Outline:
Chapter 1 – CHRIST OUR LIFE
1:1-11 … Paul’s Greeting
1:12-26 … Paul’s Perspective on his afflictions
1:17-30 … Paul’s Exhortation to the afflicted
Chapter 2 – CHRIST OUR MIND
2:1-4 … Exhortation to Humility
2:5-16 … Christ’s Humility
2:17-18 … Christian Humility
2:19-30 … Living Examples of Humility – Timothy and Epaphroditus
Chapter 3 – CHRIST OUR GOAL
3:1-16 … Warning Against Legalism
3:17-16 … Warning Against Lawlessness
Chapter 4 – CHRIST OUR JOY AND PEACE
4:1-3 … Peace with One Another
4:4 … Joy in the Lord
4:5-9 … Peace of God
4:10-20 … Joy in Every Circumstance
4:21-23 … Closing Greetings
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Bryan Wheeler Pastor Bryan Wheeler was converted to Christ in 1973. For most of the 20 years that he served in the U.S. Air Force he was actively involved in church-based preaching and teaching ministries in the U.S. and overseas. Pastor Wheeler was ordained into the gospel ministry in 1987 and was called into full time ministry in 1989. He is the pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Verona, VA. He and his wife Maureen were married in 1968 and the Lord has given them 6 children and 4 grandchildren.
