PARTY CRASHER: How Jesus Disrupts Politics as Usual and Redeems our Partisan Divides | Whatever Happens | November 17, 2024

WestGate Church Teaching

The phrase “whatever happens” doesn’t conjure up visions of stability. When people say that - “whatever happens” - it’s usually because something bad is going to happen. For the church at Philippi, this was the case. In his letter to the early church in that city, Paul understood that the political climate was going to get heated. The earliest Christians in Philippi were in all likelihood facing serious persecution for political reasons. Incredibly, within this context, the Apostle Paul (who himself was a Roman Citizen) tells this group of Christians that no matter what happens politically, that they were to remember that their citizenship is in Heaven and their King is not Caesar, but Jesus. This would have real implications for the way they lived their lives - but Paul’s advice still rings true for believers down through the ages. SPEAKERS: Steve Clifford (Saratoga), video (South Hills) Bible Passage(s): Philippians 1:27-28 NIV