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    Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
    Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
    Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
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    Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians: New Testament Bible Commentary Series

    By JOHN MILLER

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    Bible teacher John Miller explores the Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians, notable for it's themes of joy and rejoicing.  Hyperlinked scriptures are provided for all Bible verses quoted.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateNov 29, 2018
    ISBN9781386598770
    Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
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    JOHN MILLER

    JOHN MILLER (1882-1968) was born at Blackridge, Scotland of humble parents. He was saved in his youth, baptized and added to the assembly then at Blackridge, halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. He joined the service of the North British Railway Co. as a clerk but that occupation did not tax his mental talents. He belonged to a generation which produced many able brethren who had no opportunity of higher education in secular subjects. Their ability was used on the study of the Bible. There were a lot of such men in the Brethren Movement and some found their way into the Churches of God. He was one of them. At 26 years of age he became a full-time servant of the Lord and, at the relatively young age of 29 years, he was writing papers on doctrinal subjects for the overseers' conference. In 1925 when he was 42 years he was recognised as one of the leading brothers of the Churches of God. In the course of his work as a Lord's Servant he visited most parts of the Fellowship except Nigeria. In the U.K. he was known from the Shetland Isles to the Channel Isles, not only by saints in the Churches of God.  He studied the whole scope of Bible teaching and his vision took in the world. As a man, he was a very able man; as a man of God, there were few his equal. He was outstanding in any group of men and at all times a pillar among his fellows. Had he been a politician he would have made his mark among the great ones of the earth. He spoke like an orator as one may hear from a few tapes of his ministry which are available. There are many, many articles in Needed Truth and Bible Studies and Intelligence. His notes of the books of the New Testament can be obtained from Hayes Press.  He married Mary Smith, daughter of a former Lord's Servant, David Smith and they had ten children.

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      Notes on the Epistle to the Philippians - JOHN MILLER

      PAUL’S LETTER TO THE PHILIPPIANS - WHEN AND WHERE WRITTEN (W. BUNTING)

      There can be little doubt that this letter was written from the prison-house in Rome. He refers to the Praetorian guard (Phil.1:13) and to Caesar’s household (Phil.4:22). It was written in the hope of an early decision by the Emperor as to his appeal, and his earnest hope and expectation was, that whatever the decision might be, for life or death, Christ should be magnified (Phil.1:20).

      The saints in Philippi had shared with the apostle in the spread of the gospel, and their generosity towards him was manifest from the outset (Phil.4:15,16). They had sent a gift to Paul in the prison in Rome by the hand of Epaphroditus whom the apostle refers to as my brother, and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier. Unfortunately, Epaphroditus became seriously ill in Rome, and his life was despaired of. However, God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow (Phil.2:27).

      In these circumstances, Paul wrote this delightful letter, and apparently sent it to the saints, overseers and deacons at Philippi by the hand of Epaphro­ditus. In his final salutation he does not single out individuals, but says, Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. One’s mind runs to such generous people as Lydia, the seller of purple, the unnamed jailor, Euodia, Syntyche and Clement.

      (See further details in General Note below)

      GENERAL NOTE

      When Paul arrived in Europe for the extension of the Lord’s work, having been directed to Macedonia by the vision he saw at Troas, he made for Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district (Acts 16:12). The work began in an unostentatious way. The account by Luke shows the small beginning of a work which was to have a not unimportant place in sacred annals of the work of the Lord. It is said, On the Sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which were come together (Acts 16:13). Whether it was a synagogue or some other praying place is not told us, but here hearts were won by the story of divine love, amongst such was that of Lydia, the purple-seller.

      Such trophies of grace were yet to be augmented by Satan over-reaching himself and sending after the preachers for many days the young woman possessed of an evil spirit, but those trophies were not won without grievous bodily suffering on the part of Paul and Silas. The story is well known to us all. Through stripes, imprisonment, stocks and earthquake, at last Paul and Silas sat round the hospitable board of the jailor, who with his whole household had become subjects of God’s saving grace and had shown proof thereof in being baptized. Such was the beginning of what became the church in Philippi. Both Lydia and the jailor cared for the preachers in their homes, an example which has happily been followed by many, but besides, the church in Philippi in acknowledgement of the debt they owed to the Lord and His servants sent once and again to the need of Paul and his fellow-workers (Phil.4:15,16). This same exercise in regard to the apostle’s need in early times was revived when Paul was a prisoner in Rome.

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