This is Daily Devotion. It comprises of Bible reading, a little explanation on the reading, a prayer to checkmate our life and attitude and the prayer afterward. This daily devotion needs to be done early in the morning and the lesson to be learned throughout the day and beyond for our life. So that we will always continue in the fear of the Lord.
MONDAY,
OCTOBER 24, 2022
TEXT:
Philippians 3:1-11
1.
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things
to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.
2.
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate
the flesh!
3.
For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and
boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh-
4.
even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else has
reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:
5.
circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe
of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
6.
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law,
blameless.
7.
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of
Christ.
8.
More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of
knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all
things, and I regard 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 one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God
based on faith.
10.
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his
sufferings by becoming like him in his death,
11.
if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
(New
Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)
In today’s verses, Paul
engages with a special group he calls “those dogs, those evil doers, those
mutilators of the flesh” (v. 2). His response in verses 3-6 indicates he was
talking to Jews who pride themselves as the “custodians” of eternal life and so
reserve the right to dictate how anyone could be saved.
They depended too much
on works and were referred to as “members of the circumcision club” who
insisted that salvation could not be gotten outside keeping the law, especially
circumcision! Their target must have been the Gentile believers.
Today, the church is
replete with these types of “self-righteous” believers who feel that other
believers must subscribe to their self-made doctrines in order to qualify for
salvation and blessings from God.
Others feel that they
can earn their salvation and so place full confidence in what they can do in
the flesh. Paul thought so until he met Jesus. Then he discovered that all his
good works amounted to zero without faith in Jesus Christ.
QUESTION:
Do you still feel that it is your good works that will earn you the acceptance
of God?
PRAYER:
Thank You, Jesus, for the salvation You brought which is not based on good
works but by grace on good works but by grace though faith, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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