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Philippians 1:7b – The Last Place

Picture of a prison door, with a sign in front that reads, "The Last Place" (Grok)

… whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.

Summary: Paul, writing from prison, talks about sharing in the grace of God. This leads us to wonder about what “grace” is and what it means. 

Have you ever noticed that whatever you are looking for, you always find it in the last place you look? It’s funny because it is true! It is also “funny” (odd) because sometimes the last place we look is the last place we would ever think to look. 

For example, whoever thought the world would be saved by someone crucified by the Romans two thousand years ago? 

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Colossians 2:15b – Forced to Choose

… he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Summary: The world and our Lord will always have different priorities. God’s way is the way to Light and Life. The world’s way leads to death.

When it comes to finding contenders for “The Most Counter-Intuitive Statement Ever,” this passage might take the cake.

The whole idea of the cross, as far as the Romans were concerned, was to humiliate and torture a person so badly that no one would ever “cross” the Roman authorities again. Think of the cross as a giant billboard reading, “THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!”

Getting nailed to a cross was not considered a sign of triumph.

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