When the Sign Has Replaced the Substance
Series: Romans. Righteousness for the Unrighteous
Text: Philippians 2:25-29
Date: Jan 11, 2026
Speaker: David Bartosik
Big Idea: Paul continues his argument by exposing our desperate need for the gospel: religious symbols are powerless to save, forcing us to confront where we’ve mistaken the symbol for a genuine relationship with God.
Religious symbols are valuable to the degree they reflect a transformed life.
A genuine relationship with God can exist even without the symbols.
Those with transformed hearts expose the emptiness of symbols alone.
A healthy relationship with God is…