As we move into chapter 3, Paul again refers to joy (3:1, 3), but he also gives out a strong warning – in fact there are three warnings (3:2). 1. BEWARE OF DOGS (3:2). Isaiah 56:10, 11; II Peter 2:22. 2. BEWARE OF EVIL WORKERS (3:2). Matt. 7:21-23. 3. BEWARE OF THE CONCISION (3:2). cf. Rom. 2:28, 29; Col. 2:11. The majority of mankind wants to work their way into heaven. They need to understand that their righteousness is as filthy rags (cf. Isa. 64:6). It is only “through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith” (3:9; cf. II Cor. 5:21). To unsaved: One preacher said, “Paul had enough religion to keep him out of trouble, but not enough righteousness to get him into heaven.” What about you?
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James J. Barker is a graduate of Tabernacle Baptist Bible College, Virginia Beach, Virginia. He started Bible Baptist Church, May 1990, in Queens, NY. The LORD commissioned him to minister in the new location of Elmont, NY in 1998. The church has moved from storefront to tent...