Joy on the Journey Part 7 – Accounting Gains and Losses

Joy on the Journey

Part 7 – Accounting Gains and Losses

Philippians 3:1-11

Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! Philippians 3:1a

19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:19-20

Further, my brothers and sisters, 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. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 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; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 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 on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:1-11

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. Philippians 3:7

28 So Saul stayed with them (the disciples) and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. Acts 9:28

TWO VIEWS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS:

1) RIGHTEOUSNESS (3:1-6)

• Steer clear of people who embrace salvation.

2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. Philippians 3:2

• False Christians believe salvation is based on their .
• True Christians place their confidence in , not in .

3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— Philippians 3:3a

• True Christian’s good works are the result of their , not the cause of their .

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-9

4 …If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 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; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. Philippians 3:4b-6

2) RIGHTEOUSNESS (3:7-11)

• We will never be or do to earn our salvation!
• When you come to Christ, it changes your

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. Philippians 3:8

8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ. Philippians 3:9

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”

— Jim Elliot

• When you come to Christ, it changes your

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 on the basis of faith.

means to “put on one’s account.”

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21

• When you come to Christ, it changes your

10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11