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Welcome to Day 2331 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to\xa0Wisdom\nPhilippians-8 Human Rubbish vs Divine Righteousness \u2013 Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 01/28/2023\n\nJoy in Sharing \u2013 Human Rubbish vs. Divine Righteousness Philippians 3:1-11\n\nLast week, we discussed Paul being thankful for two close friends, Timothy and Epaphroditus, in a message, \u201cA Son and a Brother.\u201d\n\nToday, we begin the 3rd section in the letter to the church in Philippi, Joy in Sharing. True joy is a fruit of the Spirit in the life of believers. It ranks second, after love, in Paul\u2019s list in Galatians 5:22\u201323: But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,\xa023\xa0gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Like all manifestations of the Spirit\u2019s work in our lives, joy is constantly attacked by the world, the flesh, and the devil.\n\n \n\nThe deeds of the flesh will try to weaken our joy through things like hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,\xa0and envy. (Gal. 5:17\u201321). The world will try to stifle our joy through pain, suffering, tragedies, and stress. The evil one will try to thwart our joy by taking our attention away from Jesus Christ and tempting us to find joy in things that cannot satisfy, as is mentioned in our closing hymn, \u201cFill my Cup, Lord.\u201d\n\n \n\nThe real threat to the joyful Christian life comes into focus in the third part of Paul\u2019s letter to the Philippians. Remember the overarching purpose of Paul\u2019s letter to the Christians at Philippi: to encourage them to find Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered joy in living, serving, sharing, and resting. Paul reinforces this theme in the opening line of chapter 3: \u201cRejoice in the Lord.\u201d Yet, knowing that there are threats out there, he wants to share with his readers a \u201csafeguard\u201d for their joy (Phil. 3:1). This comes first in the form of a warning about putting confidence in the flesh rather than worshiping God in the Spirit and glorying in Christ in today\u2019s message (3:2\u201311). Paul also shares the goal of joyful Christian living\u2014the upward call of God in Christ in next week\u2019s message(3:12\u201316)\u2014and calls his readers to follow the pattern he has shown them, until the glorious day when their mortal bodies will be transformed to be like Christ\u2019s in two weeks (3:17\u201321).\n\nThis week's focus is a comparison message titled Human Rubbish vs. Divine Righteousness.\n\nToday's scripture passage is Philippians 3:1-11 on page 1828, in your Pew Bibles.\n\n1\xa0Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,\xa0and it is a safeguard for you.\xa02\xa0Watch out for those dogs,\xa0those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.\xa03\xa0For it is we who are the circumcision,\xa0we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,\xa0and who put no confidence in the flesh\u2014\xa04\xa0though I myself have reasons for such confidence.\n\nIf someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:\xa05...