1.  Philippians Teaches
a Life Holding (pt. 2)
Philippians 2:14-18

2. Philippians 2:16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

3. Philippians 2:14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

4. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

5. HOLDING THE WORD

6. HOLDING THE WORD
Philippians 2:15b you shine as lights in the world, 16a holding fast to the word of life

7. John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
HOLDING THE WORD
John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

8. Matthew 4:4 But he answered, “It is written,
HOLDING THE WORD
Matthew 4:4 But he answered, “It is written,
“ ‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

9. HOLDING THE WORD
Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

10. HOLDING THE WORD
Matthew 19:4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

11. HOLDING THE WORD
John 6:66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,

12. HOLDING THE WORD
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

13. HOLDING THE WORD
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.

14. HOLDING THE WORD
2 Peter 3:15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

15. HOLDING THE WORD
2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

16. HOLDING THE WORD
“[The Word of God] has a majestic beauty and profound depth of teaching unmatched by any other book. …it has influenced the course of human history more than any other book, it has continued changing the lives of millions of individuals throughout history, and through it people come to find salvation.”
Wayne Grudem

17. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
HOLDING THE WORD
Revelation 19:13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. …
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us

18. HOLDING THE WORD
1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us

19. HOLDING THE WORD
Hebrews 1:1Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

20. HOLDING THE WORD ἐπέχω (epechō) = hold fast or hold forth (KJV)

21. HOLDING THE WORD