Paul encourages the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord rather than in earthly circumstances. He warns them about false teachers advocating righteousness through the law instead of through faith in Christ. Paul then describes his own impressive religious background and accomplishments under the law, but says he considers them worthless compared to knowing Christ. He wants to know Christ through sharing in his sufferings and resurrection.

1. Philippians 3:1-2
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no
trouble for me to write the same things to you
again, and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out
for those dogs, those men who do evil, those
mutilators of the flesh.
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2. Philippians 3:3-4
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who
worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ
Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
though I myself have reasons for such
confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons
to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:
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3. Philippians 3:5-6
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of
Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of
Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for
zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic
righteousness, faultless.
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4. Philippians 3:7-8
But whatever was to my profit I now consider
loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I
consider everything a loss compared to the
surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I
consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
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5. Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness
of my own that comes from the law, but that
which is through faith in Christ—the
righteousness that comes from God and is by
faith.
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6. Philippians 3:10-11
I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and
so, somehow to attain to the resurrection from
the dead.
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7. Anything worth LEARNING is
worth REPEATING.
Christian joy is based on who the Lord is, what the
Lord has done, what the Lord is doing, and what the
Lord is yet to do; not our CIRCUMSTANCES
Rejoice in the Lord which is a SAFEGUARD to you.

8. Not only can some circumstances be
unwanted guests, but so can TOXIC
people.
Watch out means either they are here or soon will
be
If you don’t want to get sucked in, watch out for
them, watch your own heart, and learn to REJOICE in
the Lord.

9. Sometimes we invite joy
stealers in through
MISPLACED faith.
Judaizers taught that one needed to
keep the law in ADDITION to Christ.
Their faith was not completely in
Christ, but in what they did to be
RIGHT with God.

10. Circumcised 8th day
People of Israel
Tribe of Benjamin
Hebrew of Hebrews
Pharisee
Zeal
Legalistic Righteousness

11. Know Christ
Gain Christ
Found in Christ
Circumcised 8th day
People of Israel
Tribe of Benjamin
Hebrew of Hebrews
Pharisee
Zeal
Legalistic Righteousness

12. …will tear through your
kitchen if you leave the door
open with UNREALISTIC
expectations.
They laid on others what no one else had been ABLE
to do.
‘everything’ in v8 is ANYTHING that might compete
for our allegiance to Christ.

13. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Choose to rejoice in the Lord
( ) Identify where I am magnifying the negative and
losing sight of my blessings
( ) Evaluate if I am focused too much on people and not
enough on the Lord.
( ) Reflect on if I have misplaced faith or unrealistic
expectations
( ) Other________________________