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1 | God's Sovereignty Even over Motives | Phil 1:17 | DocTrinsograce | 237159 | ||
"Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment." (Philippians 1:15-17 NASB) "The overarching point of this passage is that God, in His gracious sovereignty, turns even prison and bad motives into the advancement of the gospel. 'I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel' (Philippians 1:12). "But the most surprising thing about this text is the way Paul's celebration of gospel truth overrides his sorrow at defective motives. "He rejoices that Christ is proclaimed. But some of the proclaimers are sinning as they proclaim, trying to afflict Paul by making him feel jealous that they are free while he is in prison. "What is more astonishing is that this sinful behavior is just the opposite of the way the gospel itself would incline a person to act. So they are hypocrites. They preach the gospel and then contradict in their very motives the gospel they are preaching. "One more amazing thing: In Galatians Paul calls down a curse on bad preaching: 'But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed' (Galatians 1:8). "What's the difference—celebration in Philippians and cursing in Galatians? The difference is that there is no evidence in Philippians that the hypocritical preachers were saying false things when they preached the gospel. They preached the true gospel. But the preachers in Galatians were distorting the gospel. "In other words, Paul is more agitated when the gospel itself is defective than he is when the people who preach the true gospel are defective." --John Piper (2011) |
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2 | God's Sovereignty Even over Motives | Phil 1:17 | DocTrinsograce | 237161 | ||
Oops... forgot to include the 18th verse: "What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice." (Philippians 1:18 NASB) |
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