Basic Overview of Philippians

Excerpt from Pastor Carter’s Class on July 3rd, 2022

Theological Presumption: The Triune God has effected salvation in Christ and is now creating a people for His name, whose present is marked by the life of the age to come, predicated on the death and resurrection of Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit. God’s people are now both “already” and “not yet” receivers of the kingdom of God as they now live the life of the future in the present, awaiting God’s final wrap up, the coming again of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the gospel, the good news of Christ; good news of the kingdom.

This letter (Philippians) invites us into the advance of the gospel, the good news about Christ and the Spirit. It points us to Christ, both for now and forever. Christ is the gospel; Christ is the Savior and Lord; Christ is our life; Christ is our way of life; Christ is our future; Christ is our joy; to live is Christ and to die is gain and all to the glory of our God and Father.