Philippians
Philippians 3:8-10 – The Uniqueness of the Christian Church – MP3 / YouTube
Was the new birth unknown before the day of Pentecost? Were Old Testament saints indwelt with the Holy Spirit? What is the distinction between the work of the Holy Spirit in regenerating people in giving them new life and the work of the Holy Spirit in baptizing them into the body of Christ? If the uniqueness of the Christian Church is not that we are born again, not that we are children of God, and not that we are God’s family, then what is it? The uniqueness of the Christian church is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, being baptized by the Holy Spirit, being members of the body of Christ, and being the bride of Christ. Believers in the church age have the special privilege of an intimate relationship with their Lord Jesus Christ. Our passages mentioned include: Psalms 45; John 3:3, 10; John 7:39; John 14:17; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 5:30-32, Hebrews 1:8-9; Psalm 110:1; Revelation 6:2; Matthew 25:1-13; Mark 13:31; and Colossians 3:1-4.
Philippians 3:20-21; Luke 24:33-43 – Sudden Improvement (1996) – MP3 / YouTube
Did you know that every Christian (one who has believed in Jesus for the free gift of everlasting life) is a candidate for sudden improvement in your physical body? Our bodies have limits which we cannot improve beyond. The only person who is able give us a marvelous and wonderful improvement in our physical bodies, is the Person who created them, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. God uses the model of our Lord’s own resurrection body, as the model, example and pattern by which He will improve the physical body of every single Christian. The capacity of our new physical bodies will be designed in some way to serve God and glorify God in ways that we have never been able to do before. Other passages: Psalm 16:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52.