THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN Discovering the Presence of God and His Joy in Every Situation Part 3 Philippians 1:12-14

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, Romans 8:38-29

For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. 2 Timothy 1:12

THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN 1.Recognizing what’s under your skin vs. 8-11

THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN 1.Recognizing what’s under your skin vs Realizing the centrality of our existence vs

THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN 1.Recognizing what’s under your skin vs Realizing the centrality of our existence vs Rejoicing in the face of everything vs

THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN 3.Rejoicing in the face of everything vs a.Rejoice - opposition has it’s purpose vs

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 1 Corinthians 13:4

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. … James 4:1-3

…Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. 3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong - you want only what will give you pleasure. James 4:1-3

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20

THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN 3.Rejoicing in the face of everything vs a.Rejoice - opposition has it’s purpose vs b.Rejoice - critics must hear the message vs a

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. Matthew 23:14

for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. … Romans 10:9-11

11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” Romans 10:9-11

THE RELEVANT CHRISTIAN 3.Rejoicing in the face of everything vs c.Rejoice – life and death belong to Jesus vs. 20b-21

I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. Psalms 34:1-3

Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, Hebrews 10:19

For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, Hebrews 2:11

I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, John 15:15a NLT

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25