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0:20 Alright, day four, Philippians 3, 1 through 11. 0:22 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. 0:24 To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. 0:28 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 0:32 For we are the circumcision who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. 0:42 If anyone thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more. 0:46 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, as to the law, a Pharisee, as to zeal, a persecutor of the church, as to righteousness under the law, blameless. 0:58 But whatever gain I had I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 1:02 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. 1:07 For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ, and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith, that I may know him and the power 1:24 of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 1:33 I want to drill down on verses eight and following. 1:37 He says, Indeed, I count everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. 1:42 For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things. 1:45 That's right, all things, and count them as rubbish. 1:48 The Greek word there is scubilon. 1:50 We'll come back to that. 1:51 In order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith. 2:02 Paul says, Everything is an L compared to what Christ has done for me. 2:07 That my performance, my possessions, my position, my pious living to earn a right standing for God, all of that did nothing to win my salvation. 2:20 The only thing that won my salvation was when Christ pushed up on his nail-pierced feet and says, It is finished. 2:26 And my faith, my trust in the finished work of Christ is what results in me being washed clean, adopted into the family of God, and that I can stand righteous before him. 2:38 And the word that he uses here in English is tr is translated rubbish. 2:42 I told you the Greek word is scubilon. 2:45 If you go to a Bible dictionary and you look up the word scubulon, one of the things you'll realize here is that the people that translate the Bible are very, very, very smart people, but they also know that these Bibles are going to be read in public in church. 2:59 And so 3:01 this word rubbish, I mean rubbish means trash, but that's not what scubilon means. 3:06 Scubilon is a slang term for animal dung. 3:10 So what do you call animal dung? 3:12 You don't call it rubbish. 3:14 Where I'm from, we call it well, the first word's bull, and the first the second word's scubilon. 3:20 And so I know a lot of you listen to this with your kids, so I'm not gonna say exactly what what we say, but that's BS, man. 3:27 And this is BS is a perfect translation of the word scubulon. 3:32 Because BS is when somebody makes a promise or a claim that you know cannot be backed up. 3:40 That's what BS is. 3:42 And what Paul is saying is that works-based righteousness is BS. 3:47 It makes a claim that if you do good, then you'll be good with a good God. 3:52 And Paul says that's BS. 3:55 That is rubbish. 3:56 And then he gives the gospel in one sentence. 3:58 If you want a gospel declaration in the epistles, this is it in one sentence. 4:04 He says, In order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law. 4:12 The word righteousness here means a right standing with God. 4:16 How am I going to have a right standing with God? 4:19 Well, it's not by my own work that comes from the law. 4:24 That even if you tried your best to obey all the laws, if you broke just one, which we all have, not just externally, like Jesus says, it's not just thou shalt not murder, but it's also if you've ever hated your brother in your heart, then the Bible says if you've broken one, then you have broken them all. 4:42 Paul says in Romans that we have all sinned or missed the mark and fall short of the glory of God. 4:48 And so, Paul, how then do we attain a righteousness if it's not by our works? 4:56 And he he answers that in verse nine. 4:58 But that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith. 5:05 So what that means is that when you put your faith in Jesus, not only does the blood of Jesus wipe away all of your sins, but you are also imputed with the righteousness of Christ. 5:18 Don't believe half the gospel. 5:20 The total gospel is not the reason you get to go to heaven, is because Christ died for your sins and you are forgiven. 5:27 That's half of it. 5:28 But not only did he forgive you of your sins, but he imputed, credited Christ's perfect life, his righteousness to you, so that when God sees you, he does not see all of your screw up and all of your failures and all of your sin, but he sees the righteousness of his son, Jesus Christ, in order that I may gain Christ and 5:49 be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith. 5:58 Folks, have you ever put your faith, your trust in Christ Jesus? 6:03 If not, do it now. 6:04 Admit it you're a sinner in need of a savior, trust on the finished work of Christ for that salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.