PHILIPPIANS 2:3
Politics is a ruthless enterprise. Most times it is demanded of people to lie, do anything and everything possible just to undo an opponent.
The Greek word for “selfish ambition” as used by Paul in our text is eritheia. It means “strife,” “contentiousness,” and “rivalry.” Aristotle used eritheia in his work, ‘Politics’, to describe candidates getting into office using unethical means.
Paul is telling us that this does not happen only in politics. It happens in the church. Churchmen compete at each other’s expense in order to achieve positions of leadership and prominence. This needs to stop.
There is no need for rivalry in the Church if we are one in Christ. We are to serve one another in a Christlike manner.
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