Philippians 2

Song: Habambuhay

Revival: Restoring Obedience Towards a Glorious Church

Sino po ang nakakaattend ng ating Revival Meetings? Amen po.

Napakaganda po ng mga reminders and yung pagkilos po ng Lord sa mga Gawain

po na ito. Which is hindi po talaga natin dapat mamiss. Habang nananalangin po
tayo as to what to share this morning, naalala ko po yung sinabi po ni Pastor Joey.

“There is a possibility na baka mamaya kaya hindi nakararanas ng revival ang ating
church dahil may kakulangan sa usapin ng pagsunod ”

I. Contextual Foundation

What do we mean by the word Obedience?

The Old and New Testaments have different uses and/or meaning for the
word “obey”.

i. Old – it signifies “to hear” or “to listen” – in the Old Testament, it is

the SUPREME TEST OF FAITH in God and reverence to Him. Ito po ay
mahalagang detalye rin, Sometimes, the relation may have been
formal and cold, it nevertheless was the one strong tie which held the
people close to God. sa Old Testament po pala you cannot say na
nananampalataya ka sa Lord kung may disobedience ka. Pero
mapapansin po natin na it is something mandatory, hindi involved
yung puso; ang mahalaga lang sa Old Testament ay sumunod.

a. One example ay makikita po natin sa 1 Samuel 15:22 nung sinabi

“Hath Yahweh as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as
in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams”.
b. Isa pang mahalagang detalye patungkol sa pagsunod ay, pagdating
sa prophetic utterances, ito yung mga sinasabi ng mga prophets sa
mga kasulatan, ang condition ng Blessing especially sa Old
Testament ay obedience.
 ii. New – Ngayon po dito sa New Testament, mas mataas ang standard
ng pagsunod o obedience. Bakit po? Kasi in this dispensation dito po
naiset na yung example ni Jesus as the perfect example of obedience.
Sa New Testament ang obedience and faith ay halos pareho na po ng
paggamit. Kaya minsan po sa time po natin, namimisuse yung word na
faith kasi wala nang concept ng obedience na nakapaloob. Yung basta
may faith lang pero actually hindi nabibigyan ng kaliwanagan na dapat
pala may pagsunod.

Kaya nakakarinig tayo ng mga kwento ng nananalangin at

nananampalataya na Kristyano na siya ay mananalo sa lotto.

Sa New Testament, ayon kay Apostle Peter, narito po actually yung

distinction ng isang believer at isang disciple. Malalaman natin na isa
tayong disipulo ni Kristo kung marunong tayong sumunod sa
pamamagitan ng pananampalataya. Tayo ay “Children of
Obedience”. Sabi po sa 1 Peter 1:14:

“as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your

former lusts in [the time of] your ignorance:” (ASV)

“So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your
old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any
better then.” (NLT)

Do take note, yung concept ng blessing through obedience ay never tinanggal mga
kapatid, hindi po ibig sabihin walang blessing sa pagsunod kasi ibang dispensation
na tayo sa New Testament Covenant na. Let us read Luke 5:1-7

“One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding
around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left
there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the
one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down
and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to
Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered,
“Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say
so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of
fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to
come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to
sink.” (Luke 5:1-7)

Ngayon po na nailatag na natin yung ibig sabihin ng Obedience let us go po sa ilang

mga observations concerning Obedience:

II. Initial Observations

a. Obedience can come from two reasons:
- Weakness – We obey because we have-to:

o Hindi ko PA kayang magsarili. Pero kapag dumating ang

panahon hindi ko NA kailangang sumunod.

o Example: Ang pagtingin ng ibang mga anak sa kanilang mga

magulang. Pero po alam po natin ang isang anak na tunay na
may pagmamahal sa Lord mahal niya po ang kanyang mga
magulang sapat upang bigyan pa rin ng halaga ang mga
pangaral nila Amen po?

- Or -

- Humility – We obey because we know that we can never be

enough.
o Hindi ko kayang magsarili dahil hindi ko kayang mag-isa.
o We continually seek the counsel of others because we are
fully aware that we can never be right all the time.
o The greatest proof of our humility is if we are humble enough
to obey God.

Now ano po ang mas prefer po natin? Opo Humility po.

Tingnan nga po natin yung ating katabi at sabihin natin, kapatid, alam natin na
hindi natin kaya ng wala ang pagsama at paggabay ng Lord kaya susunod tayo sa
kanya.

b. Obedience is by far one of the biggest challenges of the Church.

i. Marami pong paghihirap ng pamilya, ng komunidad, ng church

ay bunga po ng disobedience.

1. Kapag may away sa tahanan, ano po ang isa sa

pangunahing rason?
 Answer: Hindi nagpapaalam o kaya naman ay hindi
sumunod sa pangaral. Naaksidente dahil hindi
nagpaalam, walang blessing eh.

2. Isa sa pinakamalaking problema ng kahit anong

komunidad ang krimen. Ano po ba ang krimen, ito ay
hindi pagsunod sa batas. Batas na ginawa para sa
kapakanan ng lahat.

3. Kapag may rebellion ang isang Church ano po ang isang

pangunahing reason?

Answer: Masyado nang magaling, ayaw nang

magpasakop. Nakakalungkot po pero isa po ito sa
napakalaking katotohanan.

c. We cannot dream of unity without first desiring to obey.

