graphically pictured as trees loaded down with, bearing. full crop of good fruit” (Hawthorne p. 29). Being filled suggests an abundance of fruit, again the idea of "bare minimum service" is found to be. false doctrine. See (Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 2:5; John 15:2). “Fruits of righteousness”: Compare with the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), see also James 3:18. “Such. pure and faultless character will naturally express itself in deeds of helpfulness and service. Fruitful lives should be the visible outcome of wise and discerning love” (Erdman p. 54). The inference is that we must be bearing such fruit now if we are to stand approved before God at the last day (Philippians 1:10). “Which are through Jesus Christ”: This infers that such conduct is not possible by unaided human reason. “Unto the glory and praise of God”: The ultimate purpose in living the Christian life (Matthew 5:16; Ecclesiastes 2:12). “God must be magnified. His virtues must be extolled” (Hendriksen p. 63). Thus the "good church" is that congregation committed to the exaltation and praise of God and not individual personalities. God is glorified when we are motivated by an intelligent love and the results or fruit of such are seen in our lives. Unfruitful Christians don't glorify God, rather they are the best ammunition against the Church that the secular world has.

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