Why should Christians do everything without complaining or arguing? phil 2:14-16.

Paul in the previous text called for the Philippian church to “work out their salvation with fear and trembling” (v.12). Here he calls for them to continue the work of conforming to the image of Christ through doing everything without complaining and arguing (cf. Phil 2:6-11). This was especially important because situations in the church were threatening to stagnate or even destroy their spiritual life. They were experiencing persecution for the faith (1:28). False teachers were present in the church (3:2), and there was a division between two women in the congregation (4:2). Many threats to the spiritual growth of this congregation existed, and he calls for them to work out their salvation to completion by not “complaining or arguing” (v. 14). 

This is very important for us to hear. We live in a world and society that is prone to complaining. In companies,  employees complain about their bosses and one another. In homes, husbands complain about their wives. Wives complain about their husbands. To put it bluntly, satan is the architect of every complaint and murmur. To complain about a person all the time makes that person feel like they are not good enough that is why it is a sin and the work of Satan. So let us speak to one another with respect and thereby communicate the love of God.

May the good Lord bless you and keep you, in Jesus’ name. Amen.