Exactly what he did in gambling with his life, we are not told, but I am sure he will be greatly rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ for his risk taking. We learn two important lessons from the Epaphroditus’ example. But it’s not like Epaphroditus would ever look back at that trip to Rome, to minister to the great Paul and say to himself “nailed it.” He almost died. Not exactly the flashy roles like missionary or pastor.
I’m going to read it straight through, and I want you to actively listen and see if you can tell any difference about how Paul writes about Timothy and how he writes about Epaphroditus.Here Epaphroditus is doing something great, something meaningful, something in service of God. Value has always sprung from community. Why Paul Felt It Necessary To Send Epaphroditus - Part #1 (series: Lessons on Philippians) by John Lowe (Woodruff, S.C.) Date: 10/31/18 Lesson #19 Title: Why Paul Felt It Necessary To Send Epaphroditus • “Special Notes” and “Scripture” are shown as endnotes.
Perhaps Epaphroditus had served in this elite unit composed of bodyguards for the Emperor. Serving doesn’t exclude you … 2:19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you quickly, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you. Hence, the use in Philippians 2:25 has overtones of a priestly act, that of Epaphroditus’s presenting to Paul the Philippians’ offering, “an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God” (4:18). There is this prevailing myth out there that if we just love Jesus enough, he’ll take all of our problems away and it will be nothing but rainbows and unicorns. The inscription framing the standards said: “COHOR(tes) PRAE(toriae) PHIL(ippensis)” which means Praetorian Cohorts of Philippi (Burnett, Amandry, and Ripolles 1992:I:308; coin 1651). Failure doesn’t make you a failure. Failing to learn from your failures makes you a failure.
Since I went to already went to the trouble of collecting my thoughts for them, I thought I’d share them with you as well.Paul wants to send Timothy to the church in Philippi as his ambassador/surrogate to check on them, and Timothy will return and give Paul an update on the church.I mean, he compliments Epaphroditus. He was the meanest, nastiest, hardest boozer and womanizer in the whole Praetorian guards! Biblical scholars believe Epaphroditus was probably an elder or a deacon in the Philippian church planted by the Apostle Paul. You will fail. An exchange is made based on that value. But when you fail, learn from it.Now, Paul is very gracious about the whole thing by saying at the end, “Welcome him in the Lord and honor men like him,” but if you had to pick the favorite son out of these two, we’d all say it was Timothy. He says, “Timothy, he needs to stay with me. So the picture is of Epaphroditus being sent to help and minister to Paul, and it was just short of an epic fail. In this passage, Paul describes admirable characteristics of his partner, Epaphroditus.
He did not ‘save’ his life, but rather hazarded it to do for Paul and the cause of Christ what other Philippians Christians did not or could not do” (Hawthorne 1983:120).Interestingly, during the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54) or Nero (AD 54-68), a coin was minted in Philippi with Nike, the goddess of victory, on the obverse side and three Roman standards on the reverse side.
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