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Philippians 2:5-8
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Context
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The Philippians are experiencing external opposition and need to
remain steadfast. This standing firm requires unity which isultimately made possible through humility. It appears however that
the opposition is causing a self preservation mode in which
opinions and needs are becoming opportunities for selfishness.
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Context
The Philippians are experiencing external opposition and need to
remain steadfast. This standing firm requires unity which isultimately made possible through humility. It appears however that
the opposition is causing a self preservation mode in which
opinions and needs are becoming opportunities for selfishness.
Stand Firm
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Context
The Philippians are experiencing external opposition and need to
remain steadfast. This standing firm requires unity which isultimately made possible through humility. It appears however that
the opposition is causing a self preservation mode in which
opinions and needs are becoming opportunities for selfishness.
Stand FirmUnity
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Context
The Philippians are experiencing external opposition and need to
remain steadfast. This standing firm requires unity which isultimately made possible through humility. It appears however that
the opposition is causing a self preservation mode in which
opinions and needs are becoming opportunities for selfishness.
Stand FirmUnityHumility
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Context
The Philippians are experiencing external opposition and need to
remain steadfast. This standing firm requires unity which isultimately made possible through humility. It appears however that
the opposition is causing a self preservation mode in which
opinions and needs are becoming opportunities for selfishness.
Stand FirmUnityHumility
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Context
The Philippians are experiencing external opposition and need to
remain steadfast. This standing firm requires unity which isultimately made possible through humility. It appears however that
the opposition is causing a self preservation mode in which
opinions and needs are becoming opportunities for selfishness.
Stand FirmUnityHumility
Pauls objective is not to give instruction in doctrine but to reinforce
instruction in Christian living by referring to the Jesus story.
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A majority of scholars understand Phil 2:6-11 to be a worship hymn
of the early church.
Pliny the Younger, governor of Bithynia-Pontus, wrote to the
Emperor Trajan (a.d. 11213), that Christians were in the habit of
singing hymns to Christ as to a god.Word Biblical Commentary
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Jesus vs Adam
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Jesus vs Adam
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Jesus vs Adam
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Jesus vs Adam
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Jesus vs Adam
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Jesus vs Adam
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form of God
Possession of the form implies participation in the essence
FF Bruce
The Preexistence of Jesus
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things
came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ,through whom all things came and through whom we live.
Colossians 1:15-17
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or
authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before
all things, and in him all things hold together.
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something to be grasped
The point is rather that he did not treat his equality with God as an
excuse for self-assertion or self-benefit. Instead, he treated it as anoccasion for renouncing every advantage or privilege that might
have accrued to him as God and chooses self-impoverishment and
unreserved self-sacrifice.
The Temptation of JesusThe stones to bread and jumping from the temple were both
suggesting that Jesus use his divine abilities for self-serving
purposes.
Paul has just finished telling the Philippians . . .
do not look out for your own interests
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emptied himself
Jesus did not empty himself of his deity but emptied himself of the
rights he had as deity.
John 13:3-5
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and
that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up
from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towelaround his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began
to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was
wrapped around him.
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taking the form of a servant
Christ did not cease to be in the form of God when he took the
form of a slave any more than he ceased to be the Son of Godwhen he was sent into the world. On the contrary, it is in his self-
emptying and his humiliation that he reveals what God is like.
Morna Hooker
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death on the cross
Jewish Attitude
By the Jewish law anyone who was crucified died under the curseof God (Gal. 3:13,quoting Deut. 21:23).
Roman Attitude
In polite Roman society the word "cross" was an obscenity, not to
be uttered in conversation. Even when a man was being sentencedto death by crucifixion, an archaic formula was used that avoided
the pronouncing of this four-letter (crux).
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death on the cross
By enduring the cross Jesus turned that shameful instrument of
torture into the object of his followers' proudest boast.
Galatians 6:14
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
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death on the cross
The humiliation of Jesus was crowned by his undergoing death on a
cross. By the standards of the first century, no experience could bemore loathsomely degrading than that. It is difficult for us, after so
many Christian centuries during which the cross has been
venerated as a sacred symbol, to realize the unspeakable horror
and disgust that the mention or indeed the very thought of the cross
provoked.FF Bruce
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I think death on the chair comes close to a modern day equivalent
of death on the cross, although it is a much quicker death.
The point of the comparison is that anyone in our modern history
who died by the chair was condemned as a vial criminal worthy of
death.
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Pieta wax sculpturePaul Fryer
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Pieta wax sculpturePaul Fryer
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If we were the century God chose tosend Jesus into and if Jesus would havebeen crucified on the chair we would
make little electric chair charms.
Although this may seem bizarre, that iswhat happened to the symbol of thecross . . . it lost its vile status through
years of being venerated.
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The Humility Spiral of Jesus
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The Humility Spiral of Jesus
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The Humility Spiral of Jesus
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The Humility Spiral of Jesus
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The Humility Spiral of Jesus
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Sow What?
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Sow What?
We live in a culture fixated on personal rights (consider the
abundance of lawsuits). Living within our rights cannotbe the ultimate standard for determining acceptable
behavior. Certain actions may be within our rights but it is
not what is best for others or the kingdom of God.
Because we are in Christ we can exercise humility and lay
down our rights just as he did.
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Sow What?
We live in a culture fixated on personal rights (consider the
abundance of lawsuits). Living within our rights cannotbe the ultimate standard for determining acceptable
behavior. Certain actions may be within our rights but it is
not what is best for others or the kingdom of God.
Because we are in Christ we can exercise humility and lay
down our rights just as he did.1. If we are experiencing relational conflict lets prayerfully
assess if we are contributing to the situation by clinging
to our rights.
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Sow What?
We live in a culture fixated on personal rights (consider the
abundance of lawsuits). Living within our rights cannotbe the ultimate standard for determining acceptable
behavior. Certain actions may be within our rights but it is
not what is best for others or the kingdom of God.
Because we are in Christ we can exercise humility and lay
down our rights just as he did.1. If we are experiencing relational conflict lets prayerfully
assess if we are contributing to the situation by clinging
to our rights.
2. Ask God to help you cultivate humility and live with
others in a way that is governed by what is best for
them not your personal rights.
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Sow What?
We live in a culture fixated on personal rights (consider the
abundance of lawsuits). Living within our rights cannotbe the ultimate standard for determining acceptable
behavior. Certain actions may be within our rights but it is
not what is best for others or the kingdom of God.
Because we are in Christ we can exercise humility and lay
down our rights just as he did.1. If we are experiencing relational conflict lets prayerfully
assess if we are contributing to the situation by clinging
to our rights.
2. Ask God to help you cultivate humility and live with
others in a way that is governed by what is best for
them not your personal rights.
3. Are there steps you can take to go down the humility
spiral in those situations?
Saturday, April 10, 2010
S Wh ?
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Sow What?
We live in a culture fixated on personal rights (consider the
abundance of lawsuits). Living within our rights cannotbe the ultimate standard for determining acceptable
behavior. Certain actions may be within our rights but it is
not what is best for others or the kingdom of God.
Because we are in Christ we can exercise humility and lay
down our rights just as he did.1. If we are experiencing relational conflict lets prayerfully
assess if we are contributing to the situation by clinging
to our rights.
2. Ask God to help you cultivate humility and live with
others in a way that is governed by what is best for
them not your personal rights.
3. Are there steps you can take to go down the humility
spiral in those situations?