This is a verse well worth knowing and living. You will see it occasionally on this blog because it is a reminder of who Christ is and who we are to be in Him. It does a great job of quickly outlining what it means to live a life of unity with believers then breaks into a beautiful hymn, that was probably sung in the early church, about Christ. It is both challenging and encouraging, humbling and uplifting. It really needs no introduction. Enjoy.
Philippians 2:1-11
1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Questions
1. What's the hardest thing to do in this passage?
2. What's the hardest thing to understand in this passage?
3. What will you take with you today?
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3. What will you take with you today?
Well, servanthood dramatically stood out to me in this passage, probably b/c I've thought about it alot lately!
P.S. I enjoyed Deeper's message last night and I am sorry I couldn't make the noon prayer today : ( I wanted to come!
1. What's the hardest this to do in this passage?
to think as others as being better than me, even the ones that it is hard to think that they are better than me.
2. What's the hardest this to understand in this passage?
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3. What will you take with you today?
verse 3
I think it important to note the conditional (If...then...) of this passage. Having received from God we are necessitated by gratitude to give back. Yet, this is where the difficulty is incurred, and where Our Lord gives the most dramatic message by example of a humble and submissive servant.
Or --
If you think what He did was great, then show it by living the way He showed us to... in Love and Servitude.
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