Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck

Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues his message, righteousness through faith, as we pick up in

Philippians chapter 3, verse 6. And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

When he received Jesus Christ, as far as they were concerned, he was dead. He no longer existed.

But he said, those things which were so important to me, those things for which I lived,

I do count them but refuse that I may win Christ,

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is of the law,

but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Now, Paul had excelled in the righteousness in the law. He said he was

blameless. But he said he cast that over for the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

He counts all of the works of the past just wasted effort, refuse.

My desire is to know him and be found in him.

Not having my own righteousness, my works through the law.

But now the righteousness which is of God by faith.

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