The Apostle Paul rightly has the reputation for being a master theologian. But what is often neglected is the apostle's gift of taking the inspired theology and applying it to the lives and circumstances of his readers. The fourth chapter of Philippians marks such a division in his letter, but we should not understand the two halves of this division as unrelated to one another. On the contrary, all of the rich theology of the book must bear the expected and natural fruit in the lives of the believers. Otherwise, all of the good doctrine is to no practical end and has little purpose. So, the comfort we have in our union with Christ and the Lord's watch-care over us (ch. 1), the glories of the incarnation and exaltation of our Lord as the center of the life of the church (ch. 2), the sufficiency of the imputed righteousness of Christ and the warnings of works-salvation which characterize the true gospel message (ch. 3), lead to a true unity and joy in the faith. This message has been sprinkled throughout the book, but the apostle now strongly calls us to such unity and joy which naturally follows those who live their lives according to the precepts of the true message of the faith, "once delivered to the saints."
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