Sanctification Worth Great Effort and Great Rejoicing (Family Worship Lesson in Philippians 2:16–18)

For what has the apostle put forth such strenuous effort? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Philippians 2:16–18 prepares us for the first of the two serial readings in the public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Sacred Scripture, we hear that the apostle has considered their sanctification worth his strenuous effort, because its outcome will be worth his and their great rejoicing.