"According to My Personal Expectation and Hope"
Text: Philippians 1
9 December 2013
1. Review
a) The downward Call of Sin
b) The upward Call of God
2. Introduction
a) Concept of Expectations
i) Parental Expectations
ii) School’s Expectations
iii) Coach’s expectation
b) Personal Expectations
i) What we demand of ourselves
ii) The effort we put in
iii) The drive within us
c) A strong concept in Paul’s life
i) Motivated him
ii) Strengthened him
STATEMENT OF A PERSONAL EXPECTATION
According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20
1. Definition of “expectation”
a) A response
b) A determination
c) Explicitly stated
2. Earnestness
a) Connotes genuineness
b) Implies commitment
c) Evidenced in strength and zeal
3. My earnest expectation
a) Personal
b) Knowledge
c) Maturity of faith and life
d) Progress reflected
e) Growth evidenced
4. Features of this Statement of Personal Expectation
a) In nothing I shall be ashamed
i) Unashamed
ii) Every aspect of life
b) All boldness
i) Courage
ii) Clarity
c) As always
i) Consistency
ii) Past
iii) Present
iv) Future
d) Christ will be magnified in life
i) By life
ii) By death
AN EXAMINATION OF PAUL’S LIFE
1. In his prayer life
a) Praying faithfully
b) Praying for friends
2. In his ministry
a) In hardship
b) In prison
3. His commitment to magnify Christ
a) Living for Christ
b) Suffering for Christ
c) Concern for the furtherance of the Gospel
d) Unafraid to share about his faith in Christ even in prison
THE SENSE OF HOPE
1. Expectation and Hope
a) Hope
i) That which is yet unrealized
ii) These expectations are still pending
b) Hope as a principle
i) Knowledge
ii) Faith
iii) Hope
iv) Realisation
v) Part of Life
vi) Trust
2. Hope
a) An important entity
b) A humbling concept
c) Dependence upon God
TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN
1. Living for Christ
a) Serving Him
b) Suffering for Him
c) Magnifying Him
2. Dying for Christ
a) To die is gain
i) Looking back at a fulfilled life
ii) Looking back at a life that has been truly blessed by God
b) A glorious mindset
i) Unafraid to die
ii) Living dynamically leads to dying triumphantly