"Partners In The Gospel" | The Example Of Christ - Part One

SCRIPTURE: Philippians 2:5-7

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Philippians is Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi—beloved friends and partners in the Gospel. We are working our way through chapter two, and we’ll begin with verse 5 today. This paragraph (verses 5-11) is the most important one in the epistle and the most difficult to interpret.

"You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had." Philippians 2:5 

The simple thought here is, “Make Me Like Jesus!” Paul explains what he meant when presenting the concept of humility, namely, the example of Jesus Christ. He wanted the Philippian believers (and this includes us) to remember that the very quality he had advocated in 2:1-4, a humble unity, was observable in the Lord Jesus.

"… who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped." Philippians 2:6 

Now for the “hard theology” of this passage! The Son of God’s pre-incarnate state is clearly in view in verse 6. Jesus is — was—and will always be God! 

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God." John 1:1-2 

In God’s perfect plan of the incarnation, the Son of God left heaven and came to live on the earth as a man—fully God, fully man. 

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14

SONG: "More Like Jesus" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbh9GtHuDAY