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Phil 3
Claim - Our righteousness is achieved exclusively by faith in Christ not by works, and in that light we press on to become what we already are in Him.
Focus - A gospel worthy life rejoices confidently in Christ’s grace, is not hamstrung by our past and presses on to be who we are in Christ.
Function - To instil confidence and rejoicing in Christ’s grace, such that we press on to become more like him in every way.
Safeguarding is the word of the moment isn’t it.
The world’s gone safeguarding mad!
Much of it is essential, and important.
Safeguarding our children for example - generally a good thing..
But sometime safeguarding goes too far.
Solly was telling me the other day that at his office they have spot checks in the stair wells to ensure everyone if holding the hand rail as they go up or down the stairs!
I suspect there is compulsory stair climbing safeguarding seminars for anyone ‘crazy’ enough to risk the horrific danger of using steps without holding on tight!
But some safegaurding measures are so obviously important, that we don’t even give them a second thought.
Electrical plugs are made of plastic not metal for example, so you don’t die every-time you want to connect your kettle to the electricity network.
Even God is involved in practical level safegaurding, for example,
This is a ram packed full passage of scripture.
As I preach through books of the bible I note down specific sections that I feel warrant a revisit at some point, and this would have to be one of them.
he made toddlers to be cute in the eyes of their own parents, so that their parents don’t actually throttle them for being so annoying all the time!
Todays passage is also about safeguarding!
So know I know we’re excited about it!
So let’s PRAY!
This is a ram packed full passage of scripture.
As I preach through books of the bible I note down specific sections that I feel warrant a revisit at some point, and this would have to be one of them.
PRAY
The safeguarding here in is not an annoying safeguard, not even just an important safeguard.
But a joyous, essential, and ironically liberating safegaurd that we all ought to adopt.
Rejoicing in the Lord - is our ‘safegaurd’ for our faith.
for our relationship with God through Christ.
It is what safegaurds us from straying,
safegaurds us from living again according to our old ways,
It is what enables us, as we’ve been looking at throughout Philippians so far,
to live a life worthy of the Gospel.
We are to Rejoice in the Lord, it is our safeguard, for living a Gospel worthy Life.
The rest of the passage then lays our how to both live a life rejoicing in the Lord, and also what to avoid in order to live a life Rejoicing in the Lord.
Our first point is
1 - A Right Righteousness v2-9
Righteousness in simple terms, just means living a life that is right before God.
And Paul lays out 2 types of righteousness in v2-9.
He summarises them in v9
Now his point is that in reality any righteousness we pursue ‘on our own’ (by the God’s law in this case) is no righteousness at all!
But that that the only right ‘righteousness’ is given to us by God, through Christ.
Let’s look first at the ‘wrong righteousness’ we’re to ‘watch out for’.
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There was clearly some opposition towards or perhaps within the the church of Philipie.
And the strength of Pauls language shows it’s serious
Most likely they were Jewish people who claimed to now be Christians,
but had misunderstood how righteousness is achieved.
Paul uses heavily ironic language.
Dogs in those times were a derogatory way of referring to those outside the community of God - Ironic because these opponents claim to be the real community of God.
Evildoers picks up the irony that it is right to ‘do’ good works, yet what they think are ‘good works’ are actually evil.
And mutilators is a play on the word for , to cut, or to circumcise.
Circumcision was a God given, outward sign for His people in the OT,
but it was always intended to look forward to the time when
Again, circumcise was a God given sign of His people in the OT, but it was always inteneded to look forward to the time when the saviour would bring about a spiritual circumsision of the heart.
the saviour would bring about a spiritual circumcision of the heart.
Jesus has now done that is Paul’s point
- he’s not really suggesting that circumcision is mutilation,
he’s using a play on words to be ironic about the futility of their instance on circumcision, when it’s already been fulfilled in Christ.
That is why he includes even the uncircumcised Christians in 3, but says ‘we are the circumcision’
Paul then is warning the Philippians not be tempted into a misunderstanding of God’s good and holy law.
The bigger principle being that Doing things, however good you might intend them to be, even if they are in accordance with God’s good law of the OT, cannot give you righteousness.
It is not there to save us is his point.
Jesus is.
So do not keep the law now to add to, or earn your righteousness!
That is to misuse the law and to deny your need for the grace of Jesus.
Paul gives his own little testimony in v4-6 to make sure we and they get the point.
If anyone fulfills the OT law and is therefore able to earn their own righteousness - being right with God - then Paul is!
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Perhaps you think your good works add to or even earn you a relationship, and righteousness before God,
Well Paul efforts were far better than yours is his point.
The pillars of Judaism embodied in his life.
Circumcision, the right family history, the best of the best, and an unparalleled zeal for God!
He attends GC, reads his bible, prays always, hosts people, and has helped 5 old ladies accross the road just this week!
Perhaps you’re sitting here today, Christian or not,
Christian or not,
Perhaps you’re concerned that you need to do more, be better, obey more in order to qualify or ensure your own righteousness before God.
“I know Jesus died for me, but I still need to add a little to the mix.”
You need the liberating truth of a right righteousness says Paul.
For all my efforts he says in v7-9
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Any hard work, claim or effort to earn or add to our salavtion is total and utter garbage.
Try all you like, it simply wont help.
Righteousness is achieved only in Christ Jesus.
You dogs are barking up the wrong tree says Paul. (no offence intended!)
It’s not about who’s good,
who’s fulfilling the law better,
who’s done what
- it’s about Jesus.
Cast off your faith in good works,
count them as nothing,
For Christ Jesus gives you everything.
Freely and fully.
Righteousness is a gift from God.
Even the word faith here does not carry the understanding we normally put on it,
I have faith.
- as if I am still contributing to my righteousness.
No to have faith is to
count on the ‘faithfulness of Christ’.
He is faithful.
Righteousnes, salavation, forgivenss, life eternal - is all from, through and for Him!
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