7 Great Bible Verses From The Book Of Philippians

Here are seven great Bible verses from the Book of Philippians

Philippians 4:7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

It’s human to have anxiety about the present and the future. I confess that I do have some anxiety at times about what may happen in the future but I am told to “not be anxious about anything” but “in everything” just pray about it. If we don’t let our requests be made known to God we may not receive because if we do not ask, we may not receive (James 4:2). That might explain why He’s not answered our prayers yet. We also ought to be praying in a spirit of thanksgiving because that tells God that we are content with what we already have.

Philippians 2:6-7 “Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”

Imagine how God in Jesus Christ had to humble Himself. First of all, He humbled Himself, being born into the likeness of a man. He emptied Himself of glory that He had in heaven and came to be despised and rejected by men (Isaiah 53) so that He could deliver many. He was and is God yet took the form of a servant for our sake. Astounding.

Philippians 3:20-21 “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.”

Today, if you are saved, you already have your citizenship in heaven. The only thing we waiting for now are for the Savior to return and bring us into that kingdom. These lowly, achy, degenerating bodies of ours will suddenly be transformed at His appearing. We’ll be like His own glorious body, although certainly not as glorious as He will be. This will all be done by the very same power that enabled Christ to be raised from the dead.

Philippians 3:10 “That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.”

Paul had an intimate relationship with Christ but he still hungered and thirsted to know Him more. Not only did Paul want to know Christ but he wanted to know “the power of his resurrection” and what that would be like. Paul had already been sharing in Christ’s suffering, now he desired to share in Christ’s resurrection by his being resurrected to eternal life.

Philippians 2:8 “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”

If this verse doesn’t humble you, then nothing will. Jesus was found in human form but only because He voluntarily humbled himself by leaving heaven and all His glory. He was obedient to the Father’s will, dying in shame on the cross. This was the worst and most humiliating thing that could ever happen to anyone and Jesus went of His own volition for our sake.

Philippians 3:13-14 “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

Paul was always looking ahead and not looking over his shoulder. If he was driving a car, he would have rarely used the rearview mirror and he would almost never have driven in reverse. He was constantly pushing ahead, moving forward, straining like a runner at the finish line, pursuing the finish line where he would receive his prize; the prize of God’s upward (heavenly) call in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

The world doesn’t know the peace of God. They might know times of peace in their life but it is fleeting. We cannot have the peace of God until we are first at peace with God and if you have trusted in Christ, you have that peace of God because you’re at peace with God (Rom 5:1). Only after the condemnation’s been lifted (Rom 8:1) can you have the peace of God because you are finally at peace with God but your human mind cannot even comprehend it. I know I can’t.

Conclusion

The Book of Philippians has been called “the Joy Epistle” because this book focused on joy so much. Maybe Paul was so joyful in writing to the Church at Philippi because this was one of the few churches he ever had to rebuke. This might have been his favorite church of all, although he never wrote that. There are, however, hints in this book that it was one of his favorite churches, just by what he wrote. If you haven’t made peace with God, you cannot be at peace with God and in fact you are at war with God (James 4:6) so I plead with you to humble yourselves today, repent of your sins and turn away from them, and then put your trust in the Savior. That’s how you get the peace of God by being at peace with God.

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.