A Fragrant Offering; Phil. 4:14-18

Delivered during the Evenfall; Sunday Evening Worship, 6/1/2025. After expressing the source of his contentment in each and every circumstance, Paul returns to thanking the Philippians for their faithful support in his times of need. He refers to their gift as "beautiful" and reminisces about all the times they have selflessly helped him in the past. But Paul will make it clear, as he did in the previous verse, that it is not the physical or material blessings that he appreciates most-- but the fact that they are bearing such marvelous fruit for the Kingdom. We will analyze Paul's words and how his formula for Christian giving obliterates any tension of reciprocity between the giver and the receiver. Ultimately we will learn that when Christian giving is done with a pure heart and motives, it is a beautiful act of worship and a fragrant offering to our Lord.