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REJECT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH
AND SEEK THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION
INTRODUCTION:
TAKE YOUR BIBLE AND TURN WITH ME TO PHILIPPIANS, CHAPTER 3.
IF YOU ARE ABLE, STAND WITH ME AS WE READ VERSES 1 THROUGH 11.
STAND – READ – PRAY
No more, my God, I boast no more
Of all the duties I have done;
I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.
Now, for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain I count my loss;
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to his cross.
Yes, and I must and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus' sake:
O may my soul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake!
The best obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands
By pleading what my Lord has done.
THESE ARE THE LYRICS TO A SONG WRITTEN BY ISAAC WATTS, AN 18TH CENTURY HYMN WRITER, AND RECORDED BY THE GROUP CAEDMON’S CALL IN 2001, 217 YEARS AFTER IT WAS WRITTEN.
THIS HYMN IS BASED ON OUR TEXT FOR THIS MORNING, A TEXT WHICH COMMUNICATES THE NEED TO REJECT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH AND SEEK THE MERITS OF CHRIST.
PAUL MAKES THIS ARGUMENT IN , AND I WANT YOU TO HEAR HIS REASONING FOR REJECTING THE FLESH THIS MORNING…
1. PAUL’S RESUME FOR BOASTING IN THE FLESH.
(VERSES 4-6)
a. IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT PAUL IS ARGUING AGAINST THE TEACHINGS OF THE JUDAIZERS…
i. WHO HE REFERS TO IN VERSE 2 AS DOGS, AND EVILDOERS, AND THOSE WHO MUTILATE THE FLESH…
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PAUL’S POINT AS HE GETS INTO VERSE 4 IS THAT THE JUDAIZERS LIKELY CAME TO PHILIPPI PROMOTING THEIR JEWISH CREDENTIALS TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR MESSAGE…
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BUT PAUL POINTS OUT THAT HIS CREDENTIALS FAR EXCEED THE CREDENTIALS OF THE JUDAIZERS…
c. CIRCUMCISED THE EIGHTH DAY…
i. PAUL’S INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWISH FAITH WAS DONE IN ABSOLUTELY THE PROPER JEWISH WAY…
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HE COULD NOT BE ACCUSED OF BEING A PAGAN OR OF BEING PART OF A GROUP THAT PERFORMED CIRCUMSISION THE WORNG WAY…
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OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL…
i. HE WAS NOT A PROSELYTE – A JEWISH CONVERT FROM ANOTHER NATION…
ii.
HE WAS NO SECOND-CLASS JEW…
e. OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN…
i. HE WAS NOT FROM SOME SECOND-CLASS TRIBE…
ii.
PAUL WAS A MEMBER OF THE DISTINGUISHED TRIBE OF BENJAMIN…
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