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Brethren listen to this exposition
Paul wrote the Philippians some lessons for livin'
Written to them but it's real good text for Christians
Read it closely, hope we can catch the vision

Chapter 1 He tells them he's blessed to get them
Co-laboring with him to serve the best who's risen
And he's confident the Lord will perfect in Christians,
What He started and hearts will be corrected in them
Listen, he was in prison now maybe never gettin' out,
But all he could think about was the gospel gettin' out
Some was even preaching Christ for selfish motives,
Coming at Paul but dawg he shrugged his shoulders
His focus was Christ the Messiah, man
And for him to live is Christ and to die was gain
Yeah he was hard-pressed but to remain in the flesh,
Was more necessary so they faith would progress
He wanted them to strive together for the gospel
In one spirit, one mind,
Listen to the apostle,
Maintain the same love, uplift your brothers
Don't just look out for yourself, but for the interests of others.

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Our life is nothin' but Christ is all,
So conduct yourselves worthy of His righteous call
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Chapter 2 Let's examine 5 through 11
The blessed lamb who resided in the heavens,
Said forget the wealth and emptied himself
Came as a man and he died for the brethren
Ultimate obedience he died on the cross
Through his humility Christ was exalted
Glory to the Father now we should have,
That same attitude Christ Jesus had
And on to verse 12
Work out your salvation,
The Father works in us in this process of savin'
Avoid dispute and prove yourself blameless
Children of God in a perverse generation,
Cling to the Bible, humility is vital,
We see it in the lives of Paul and his disciples
Serving him like a father, some fellow soldiers
Let us rejoice, unite and rep Jehovah.

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Chapter 3 Rejoice in the Lord we serve
And forget about the flesh, we nothing more than dirt
Man, if anyone could brag about they status it was Paul,
But to him it was trash and he counted it as loss
For the sake of Christ, 'cause He gave us life
Not through anything we did, but through faith in Christ
We righteous in the eyes of the Lord, that's blessing,
Conformed to His death and His resurrection
Brethren, I don't claim to have attained perfection,
What He said but was reacting to what lies ahead,
And encouraged the Philippians to model what he said,
Not to walk in the flesh, 'cause that walk is dead
But we citizens of heaven who eagerly wait for,
The one that we rest in, Jesus our Saviour
That's who the Lord is and He will surely,
Transform our bodies in future glory.

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Chapter 4 Paul closes encouraging with words,
In unity and harmony for those within the church
Rejoice in the Lord, bro our hope's in Him first
Let our thanks and our problems be known to Him first
Embrace the peace of God, you can bet on that
And whatever is good, let your mind dwell on that
Then he thanked them again for their gifts and concern,
But no matter what to be content, he had learned
Plus, he was sure that he could do all things,
Through Him who give strength and can do all things
He told them they did well sharing through all pain,
And made sure they knew he wasn't trying to get more change,
God will supply all they needs, he hoped they might see this,
According to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus
The truth of Philippians I hope it hit you, may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you
Hope you like what you heard with me rappin' these verses,
Don't get it twisted, we just scratching the surface
There's more to be learned than this rap is saying
So read it, live it, learn it like the back of your hand.

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