Sharing is Caring

  Conclusion     Our joy is Jesus Christ.  We must rejoice when the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached.  Therefore, all of us should preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We must boldly preach the gospel with fear.  Also, we must participate in the gospel ministry.  Specifically, we must help the missionaries with prayers and finance.  At the same time, it is important that we live in the manner worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ.   We must stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel.  We must have the same mind, the same love and the same purpose.  And we must do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.  We must never put confidence in the flesh.  Rather, we should imitate the humble heart of Jesus, and each of us should consider others better than ourselves, and we should look not only our interests but also to the interests of...

  Introduction     For me, "Philippians" is something special.  The reason is that when I studied Th.M. (Master of Theology) at Fuller Theological Seminary, I wrote my thesis based on Philippians 2:1-4.  Before I started writing the thesis, I went up to Professor Seyoon Kim, who was my supervisor at that time, and told him that I was going to write my thesis on Philippians 2:1-4.  When he heard it, he told me that there was nothing much to write on that passage.  Nevertheless, I wrote my thesis based on that passage because I was interested in the ecclesiology.  So in order to write a thesis based on Philippians 2:1-4, I read many articles and books regarding that passage and the book of Philippians as a whole.  As I was doing it, I got more interested in the book of Philippians.  In the process, I read the whole commentary "Paul's Letter to the Philippians"(New International Greek Testament) written by...