Key Idea: To know Jesus Christ is to have transcendent joy.

1. ________________________ in the Lord (v.1)
- Repetition of joy
- Why remind us?
o Prone to forget it
o Safeguard us (v.1)

2. The Résumé of the _________________ (v.2, 4-8)
- Judaizers: false teachers who said you had be circumcised, like a Jew, to be a believer
- Paul’s heritage and achievements (résumé of the flesh)
- Matt. 7:24-27
- Spiritually Bankrupt and Joyless Religion

3. Reliance by _______________________ (v.3, 9)
- Heart surgery (inward circumcision)
- Faith gains joyful relationship with Jesus
- Heb. 11:6
- Spiritual wealth

4. The Supreme ___________________ (v.10-11)
- To know Jesus
- To know the power of his resurrection
- Have the joy of Christ in suffering
- To spend eternity with Jesus