Speaker 1: Welcome to Commission Thursday, where we believe every believer is the light, every believer is the salt and every believer is the ambassador of the good news.
Speaker 1: So time with me in the book of Philippians, chapter 2, from verse 1 to verse 4.
Speaker 1: Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any common sharing in the spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and having one mind.
Speaker 1: Verse 3, do nothing out of selfish ambitions or vain consent.
Speaker 1: Rather, in humility, value other above yourself.
Speaker 1: Verse 4, not looking at your own interests, but each of you to the interests of others.
Speaker 1: So in this verse we find Paul writing to the people of Philippi and thanking them for always standing by him.
Speaker 1: So we are in a very significant space in this month that we are ending the year, and we should end the year strong, as Reverend Ambrose always say, and ending the year strong, we have to be united with each other, because Paul says in the book of verse 2 that then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and having one mind.
Speaker 1: So we should have one mind and have unity with each other as we get into the festive season.
Speaker 1: The second thing we should have humility.
Speaker 1: Christ symbolizes humility and one thing we should remember is to put significance to the people above ourselves.
Speaker 1: Putting significance above ourselves is what we call humility and what is humility?
Speaker 1: Humility is where Christ, being in the image of God, did not find Him approved to be God, but he humbled Himself to come to this world and die for the sins of humanity.
Speaker 1: So, even in this festive season, we should go out and have humility to each other.
Speaker 1: The third thing is to be concerned with each other.
Speaker 1: How can we be concerned by each other?
Speaker 1: We are in a very significant space and as we get into the festive season, we should be concerned with each other, even as we go out and share the gospel, even with the people that are beneath us, even with the people that surround us.
Speaker 1: So, as we finish this year strong, let us remember the three things To be united with each other, to have humility with each other and to be concerned with each other.
Speaker 1: Be blessed.