A Gospel-Driven Witness

In our last two messages from the book of Philippians, we’ve been considering the doctrine of sanctification. Paul has called the Philippians to the pursuit of practical holiness by commanding them to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. And we’ve spent a couple of weeks looking at that those two monumental verses—verses 12 and 13—seeking to mine out the rich, practical theology that is in that text, which guides and instructs us in how we are to be growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ.

But now after that general exhortation to be diligent in the pursuit of our sanctification, Paul starts to get specific. He speaks of a particular way in which the Philippians—and we ourselves—are to work out their salvation with fear and trembling—a particular avenue of holiness that we are to set ourselves upon. He states it plainly in verse 14: Do all things without grumbling or disputing. He commands the people of God to eliminate complaining from our lives—both personal complaints about the various circumstances of our lives, and especially our complaints against one another...

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