1. PHILIPPIANS
CHAPTER 3
Verse 9
February 19, 2012
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Announcements!
WHOLE PERSON CARE CONFERENCE
METS: Medical Evangelism Training Seminar
Where: BROADMOOR BAPTIST
When: FEBRUARY 24-25
Friday the 24th 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
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Saturday the 25 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Register: www.GoMETS.org
SHINE 2012
When: Saturday, February 25 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Mission First and surrounding homes.
WHO: projects for all ages
PROJECTS: demolition, construction, cleaning, painting, cooking, and landscaping.
LUNCH: cookout afterwards
Register: www.fbcj.org or call the Community Missions Office at (601) 949-1932
GOING DEEPER with GOD CONFERENCE
When: Sunday, March 25th and Monday, March 26th
Where: On Sunday, March 25th ALL ADULTS will meet in Fellowship Hall East.
This will take the place of our Sunday School class on March 25 th at 9 am.
Led by: Dr. Greg Frizzell
BREATH OF LIFE
What: A Sunday School Class for those with a chronic cough.
When: Sunday, April 15th @ 8 a.m.
Where: At FBCJ in ROOM E423
Thank You for Serving
What: A banquet to honor waiters & waitresses.
When: Monday, April 23rd from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Where: The South, 627 East Silas Brown, Jackson, MS 39201

2. MARK THE DATE. . .
FRIEND DAY
SUNDAY, APRIL 29th
Sunday School Lesson!
Today we are studying the righteousness of Christ which comes to us on the basis of
faith from: Philippians 3:9
Philippians 3:9b
“not having a righteousness of our own derived from the Law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith”
Philippians 3:9b
 Imputed righteousness
 Imparted righteousness
 The word impute means “to pass to one’s account”.
 It means that God places the righteousness of Christ upon our record when we
trust in Jesus for our salvation.
When a sinner believes in Christ, he or she is spiritually united with Christ, and that
union makes it possible for God to credit believers with the righteousness of Christ.
Christ’s righteousness is a gift which can be described as a wedding garment—a
white robe of righteousness—completely covering us in Christ.
Isaiah 61:10
10 “I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed
me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a
Bridegroom decks Himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her
jewels.” Isaiah 61:10
Marriage of the Lamb Revelation 19:7-9
7 “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb
has come and His bride has made herself ready.”
8 It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is
the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.’” Revelation 19:7-9
This declaration (God declares us “Not Guilty”) is forensic in that the legal charges
against us have been dropped and we have been declared righteous.

3. To be credited as righteous is to be conferred a legal standing of being forgiven and
no longer liable to punishment.
This new status declares me righteous in God’s sight; free from the condemnation of
sin, the fear of death, and accusations of the devil. Hebrews 2:14-15
Hebrews 2:14-15
14 “Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that
by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—
15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”
Hebrews 2:14-15
 The imputed righteousness of Christ is a gift; it cannot be earned.
 This gift can only be received from a grateful heart by faith alone.
Matthew 11:28-29
28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29
 Jesus: gives rest = justification
 We: find rest = sanctification
RIGHTEOUSNESS
 Impute – justification (give rest)
 Impart – sanctification (find rest)
 A little faith (even the size of a mustard seed) will take your soul to Heaven.
 Great faith will bring Heaven to your soul! (Allowing Him to live in you)
1 Peter 2:24
24 “Jesus Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and
live for righteousness.”
 Imputed righteousness
 Imparted righteousness
IMPART
1) To convey, or to grant
2) To bestow, or to transmit
3) To cause a transformation
Romans 1:11
11 “for I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may
be established”

4. 1 Thessalonians 2:8
8 “Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not
only the Gospel of God but also our own lives”
IMPART
1) To convey, or to grant
2) To bestow, or to transmit
3) To cause a transformation
PARTICIPATE
(1) To take part or to have a part; to partake
(2) To possess some of the attributes or qualities of a person (Person)
God imparts
We partake
We participate
 Imputed righteousness – you have no participation in the event.
 Imparted righteousness – you do participate in the process.
Impartation is Christ releasing within us His very life so that moment-by-moment we
may experience His presence enabling us to make righteous choices.
Get Thin, Stay Thin
by Arthur W. Halliday, MD
and Judy Halliday, RN
 This book addresses the silent hunger of the starving soul. (the Bread of Life)
The miracle of His presence! If we invite God in, He will speak to our souls, not in
words but in the way Love expresses itself – by His presence!
 God’s grace empowers us to choose rightly, to choose righteousness.
 His grace brings our character into agreement with His character.
 The miracle of His presence in our lives brings about our transformation.
 Only God can transform a life by imparting His righteousness to us.
 His grace brings freedom that conforms us from within.
 Legalism is bondage that constrains us from without.
Legalism tells us to shape up and that is a deception from God’s enemy because
nothing from the outside can create a pure heart.
The Law was never meant to make us righteous but to:
1) Reveal the impurity of our hearts and
2) Reveal our desperate need for a Savior.

5. The Law taught us the behavior befitting a right relationship with the Holy of Holies
and it also produced irremediable distress.
But God’s progressive revelation paints a different picture: it places guilt in the heart
of man.
The Gospel shows the impossibility of a man with an impure heart of being able to
wipe out his guilt through perfect living.
Therefore, our remedy cannot come from man but only from a gracious God Who
grants forgiveness to those who confess their guilt instead of attempting to justify
themselves.
 If you fear intimacy with God it makes it difficult to receive His grace.