Philippians 3 1 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. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those men who
do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.
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Philippians 3 3 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 4 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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Philippians 3 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
legalistic righteousness, faultless. 7 But whatever was to my
profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
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Philippians 3 8 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 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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Philippians 3 10 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, 11 and so, somehow, to attain to
the resurrection from the dead.
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All I once held dear, built my life upon, All this world
reveres and wars to own; All I once thought gain I have counted
loss, Spent and worthless now compared to this.
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Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You There is no greater thing.
You're my all, You're the best, You're my joy, my righteousness,
And I love You Lord.
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Now my heart's desire is to know You more, To be found in You
and known as Yours, To possess by faith what I could not earn All
surpassing gift of righteousness
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Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You There is no greater thing.
You're my all, You're the best, You're my joy, my righteousness,
And I love You Lord.
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Oh to know the power of Your risen life, And to know You in
Your sufferings; To become like You in Your death, my Lord, So with
You to live and never die.
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Knowing You, Jesus, knowing You There is no greater thing.
You're my all, You're the best, You're my joy, my righteousness,
And I love You Lord.
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What kind of God? What kind of Gospel? What kind of people?
Whats stopping us? OUTGOING
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What kind of God? omnibeing Son Father
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What is sin? omnibeing Son Father
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Sin is not receiving Sin is about being not behaviour
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Humanity is not...
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Sin is not receiving Sin is about being not behaviour What kind
of Gospel?
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Were born in sin Were condemned already What kind of Gospel?
Were enslaved to our desires Our best is garbage
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John 3 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night
and said, Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God.
For no-one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God
were not with him. 3 In reply Jesus declared, I tell you the truth,
no-one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
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John 3 4 How can a man be born when he is old? Nicodemus asked.
Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be
born! 5 Jesus answered, I tell you the truth, no-one can enter the
kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh
gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
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John 3 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and
only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever
believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe
stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of
God's one and only Son.
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Almighty Decision?
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Predestination
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Were enslaved to our passions
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Ephesians 2 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions
and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of
this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit
who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also
lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful
nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we
were by nature objects of wrath.
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Ephesians 2 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is
rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead
in transgressions it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God
raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly
realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might
show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his
kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
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Ephesians 2 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through
faith and this 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 workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do.
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In what ways are we free? In what ways are we enslaved?
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We do what we want to do What the heart loves the will chooses
and the mind justifies.
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Our best is garbage
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Romans 3 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to
those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced
and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no-one
will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law;
rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
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Romans 5 20 The law was added so that the trespass might
increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign
through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
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AdamMoses New Testament What is the place of law? Law
Gospel
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Galatians 3 15 Brothers, let me take an example from everyday
life. Just as no-one can set aside or add to a human covenant that
has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises
were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say
and to seeds, meaning many people, but and to your seed, meaning
one person, who is Christ.
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Galatians 3 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430
years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established
by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance
depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God
in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
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Galatians 3 19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was
added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise
referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a
mediator. 20 A mediator, however, does not represent just one
party; but God is one.
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Galatians 3 21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises
of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could
impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the
law. 22 But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a
prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through
faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
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Galatians 3 23 Before this faith came, we were held prisoners
by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24 So the law
was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified
by faith. 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the
supervision of the law.
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AdamMoses New Testament Galatians 3:15-25 Gospel Law Abe
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Philippians 3 1 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. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those men who
do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.
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Philippians 3 3 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 4 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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Philippians 3 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
legalistic righteousness, faultless. 7 But whatever was to my
profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
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Philippians 3 8 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 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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Philippians 3 10 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, 11 and so, somehow, to attain to
the resurrection from the dead.
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I can be a good person without Jesus!
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Recommended Reading: Romans 5-8 How is the believer connected
to Christ? What is our relationship to sin, law, the sinful nature,
and condemnation?
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NEXT WEEK...Raised Good news! Christ comes to dead and buried
sinners. He takes our predicament on Himself, puts it to death and
rises up new. Best of all, He takes us with Him!
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Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the
water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin
the double cure; Save from wrath and make me pure.
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Not the labour of my hands Can fulfill Thy laws demands; Could
my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for sin
could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone.
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Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to the cross I cling; Naked,
come to Thee for dress; Helpless look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to
the fountain fly; Wash me, Savior, or I die.
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While I draw this fleeting breath, When mine eyes shall close
in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment
throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in
Thee.
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Recommended Reading: Romans 5-8 How is the believer connected
to Christ? What is our relationship to sin, law, the sinful nature,
and condemnation?
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NEXT WEEK...Raised Good news! Christ comes to dead and buried
sinners. He takes our predicament on Himself, puts it to death and
rises up new. Best of all, He takes us with Him!
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Here is love, vast as the ocean, loving kindness as the flood,
when the Prince of life, our ransom, shed for us his precious
blood. Who his love will not remember? Who can cease to sing his
praise? He can never be forgotten throughout heavens eternal
days.
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On the mount of crucifixion fountains opened deep and wide;
through the floodgates of Gods mercy flowed a vast and gracious
tide. Grace and love, like mighty rivers, poured incessant from
above; and heavens peace and perfect justice kissed a guilty world
in love.
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Through the years of human darkness, shone the lamp the
prophets trimmed, making known redemptions story, of the love of
God undimmed. Christ for every tongue and nation! All must come
beneath his sway; His the everlasting kingdom that shall never pass
away.
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When the stars shall fall from heaven, And the sun turn black
as night, When the skies recede and vanish, And the elements
ignite; Then the Son of Man in glory, coming as the Morning Star,
shall return to claim his loved ones, gathered in from near and
far.