Embracing Joy Through Sacrifice and Community

Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith I am glad and I rejoice with you all likewise you should be glad and rejoice with me there are three facets of the beautiful supernatural demon of Christian joy in those two verses and I'm going to try to show you that this multi-faceted joy is the power to free from cowardice free from consumption and free from comfort for the sake of Christ's mission. [00:00:06]

So first facet of the peculiar joy called Christian joy is joy in being poured out as an offering for faith joy I'm that I am glad that I am being poured out if I must be poured out I'm glad glad glad glad glad to be poured out what is he talking about you know what he's talking about dying and we know that because he uses that phrase poured out for himself one time else namely second Timothy 4:6 I am already being poured out as a drink offering the time of my departure has come he's dying. [00:01:16]

What he means in verse 17 the beginning of the verse is I am glad if it costs me my life to build your faith so the first facet of Christian joy is joy at the prospect of dying to bring other people to faith how you doing this is clear this is clear joy that I can die joy that I can die joy that I can guy not be safe Christian college number two at the end of verse 17 Paul says and not only am I glad that I can die for your faith and I rejoice with you all. [00:02:52]

So if he's rejoicing with them they're already rejoicing in something so I got my joy dying your rejoicing at home rejoicing with you what are they rejoicing in he has just said I live in guy for the sake of your faith and now they are rejoicing and he's joining them in their joy I'm tempted to say this must be somehow faith and joy going together and that triggered something in my brain because I know this book chapter 1 verse 25 Paul believes he's gonna have a season of ministry with them alive before he dies. [00:04:04]

He says convinced of this I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and yes the joy in the faith literal joy of faith joy of faith so my answer to the question at the end of verse 17 when he says I'm rejoicing with you you're already rejoicing he's because I have labored for your faith and your faith is that faith in verse 25 of chapter 1 the joy of faith your joy sing in all that you have by faith in Jesus that's number 2 second facet first facet of joy is joy in dying to bring faith to others second facet the joy of faith that gets created by that mission. [00:04:56]

He is telling them look it makes me glad if I must be poured out in death to strengthen create preserve advance multiply your faith be glad with me in my death to which we can easily imagine the Philippians saying Paul it's asking too much may we not have a season of sorrow at your death we love you to which Paul would answer I think why do you think that what I have said means you may not have a season of sorrow well Paul you you said because you are rejoicing to be poured out in death for our faith and then you summoned us to rejoice with you even in your death for us that's why. [00:06:33]

And I think Paul being a big man that he is would would smile gently and look at look at them and say children you have so much to learn about joy in Christ why would you think Philippians why would you think that sorrowing and rejoicing shouldn't be simultaneous in the same heart at the same event why would you why would you not think that ten verses later verse 27 he Pafford itís almost died in serving Paul from the Philippians and here's what he said God had mercy on him and not on him only but on me also lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. [00:07:52]

Paul would have wept if a paradise hadn't gone well it's right to weep when you lose a great apostle that you love it's just not right to stop rejoicing because Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians 6:10 we are sorrowful yet always rejoicing and I know I'm talking to hundreds of you who probably in your walk with Jesus just haven't quite gotten there yet to you it's always sequential there are seasons of sorrow and seasons of happiness but this talk about sorrowful and always rejoicing through Andy in the sorrow that's a contradiction it's not just give yourself time. [00:09:27]

Those are the three facets of the diamond of joy number one I'm gonna give them in the order that they happen in reality now not the order that they happen in the text facet of the diamond number one the joy of faith into verse seventeen by virtue of his connection with the beginning part facet number two the joy of pouring out your life in death if necessary for the joy of other people's faith facet number three rejoicing with those who joyfully died for other people's joy. [00:10:41]

The first facet of this joy is found in the willingness to be poured out as a drink offering, a metaphor for dying to self for the sake of others' faith. Paul expresses gladness in the prospect of his own death if it means building the faith of others. This joy is not about seeking safety or comfort but about embracing the ultimate sacrifice for the growth of others in faith. [00:00:06]

The second facet is the joy of faith itself, a joy that arises from the assurance and hope found in Jesus. Paul rejoices with the Philippians because their faith is growing, and this growth is a source of joy. This joy of faith is not static but dynamic, continually increasing as believers experience more of Christ's love and grace. [00:04:56]

The third facet is the communal aspect of joy, where believers are called to rejoice with those who are willing to sacrifice for the faith of others. Paul invites the Philippians to share in his joy, even in the face of his potential death. This shared joy is not diminished by sorrow; rather, it coexists with it. Paul challenges the notion that sorrow and joy are mutually exclusive, teaching that they can be simultaneous experiences in the Christian life. [00:06:33]

These three facets of joy—sacrificial joy, the joy of faith, and communal joy—form a beautiful, supernatural diamond that empowers believers to live courageously and selflessly for Christ's mission. [00:10:41]