He says there will be enemies of that cross who would sidetrack you and get you upset. Let me read to you the same passage Janet read, but from my favorite translation. Like when shipwrecked men drifted under the scorching sun in a lifeboat deliriously thirsty. One night, while the others are asleep, one ignored all warnings and gulped down salt water. It seemed wet.
Salt water has seven times more salt that the body can safely ingest.
He died literally - of thirst. If Paul had written this to the church in Houston at 18th and Heights Boulevard this week, instead of the church in first century Philippi, it could not have been more accurate. I saw it, too. I saw this church move as the body of Christ this week, picking up a cross, lifting a burden, and carrying love, food, and comfort. You moved together in perfect symmetry.