Beware of Dogs
Series: Light In the Darkness
January 17, 2021
Ron Burtz
Seemingly within days of Pentecost heresies began to arise in the early church and most are still around today in one form or another. Paul addresses the legalistic false teaching of the "Judaizers" in this passage. Christians must beware of false teachings and grow in the knowledge of the truth so they can identify and avoid error.
Episode Notes
Title: Beware of Dogs
Text: Philippians 1:1-3
Are you scared of dogs?
v. 1 - “Finally...” (He's not really done.)
v. 1b - “It is no trouble...” (Part of the preacher's job is creative redundancy which is to teach the same truths over and over in creative ways.)
False Teachers
Three heresies in the early church (which are still around today).
1. Antinomianism -
Romans
2. Gnosticism -
Colossians
3. Legalism -
Galatians
How does Paul refer to these particular
heretics?
1. those dogs v. 2a
2. those evil workers v. 2b
3. those mutilators v. 2c
The Judaizers - Acts 15
Judaizers today:
Counteract false teaching by growing in biblical discernment
Phil. 1:9-11
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