Philippi is make a Roman colony

Numerous troops setter here, assigned because Octavian did not want military men in the area without a conflict

Paul writes 100 years later using military imagery.

Php 2:25 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need;

(12) Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

(13) Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what liesahead,

(14) I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

The Runners of a race or wrestling match took a wreath of leaves and branches as they finished the course.

The held onto these crowns until the overseers' determined if the crown was fitting and then they placed it on their head.

Php 3:8-11 NASB(8) More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,(9) and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,(10) that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;(11) in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Php 3:20 “For our citizenship is in heaven”

Right now

Later in eternity

Philippi is to be make a Heavenly colony

Right now

Later in eternity

"Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 'Give us this day our daily bread. 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

(Mat 6:9-13 NASB)

PERSONAL KINGDOM OF GOD

Goal of perfection, complete (12)

“I press”, “I lay hold” (12,14)

Humility (13)

Forgetting (13)

Reaching (13)

Attitude, mindset (15, 19)

Pattern (17)

Bodily transformation (21)

Goal of perfection, complete (12)

“I press”, “I lay hold” (12,14)

Humility (13)

Forgetting (13)

Reaching (13)

Attitude, mindset (15, 19)

Pattern (17)

Bodily transformation (21)

1. Life

2. Fruit

3. Light

4. Offering

5. Fellowship

Joh 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the

truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but

through Me.

Life Abundantly

Life more than possessions, earthly things

You don’t have a calling, you live one.

Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,

peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Lasting fruit come out of you through the work of the Holy Spirit

You don’t poses your calling as much as your calling poses’s you.

Mat 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city

set on a hill cannot be hidden;

Light, illumination, education are not hidden in us but broadcast in the world

You calling is not about your vocation but your radiance

Php 2:17 But even if I am being poured out as a

drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of

your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

Giving is one of the keys to the Kingdom

Our lives are gifts to give away

My calling is not about what I have but what I give away

Php 2:1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is

any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Our community is more than people

Our encouragement, conversations, instruction, guidance and counsel transcend humanity

Your calling is about who your relate to

1. Separate your calling from your vocation

2. Look at what flows from you not what flows to you

3. Understand how you shine, educate, illuminate, share

4. No transformation, not fruit

1. Your holiness is your calling

5. Relationships are your mission field

1. Justice, righteousness, peace, joy, love, truth

(12) Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

(13) Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what liesahead,

(14) I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.