Philippians: Week 10 – Confidence in Christ Alone

<p class="p1">Paul teaches us what matters most, and it’s not our achievements or privilege. Paul says,<b> </b><i>Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.</i><i> </i><i>Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved. For we who worship by the Spirit of God</i><i> </i><i>are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!</i><i> </i><i>I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.</i> <span class="s4"><i>I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>