1. Work Out Your Salvation
Philippians 2:12-18

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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”

7. 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