Christ Hymn

Paul commends the Philippians for their earnest work in spreading the word of God. He tells them how much he longs to see them. He warns them about potential pitfalls. He coaches them on dealing with hard times, and provides examples from his own life, other Christians and the Lord Jesus Christ. No matter what, the good news of Jesus Christ will advance. God will complete His work in the Philippians’ lives. His children will have all their true needs supplied. The theme verse of Philippians is ‘ rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say rejoice!” (Phil

I chose to write my paper on Philippians 3:12-21. Before writing this paper I was not entirely familiar with the reasons for Paul’s letters to the church of Philippi. It was an interesting study once I understood the background and reasoning for Paul’s writings. Paul writes a thank you letter to the Christians at Philippi for their contributions and support in his hour of need, and he uses the occasion to send along some instructions on Christian unity. Paul is also giving them an update on his circumstances. Most of Paul’s letter to the church of Philippi dealt with areas such as joy, rejoice, praise, thankfulness, and attitude.

Living in Christian community is a necessity for the everyday life of a Christian. Without community, the Christian has no one else to “sharpen” them, no one else to understand the everyday struggle of living in the world, sharing the Gospel, but not partaking in the sinful ways of the world. In “Life Together”, Dietrich Bonhoeffer explores Christian community, and presents not only the benefits of Christian community, but also the toxins that can destroy the community. Living in Christian community brings incomparable joy and community in and through Jesus Christ, but can be easily lost due to humanistic ideals, or “dreams”.

Well we have seen in this above with the introduction that this deals with the humility when it is genuinely exercised and the rewards that are awarded by God. Well let’s discuss through this Philippians chapter two, one through eleven. Before going into the deeper first let us discuss what it says in the first five verses of this chapter. Well though it is always good to hear from the scholars. To say that in the verse one it clearly states that this chapter was linked to the previous chapter, because this chapter was started with “Therefore” which indicates that Paul began with the unity that was ended up in 1:27. This shows that it has four clauses which deals with the Philippians sharing and as well as their experiences. These are stated to promote unity especially through experiences in the people of Philippians. Richard R. Melick Jr. stated in his book of Philippians, Colossians, Philemon commentaries that,

In identifying himself as a slave of Christ at the very beginning of the letter, Paul intended that the Philippians—who had been struggling with issues of steadfastness amidst conflict (Phil 1:27–30; 4:1), unity among believers (Phil 2:1–2; 4:2–3), humility (Phil 2:3–9), and joy amidst persecution (Phil 2:17–18; 3:1; 4:4)—would be reminded that they too are slaves of Christ Jesus, and that that identity would inform their responses to those situations.

Philippians 2:1 is a verse of encouragement, telling us that we are united with Christ. We can be comforted from His love and share in His spirit. Christ’s love can overcome anything that we face. We can have joy because His spirit

According to Bonhoeffer, every true theology starts in prayer and involves Jesus Christ (Godsey, 2015). According to Bonhoeffer, the destroyers of the Christian community are those people who are self-centered, thereby giving priority to their own individual goals as opposed to those of the Christian community. Eventually, such people end up destroying the Christian union regardless of their interests, thoughts, and intentions to uphold earnests, honesty, and sacrifices. According to the theologian, God is against this wishful thinking and dreaming, which is egocentric, and in which case the dreamer ends up being pretentious and proud (Godsey, 2015). This class of people joins the Christian community with their personal demands already set up. Also, they set their own laws, judge other people from the congregation and God on an equal measure. However, in his book, The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer warns that people are not the builders of the church but rather Christ is the one who builds it. He continues to maintain that those people who are too much watchful about building the church ends up destroying it instead (Metaxas, 2010). In support of his argument, Bonhoeffer argues that man will build temples to idols unintentionally and without knowing it (reference). In that case, he argues that people should confess that Christ is the sole builder of the church and hence must proclaim this aspect (Bonhoeffer, 1959). Christians must pray to the Christ so that he can continue building the church. He also warns that humans cannot see or judge Christ’s plan as regards the church since the times that the Christians considers periods of destruction may be Christ’s time of great construction and the reverse (reference). The theologian notes that Jesus gives a great comfort to the Church. Jesus requires of the Christians to bear witness, preach, and confess and he alone will be build where it pleases

In the bible, there were many different scriptures that interested me but the one passage that stood out was Paul’s letters in Philippians. The book of Philippians is a Jail Epistle which is a letter composed while in jail. Paul composed it around 62 A.D. as he foreseen his discharge from jail. They key identities are the Missionary Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus, Euodia, and Syntyche. It was composed to demonstrate his gratefulness and love to the Philippians in a thank-you letter for their proceeded with help and support, and furthermore to energize their development. In Philippians the chapter and verse that stood out was Chapter 4 verse 13 when Paul says “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” The missionary's capacity of knowing how to live

Paul is not just asking the Christians in Philippi to think like one another, he wants them to be like-minded with Christ to be comforting, tender, encouraging, sharing, and compassionate. Paul wants them to have the same attitude, goals and kind of love as Christ because it is the only way to be united with one another. Paul’s joy will not be complete until the Philippians put this into practice then his gospel will have produced its fruit. The bottom line, Paul says, is to "do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit" (Phil. 2:3)

Paul is ultimately encouraging the Philippians to recognize who God is and what He has done through Christ for them; he is stating that their only hope is to abide in Him and that they should “shine”(in this principle) for the world to see God’s glory.

He then encour-ages the Philippians “to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” so that the world may see the riches of God’s grace. Paul is essentially promoting faith to the Philippians by asking them to view the works that God is doing within the world. Paul is ultimately encour-aging the Philippians to recognize who God is and what He has done through Christ for them; he is stating that their only hope is to abide in Him and that they should “shine”(in this principle) for the world to see God’s

An Analysis of The Great Hymn to the Aten All is created by a greater being. From Christianity to Scientology, everyone has their own belief or a shared belief of how the world was created. Some believed everything was created by one god, others believed it was created by a council of gods. Great literary works were written to commemorate these gods, works that have unraveled the mysteries of humanities ancient past, and one of these works is The Great Hymn to the Aten.

Aten appears to be a sun god. In the first sentence of the hymn, it says "the praise of the sun-god." Words such as 'O living disk', and 'rays', provides further evidence that Aten is the sun. As described, a hymn was dedicated to a man or God who displays great acts of kindness to his people. From the reading, it seems Aten continues to bless his people. When Aten is not present,his people are devastated. They are robbed and attacked by all elements of the Darkness. In verse three, the hymn has examples of the people's troubles and afflictions when Aten has set.

My favorite hymn is “In Christ Alone.” By most standards it is a modern hymn. While many Christian hymns date back to the early church, the two songwriters of “In Christ Alone” began work in 2000 and completed their work two years later. Although it lacks historical prestige, this hymn’s grandeur, strong lyrics and musical melody elevate it to a status often only given the ancient songs. “In Christ alone” is undoubtedly a very influential hymn to many in my generation. So, because of its personal impact on my life I have chosen to name it my favorite hymn.

I chose to write my paper on Philippians 3:12-21. Before writing this paper I was not entirely familiar with the reasons for Paul’s letters to the church of Philippi. It was an interesting study once I understood the background and reasoning for Paul’s writings. Paul writes a thank you letter to the Christians at Philippi for their contributions and support in his hour of need, and he uses the occasion to send along some instructions on Christian unity. Paul is also giving them an update on his circumstances. Most of Paul’s letter to the church of Philippi dealt with areas such as joy, rejoice, praise, thankfulness, and attitude.