Confidence!
Some people
inspire confidence – others, not so much.
What can people
do to gain your confidence in their ability?
How do we gain
confidence in our own abilities?
What might be
the danger in too much self-confidence?
We have just
concluded the section where Paul gave us a couple of excellent examples of
laborers, Timothy and Epaphroditus. Paul ended that section of the
letter by compelling the Philippians to “Receive Epaphroditus in the lord with
all joy, and hold men like him in high regard”.
The passage we will look at today begins with Joy also, but then turns
to a warning about what kind of men to look out for.
Judaizers – people who believed that to be a righteous person, one had
to maintain all of the jewish law, including circumcision, and the whole Mosaic
law. It other words, they thought that faith in Christ alone would not provide
righteousness in God’s eyes.
Philippians
3:1-11.
Paul had lots of reasons to be confident in his own
ability to obtain righteousness through the flesh. What were some of
those reasons? 7 -Circumcision, Pure Jewish blood, Benjamite, Hebrew of
Hebrews (strict Jewish raising, Studied OT in Hebrew), Pharisees (most
Orthodox), persecuted Christians, Obeyed all the law.
What does Paul say about all of these means of
righteousness? – They are worthless.
What does he say about the true source of righteousness?
Paul was supremely confident in the righteousness that
came from God on the basis of his faith.
How can we be confident in the righteousness that comes
from God on the basis of Faith?
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