I. Call to Joy I (1)
A. Repeated call
1. Prevalent theme in book
a. ‘Joy’ – 6X
b. ‘Rejoice’ – 8X
B. Basis of joy - ‘brethren’
C. Scope of our joy
1. ‘In the Lord’
2. Over 130X in NT
3. 9X in Philippians
II. Warning Against Judaisers (2)
A. Beware of dogs
1. Word used as a metaphor for person
with an impure mind
2. Reference to wild, ravenous, scavenger
dogs
B. Beware of evil workers
C. Beware of the concision
1. ‘Mutilation’ – play on words for
circumcision
2. Contrasted to metaphorical use of
‘the circumcision’ referring to Christians
a. Christians separated from the
unclean multitude and truly
consecrated to God
III. Portrait of a Real Believer (3)
A. Worship God in the Spirit
B. Rejoice in Jesus
C. Have no confidence in the flesh
IV. Testimony of Confidence in the Flesh (4-6)
A. Deceptiveness of the flesh
B. Description of the flesh
1. Race
2. Family
3. Religion
4. Education
5. Zeal
6. Righteousness
