(Phi 2:1) So then, if there is any comfort in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tendernesses and compassions,
(Phi 2:2) fulfill my joy, that you think the same, having the same love, one in soul, minding the one thing,
(Phi 2:3) doing nothing according to party spirit or self-glory, but in humility, esteeming one another as surpassing themselves;
(Phi 2:4) each not looking at the things of themselves, but each also the things of others.
(Phi 2:5) For think this within you, which mind was also in Christ Jesus,
(Phi 2:6) who subsisting in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,
(Phi 2:7) but emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, having become in the likeness of men
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and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, having become obedient until death, even the death of a cross.
(Phi 2:9) Because of this also God highly exalted Him and gave Him a name above every name,
(Phi 2:10) that at the name of Jesus "every knee should bow," of heavenly ones, and earthly ones, and ones under the earth,
(Phi 2:11) and "every tongue should confess" that Jesus Christ is "Lord," to the glory of God the Father. Isa. 45:23
(Phi 2:12) So, then, my beloved, even as you always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, cultivate your salvation with fear and trembling,
(Phi 2:13) for it is God who is working in you both to will and to work for the sake of His good pleasure.
(Phi 2:14) Do all things without murmurings and disputings,
(Phi 2:15) that you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault in the midst of a crooked generation, even having been perverted, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,
These are good things to have fellowship with, truth is, we know it is not of us anyway, yet we desire to grow and learn among each other, not in growing in ourselves, but that we might be able to help another.
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But, no, rather I also count all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them to be trash, that I might gain Christ
(Phi 3:9) and be found in Him; not having my own righteousness of Law, but through the faith of Christ, having the righteousness of God on faith,
(Phi 3:10) to know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, having been conformed to His death,
This fellowship of His sufferings, is what we can communicate about, because as He was in the world, so are we.
(2Co 6:1) But working together, we also call on you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
(2Co 6:2) For He says, "In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the acceptable time! Behold, now is the day of salvation! Isa. 49:8
(2Co 6:3) We are not giving a cause of stumbling, in nothing, that the ministry may not be blamed,
(2Co 6:4) but in everything commending ourselves as God's servants, in much patience, in afflictions, in emergencies, in difficulties,
(2Co 6:5) in stripes, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,
(2Co 6:6) in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned love,
(2Co 6:7) in the Word of truth, in the power of God, through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
(2Co 6:9) as unknown, and yet well known, as dying, and yet, look, we live; as flogged, and yet not put to death;
(2Co 6:10) as grieved, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
My prayer is that the fellowship here on this forum, which can not be perfect, will continue. We all see in part, learning from each other. His true church is a many membered body, with Christ being the head. Also, my prayer is that this forum does not become like what we have been called to come out of. Although as of now, I do not see this, yet when it is censored far too much, it becomes blinding, not allowing us to see the whole of humanity. This whole of humanity is who Christ came to heal and to set free. I see myself, no better than anyone, because I know the truth is, I don't deserve it. It is only because of Him, and Him alone. Hopefully others can see and pray for these same things.
God bless,
Gary