Work Out Your Salvation Philippians 2:12-18

Work out your salvation The Motivation: Jesus grace reward fear Philippians 2:12-18

Work out your salvation The Motivation: Jesus The Command: “Work out your salvation” What is the meaning of “salvation”? How do I “work it out”? Philippians 2:12-18

salvation = “deliverance” from… sickness – Mt. 9:22 enemies – Acts 7:25 physical danger – Acts 27:20 sin’s penalty (justification) – Ephesians 2:8 sin’s power (sanctification) - 1 Peter 2:2 sin’s presence (glorification) – Romans 13:11 all 3 of the above – Romans 11:11

How do I “work it out”? …work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13

How do I “work it out”? Our work: obey “as always” – at all times “in my absence” – in all circumstances God’s work empower (“to work”) motivate (“to will” = “to desire”) Apply “without grumbling” “without disputing”

Work out your salvation The Motivation: Jesus The Command: “Work out your salvation” The Result Witness to the world Worship to God Philippians 2:12-18