A Colony Of The King - Welcome to the Family… Now Get to Work! [Ryan Ashley]
Philippians 2:12-13, Ephesians 2:8-10
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
“Whatever happens, live as citizens of the gospel of the King”
“A long obedience in the same direction.” Eugene Peterson
Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
“Jesus is a teacher who doesn’t just inform our intellect but forms our very loves. He isn’t content to simply deposit new ideas into your mind; he is after nothing less than your wants, your loves, your longings.”
James K.A. Smith, You Are What You Love
“Salvation here, is not in personal terms, “but in regard to the corporate life of the Philippian church. The readers are being encouraged to concentrate upon reforming their church life, ‘working at’ this matter until the spiritual health of the community, diseased by strife and bad feeling, is restored.”
Welcome to the family, now get to work!
