Embracing Authentic Joy: Unmasking the Joy Stealers of Life.
Philippians 3:1-3 – “Finally, 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. Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the Concision. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”*
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_ Christianity. (v1)
Philippians 3:1 – “Finally, 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.”
“The devil doesn’t fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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_ Christianity. (v2)
Philippians 3:2 – “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the Concision.”
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Jesus said in Matthew 7:15 – “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”*
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1 John 4:1 – “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”*
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_ Christianity. (v2-3)
Philippians 3:2-3 – “Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the Concision. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”
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Proverbs 16:5 – “Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD.”
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II Corinthians 5:21 – “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
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Ephesians 1:6 – “To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
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_ Christianity. (v3)
Philippians 3:3 – “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”