{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"To Live Is Christ","description":"Philippians 1:12-30\r\n The Advance of the Gospel . . .\r\nThe gospel of Christ advances most often in unexpected places during the most difficult and undesirable circumstances.  (v.12-13)\r\n·         Those who seek to constrain the gospel end up seeing the opposite effect in the advance of the gospel. \r\nGospel Courage . . . \r\nThere is a courage that the gospel ignites in those who are captured by and consumed with the gospel. (v.14)\r\n·         To be captured by the gospel means that I have surrendered to who Christ is and what He has done to save a sinner like me.\r\n·         To be consumed by the gospel means that I unashamedly speak the gospel of grace and give evidence to the effect of the gospel in my life.\r\nA Life Worthy of the Gospel of Christ . . .\r\nA life worthy of the gospel is one that courageously lives to make much of the greatness of Christ. (v.20-21)\r\n·         We make much of the greatness of Christ by finding our soul-satisfaction in Him alone. \r\no   To live means I will make much of Christ.  He is worth living for and nothing else compares. (v.22)\r\no   To die means that although I lose this life, I gain in being with Christ. (v.23)\r\n        ·         We make much of the greatness of Christ by standing firm in unity. (v.27)\r\n        ·         We make much of the greatness of Christ as we contend for the faith of the gospel and not give in to fear. (v.28-29)\r\n \r\n ","author_name":"Crossgate Church Podcasts","author_url":"http:\/\/crossgate.libsyn.com","html":"