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Philippians 3:12-21 2013-11-03 Reading T or F The purpose of salvation is to be right with God. v.8 I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. v.12-21 Four aspects of his uni-directional life: 1. Forgetting the past 2. Straining for the future 3. Distinguishing examples in the present 4. Relishing God’s grace at all times Key Theme: Heavenly citizens on earth forget the past, strain for the future, take note of bad examples, and await the transformation/glorification of this body at the second coming of Jesus Christ. Key Verse: 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Attribute of God: Omnipotence: God has the power to raise the dead!

Philippians 3:1-11 2013-10-27 Reading Plan Key Theme: True joy comes from knowing Jesus as your surpassing value, especially your righteousness Key Verse: v.3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith. Attribute of God: Justifier: God justifies the wicked by faith based on the merits of Jesus’ righteousness   Three sources of confidence: 1. Be a good person v.4 though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more. Pedigree: Performance: v.7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 2. Be a helper to God’s salvation v.2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. v.3 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. 3. Be humbled by grace v.7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order 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 comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

Philippians 2:19-30 Teaching: Bryan Rigg 2013-10-20 Reading Plan Key Theme: True sons of the gospel risk all for the welfare of others. Key Verse: v.2:20 For I have no one like Timothy, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. Attribute of God: Mercy: God heals, restores, provides for us despite our complete unworthiness

Text: Philippians 2:12-18 2013-10-13 Reading Key Theme: The God of light and glory is magnified in this world by the way his people walk, talk and shine. Key Verse: v.2:13 …for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Text: Philippians 2:1-11 2013-10-06 Reading (PDF) Key Theme: Christ’s great humility becomes the pattern and motive for our deferring to others. Key Verse: v.2:5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.

  Text: Philippians 1:27-30 2013-09-29 Reading (PDF) Key Theme: The gospel completely alters the way you live, casting you into conflict within yourself, with opponents of Christ, and potentially within the church. Key Verse: v.1:29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.

Text: Philippians 1:19-26 Teaching: Tré Smith 2013-09-22 Reading (PDF) Key Theme: Paul, ever the servant to Christ’s flock, is caught between two deep longings: to be with Christ in heaven or to be serving his people on earth for their good and edification. Key Verse: v.21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:12-18 2013-09-15 Reading (PDF) A. Gospel Advancement 1. The gospel advances by proclamation 2. The gospel advances despite preaching with poor motives 3. The gospel is best advanced from good motives B. Gospel Joy Facts: God is in control. God loves me. God holds a future for me that is infinitely better than the present

Philippians 1:3-11 2013-09-08 Reading (PDF) 1. God’s work: He began 2. God’s work in you 3. A work that has a beginning and end 4. A work energized by prayer 5. A work that produces genuine affection

Philippians 1:1-2 1. Why might Paul have been cynical? 2. What saved Paul from cynicism? 3. How can you experience the same power? 2013-09-01 Is Joy a Joke – notes (PDF) Why did Paul write Philippians 2013 Fall Reading Plan

Teaching: Marc Corbett ROMANS 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of (from) God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” 1. The real Gospel is offensive - to the religious - to the irreligious 2. The real Gospel is the power of God - to the religious (“the Jew first”) - to the irreligious (“and also to the Greek”) 3. The real Gospel covers your past, your present, and your future. 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, – Titus 3:5 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God – Rom. 5:9 I labored diligently and anxiously as to how to understand Paul’s word [in Romans 1:17], where he says that the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel. I sought long and knocked anxiously, for the expression “the righteousness of God” blocked the way, because I took it to mean that righteousness whereby God is righteous and deals righteously in punishing the unrighteous. My situation was that, although an impeccable monk, I stood before God as a sinner troubled in conscience, and I had no confidence that my merit would assuage him. Therefore I did not love a righteous and angry God, but rather hated and murmured against him. Yet I clung to the dear Paul and had a great yearning to know what he meant. – Martin Luther Q- How did Luther move from being tortured by the phrase, “the righteousness of God?” to delighting in it? “….Then I grasped that the righteousness of God is that righteousness, by which through grace and sheer mercy, God justifies us by faith. Thereupon I felt myself to be reborn and to have gone through open doors into paradise…. When I saw the difference, that law is one thing and gospel another, I broke through. And as I had formerly hated the expression “the righteousness of God”, I now began to regard it as my dearest and most comforting word. So that this expression of Paul’s became to me in very truth a gate of paradise.” – Martin Luther “Every little touch would hurt my tender conscience. But one day, as I was passing through a field, suddenly I thought of a sentence, “your righteousness is in heaven”, and with the eyes of faith, I saw Christ sitting at God’s right hand. And I suddenly realized–THERE is my righteousness. Wherever I was or whatever I was doing, God could not say, “where is your righteousness?” for it was right before him. I saw that my good frame of heart could not make my righteousness better nor a bad frame of heart make my righteousness worse, for my righteousness was Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever. Now my chains fell off indeed! I felt delivered from slavery to guilt and fears. I went home rejoicing for the love and grace of God. Now I could look from myself to him, and I realized that all those weak character qualities in my heart were like the pennies that rich men carry in their pocket, when their gold is safe under lock and key. Christ is my treasure, my righteousness. Now Christ was my wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and salvation.” -John Bunyan, from Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (paraphrased and abridged)