Doon po sa ating Scriptural Text this morning, in fact, the one important
issue ng Philippian Church na gustong i-address ni Apostle Paul is the issue of
unity inside the Church. Now nilay down po niya na isa sa mahalagang
foundations ng Unity inside the Church liban sa Pagkilos at Kapangyarihan ng
Banal na Spirito, is Obedience.
a. Unity is one of the qualities of a Glorious Church. Saan po natin yan makikita?
“then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being
one in spirit and purpose.” (Philippians 2:2)

b. Wala po ang unity na ito kung hindi po tayo marunong sumunod. Yung pagsunod
po na tinutukoy dito mga kapatid is more than just compliance na nakita natin sa
Old Testament conception ng obedience.

Ang Epistle po ng Philippians ay isa po sa outlines ni Apostle Paul upang iinstruct ang Churches
sa kung paano po ba ang tamang relationships ng isang Church. Ang tawag dito sa grupo ng
Epistles na ito ay the Christian Church Epistles. Now po, ang Philippians Chapter 1 ay naglatag
po ng mahalagang instructions sa kung paano mananatiling matatag sa harap ng mga conflicts
sa labas ng church, dito naman po sa Philippians Chapter 2 ay inilalatag naman po kung paano
tayo mananatilig matatag sa harap ng mga conflicts sa loob ng church.
So ano po ba ang mga dapat nating malamang mga katotohanan tungkol sa pagsunod ayon sa
Philippians 2?
III. Three Things we Need to know About Obedience

a. The Characteristic of Obedience to God;

We can find it in Philippians 2:2-4
o A sense of Purpose as opposed to having selfish ambitions;
o Humility as opposed to having vain conceit;
o Selflessness as opposed to Selfishness;

Dito na po lumalabas yung issue ng Obedience involving yung murmuring,

delayed obedience, and of course mere compliance.

b. Obedience to God is the ultimate test of a Believer’s Faith

“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed – not only in my
presence, but now much more in my absence – continue to work out your
salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12)

a. May mahalaga po palang connection talaga ang obedience at ang

salvation. We cannot say na we are saved without our desire to obey
God and His will.
b. Ang mahalaga pong detalye dito ay it is directed not to the unbeliever
but to the believer. Kaya babalik po tayo sa mahalagang paalala doon
sa 1 Peter 1:14 na ang isang mahalagang tanda na tayo ay disciple ni
Christ ay tayo ay “children of obedience”.

c. The Building Blocks of Obedience

Noong pinadala ni Apostol Pablo yung sulat na ito sa mga taga Philippi, may
mga kasunod siya ipinadala ito ay si Timothy at si Epaphroditus. Very
interesting yung mga descriptions na nilagay ni Apostol Pablo sa mga taong
ito and I believe gusto ni Apostol Pablo na matuto sila sa mga katangian ng
mga taong ito once they arrive sa Philippi.

1. Timothy – Makikita po natin yung description sa kanya ni Apostol Pablo

sa Philippians 2:19-24. Now take note po yung sinabi niya sa verses 20-
22 ang sabi po “I have no one else like him, who takes a genuine
interest in your welfare. For everyone looks out for his own interests,
not those of Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself,
because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the
gospel.”

Ano po ang description ni Timothy? Genuine interest sa welfare ng mga

Philippians, ito po ay Love and Compassion for Others.

2. Epaphroditus – Makikita naman po natin yung description sa kanya and

this is actually the most important description sa kanya in this chapter, sa
 verse 30, ano po ang sabi? “because he almost died for the work of
Christ, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.”
Ano po ang description ni Epaphroditus? Ganon na lamang yung love
niya sa Lord na muntik na siyang mamatay to do the work of Christ. Ito po
ay Passionate Love for God.

Alam niyo po mga kapatid, this is one of the important virtues natin as a
church, we somehow place great importance sa pagsunod. Other
churches and siguro that is really one gift na binigay ng Lord sa church
natin especially nung mga revivals that our church experienced, hindi po
tayo talaga mareklamo. Sadly po I witnessed some instances na parang
nakakalimutan na po natin ito as a church.
Marahil po yung iba nagtataka kung bakit wala yung concept of
obedience sa Core Values natin, eh kung mahalaga po talaga, because I
believe hindi na siya kailangang ilagay. The building blocks of Obedience
is the first two Core Values ng ating Church.
1. Passionate Love for God.
2. Love and Compassion for Others.

Kaya kung Mahal natin ang Lord passionately marunong tayong

sumunod. Kung mahal natin yung mga perishing souls marunong
Tayong sumunod.
Bakit? We cannot fulfill excellently yung calling natin as a church without
really learning obedience. Ilang po ang population ng Salawag? Ano po
ang sabi sa Matthew 28:19-20. We are what 100 persons here 150. May
dakilang calling po ang Lord sa atin, kaya lang po minsan nasasidetrack
po tayo bakit po? Dahil we fail to have an obedient heart.

IV. Application

a. Stick to what should be every believer’s priority – am I doing God’s

purpose in me and in my church?
b. Remember that a united church is a glorious church.
c. Humility is not weakness.
d. Do everything out of love.

V. Conclusion
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