Awaiting Christ For The Transfiguration Of Our Body
AWAITING CHRIST FOR THE TRANSFIGURATION
OF OUR BODY
In chapters one and two of Philippians Paul's intention was to have communication, fellow ship, between him and the believers in Philippi that he might share his experience of Christ so that the believers might be encouraged to have a full participation in his enjoyment of Christ. At the beginning of chapter three, Paul changes his emphasis. Although it is rather difficult to trace Paul's thought in this chapter, my burden in this message is to consider Paul's basic con cept in Philippians 3.
If we read this chapter carefully, we shall see that Paul refers to two groups of people who were exerting a strong influence in the Mediter ranean area. The first group was the Judaizers, the Jewish religionists, who were zealous for their traditional religion. In Philippians 3:2 Paul speaks of them as dogs, evil workers, the conci sion. The second group consisted of those who held to the Epicurean philosophy, which promoted