Words of Warning

11 October 2014

1. Candid words used

a) Beware of dogs          Philippians 3:2

b) Beware of evil workers          Philippians 3:2

c) Beware of the mutilation          Philippians 3:2

d) Identification:

i) Judaizers  (false teachers)

ii) They affected the Galatians and the Colossians

2. The Focus of the Judaizers

a) Jewish heritage (ancestry)

b) Jewish traditions

c) Jewish approach to the Christian life

3. Paul’s answer to these false teachers

a) Reference to his personal life          Philippians 3:4-7

b) Relevance of his pedigree set aside

4. Rejoicing in our faith in the Lord

a) Rejoice in the Lord          Philippians 3:1

b) But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ          Philippians 3:7

c) I count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord          Philippians 3:8

d) For whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ          Philippians 3:8

e) And be found in Him… and the righteousness which is from God by faith          Philippians 3:9

f) That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings          Philippians 3:10

BIBLE MEMORY

That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
Philippians 3:10