{"id":1496,"date":"2025-03-28T00:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?post_type=book_of_philippians&#038;p=1496"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:03:39","slug":"3","status":"publish","type":"book_of_philippians","link":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?book_of_philippians=3","title":{"rendered":"3 \u25ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Philippians 3 - Press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvISuHPS8w8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Philippians 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In<strong> Philippians 3<\/strong> Paul gives Christians a triple \u201cbeware\u201d (warning) against gospel compromisers. Beware of those who add fleshy human works to Jesus completed saving work on the cross. Paul instructs us, circumcision that matters is the circumcision of the heart, not of the flesh. Believers in Christ, are truly circumcised. Paul next presents his impeccable Hebrew curriculum vitae. Then promptly bins his perfect CV in favour of Christ. Paul was willing to lose everything in order to gain Christ. Only true righteousness that comes in Christ (not through the law), is acceptable before God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Paul commends us to forget all else, to reach forward as a sprinter crossing the finish line. Press on toward the goal for the prize of\u00a0the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Note the Godly examples (like Paul), follow the pattern &amp; example they lay down. 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