Reviewing our Study of Philippians in 2024

Center Point Assembly

Sunday, December 29, 2024 – It’s the last Sunday of 2024 – hard to believe how quickly the year has flown by once again. I say once again because 2025 is going to go by even faster (or at least it will seem to). I’m taking this week and next to review the two books of the Bible that we worked our way through last year. We began with a study on Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi, so the book is aptly named Philippians. This is one of 13 books written by Paul (14 if you believe he wrote the book of Hebrews). In this book, Paul didn’t correct any bad theology or address false teachers; rather, he focused on how to find joy in the process of living through every circumstance in life. What a timely and needed study for us in the times we are living in! One of the most significant takeaways for me was defining joy as truly having peace no matter the situation. Joy can easily be confused with happiness, but it is hardly related. However, joy is tightly connected with peace. This is one of the main points Paul makes: as we learn how to rejoice in all things, God brings us a peace that passes all understanding, and with that comes a joy that the world cannot take away. Worship and study along with us.