In our continuing study of the letter Paul wrote to the church at Philippi, we come to a part that tells us that churches must give away people.Now that sounds odd.Maybe the church should give away second hand clothes and even money – but people?This letter teaches us what it means for Churches to produce and then send people to where they are needed most. The outstanding thing about Paul’s sending of people is that he sends his BEST people. He sends Timothy of whom he says, “I have no one like him!” So this study is about giving away our best people so that they can grow God’s work in other places and it is about how to be the kind of people that can be confidently sent on Christ’s missions.
In this text we learn that Paul practices what he preaches.Both he and his close friends are people who prove that they look not only to their own interests but to the interests of others.Paul and his friends have the mind of Christ and they show in action what this means.
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