1. Laid Down Lives (Living Unselfishly in a Self Obsessed World) Part One: Paul, The Sacrificial Life

2. Phil 2:17-18 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 18 You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

3. The Person Who Lives a Sacrificial Life…

4. 1. Allows God to Lead Him into Sacrifice

5. Phil 2:17 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

6. 2. Accepts Sacrifice as a Way of Life

7. Phil 2:17 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

8. 2 Cor. 12:15 15 I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

9. 3. Agrees There No Limits to Sacrifice

10. Phil 2:17 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

11. 2 Tim. 4:6 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

12. 4. Acknowledges the Sacrifice of Others

13. Phil 2:17 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

14. Rom. 15:16 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit

15. 1 Peter 2:9 9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

16. 5. Approaches Sacrifice with Joy, Not Anger

17. Phil 2:17 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all.

18. 2 Cor. 7:4 4 Great is my confidence in you; great is my boasting on your behalf I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.

19. 6. Asks Others to Learn the Joy of Sacrifice

20. Phil 2:18 18 You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

21. Phil. 1:29; 4:4 9 For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

22. 7. Aligns His Life with the Supremely Sacrificial Life

23. Phil 2:17-18 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 18 You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.

24. Isa 53:12 12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.rejoice!

25. 1 John 3:16 16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.