Shining as Lights | Philippians 2:12-18 (September 18, 2022)

1. What do you think it means in verse 12 to “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling’?

2. Read Ephesians 2:8-9. What does Paul mean that salvation is “the gift of God”?

3. Read Titus 3:5. Why is it so difficult for us to believe that salvation is not a matter of human works?

4. Read Ephesians 2:10. What does this verse teach us about salvation and good works?

5. What do you think Paul means in verse 13 that God works in us both to will and to work for His good pleasure?

6. What kind of world do we live in according to verse 15? Do you agree that the world is like this?

7. How do we shine as lights in the world?