"Therefore,...work out your salvation with fear and trembling." (From Philippians 2:12
We need to read vv. 1-11 in order to know why the "therefore" is there for.
Do you think we could say that since Jesus Christ works our salvation in, we should then work it out? Perhaps.
If so, the how to, "work out your own salvation," must begin with, "fear and trembling." Secondly, there can be no, "work out your own salvation," without obedience to the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, being the number one priority for guidance.
Father, in Jesus' Name, this has always had my wonderment. I submit afresh, however, to walking out this command. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
