Work out your salvation

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SUMMARY: In Philippians 2:12-13, the Apostle Paul encourages the Philippians to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. He advises them to be personally committed to Christ and to not depend on others for their spiritual health. A healthy Christian life involves personal effort and work, and requires a transformation of the mind and heart. There are two types of sanctification – instantaneous and gradual – and the latter requires a commitment to being a Christian with all one's heart and strength. As a Church, León de Judá has a responsibility to be a healthy, vital community filled with the Holy Spirit, and to inspire other churches to do the same.

The apostle Paul speaks of two types of sanctification: instantaneous and gradual. The latter requires a transformation of our mind, behavior patterns, and attitudes, which takes a lifetime. It is only possible with a committed relationship with Jesus. The Christian life also involves fear and sobriety, as we live in a dangerous world filled with forces that want to destroy us. It is important to take our salvation seriously and work hard to care for God's call on our lives. This requires a holy fear and a commitment to becoming men and women of the Holy Spirit. We should strive to be filled with a consuming love for God and His Kingdom and be willing to die to ourselves so that Christ can be in us and work through us.

Let's go to the Word of God, Philippians chapter 2, and we're going to read verse 12 and 13, two verses. The Word of the Lord says: "Therefore my beloved, as you have always obeyed" and this is very important that you listen, "not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling , because God is the one who produces in you both willing and doing for His good Will." And the essential focus, the main part of this sermon is there in chapter 12 in the part that says: "work out your salvation with fear and trembling."


The Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Philippians, to a community that he himself had planted years before during his ministry. And now the apostle Paul is in a prison and writes this letter to his brothers in the city of Philippi to encourage them in faith and as their founding Pastor, to give them sound advice for their spiritual life. By extension, the advice that the apostle Paul gives to the Philippians can be applied to our lives both as a Church and as individuals. Paul's desire was that the Church of Philippi would be a vital Church, filled with the Holy Spirit, that it would be a healthy Church, that could do the work that God had entrusted to them.