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Dave Burnette's Commentary

Philippians Chapter 3

Written By: God through Inspiration
Penned By: Paul
Date Penned: (61 AD)
Overview: Paul Proclaims Truth to Strengthen the Body (c 1-4)
Theme: Joy Comes from Jesus Christ Alone (c 1-4)
Message: Joy in Believing (v 1-21)

Philippians 3 Commentary

(3:1-11) The Priceless Gain of Knowing Christ - Paul warned the Philippian believers to stay clear of the false teachers who taught that what people did (like being circumcised), rather than the free gift of grace provided through Christ, made them believers. Are you depending on Christian parents or church affiliation, or are you just being good to make you right with God?

(3:12-21) Pressing Toward the Goal - Paul’s goal was to know Christ, to be like Christ, and to be all Christ had in mind for him. This goal absorbed all his energy. This provides a helpful example. We should not let anything take our eyes off our goal—knowing Christ. With the single-mindedness of an athlete in training, we must lay aside everything harmful and forsake anything that may distract us from being effective Christians. What is holding you back?

 


Dave Burnette's Life Application

Joy in Believing

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we continue in the book of Philippians with Chapter 3 and in our text we see continuing with the theme of Joy and how we are to have joy in believing in Christ. This truth should cause us to forget the past to press toward the mark of this high calling of our Lord. In making application we should see the reality of our life as God is in control, nothing compares to Him, He will meet our needs, so we should focus on the reality of the Christian life. How About You? How is your Life Focus? Let us learn from our text today and the reminder of Paul that we should have joy in believing in our Lord since our life now has a focus giving us direction to press toward the mark of our calling in Jesus-Christ.

 

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Philippians 3

Philippians 3

 1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

 2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

 3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

 4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

 5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

 6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

 7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

 8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

 9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

 10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

 11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

 12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

 16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

 17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

 18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

 19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

 20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

 21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself