December 10, 2025 • 31 mins
You could say the verses we’ll look at today are the pinnacle of Christian sacrifice and service. This entire book teaches us to think of others and not be selfish. There is no greater example of this than Jesus. In this passage Paul tells us to have the same “mind” or frame of mind Jesus had. He left heaven and came to the earth to serve to die.
No other founder of any of the major world religions can come close to His example. Muhammad, who founded the Islamic religion, spent his life taking life, but Jesus gave His. The Buddhist and Hindu religions have no divine sacrifice for sin like we find in Christianity. But Jesus was God in the flesh. He willingly gave Himself for us, and that is the ultimate example of putting the needs of others ahead of your own.
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Hi, I’m Kerry Duke, host of My Godand My Neighbor podcast from Tennessee
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Philippians 2 verses 1 through 4 says,“Therefore if there is any consolation
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in Christ, if any comfort of love, ifany fellowship of the Spirit, if any
affection and mercy, fulfill my joyby being like-minded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind.Let nothing be done through selfish
ambition or conceit, but in lowlinessof mind let each esteem others better
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than himself. Let each of you lookout not only for his own interests,
but also for the interests of others.”
Do you remember the time when ascribe asked Jesus which commandment
in the law was the greatest?
Which commandment did Jesus say was first?
Love God with all of yourheart, mind, soul, and strength.
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But even though the man didn’task him which commandment was
second, Jesus gave it anyway.
That commandment is to loveyour neighbor as yourself.
In a way you could say that thewhole book of Philippians is
about that second commandment.
It’s about loving and serving others.
That’s what the passagewe just read is all about.
And did you notice the wordjoy again in these verses?
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Paul’s great joy in life was tolead others to Christ and help
them on their way to heaven.
That’s worth far more thananything this world can offer.
What Paul said reminds us of what Johnwrote in Third John verse 4: “ I have
no greater joy than to hear that mychildren walk in truth.“ And to know
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that a congregation is united in loveinstead of being divided by strife
is a great encouragement to fellowChristians and sister congregations.
The Bible says in Psalm 133 verse 1,“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!”
That’s what Paul is urgingthese Christians to do in the
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second chapter of Philippians.
He already has joy, and hesays to them: fulfill my joy.
He said to be like-minded in verse two.
Now what does that mean?
Christians are different.
We have different opinions.
We have different personalities,backgrounds, and experiences.
Paul knew that better than we do.
There were all kinds ofdifferences between people in
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the church in the first century.
That was especially truewith the Jews and Gentiles.
Paul wrote in Romans chapter 14 and inFirst Corinthians chapters 8 and 10 that
there will be differences in mattersof custom and in matters of conscience.
Those chapters are about things whereGod has not given any definite law
about whether you must do them or mustnot do them—things like eating meats.
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So notice in the book of FirstCorinthians that he talks about
matters where Christians can differwith each other in chapters 8 and 10.
But in chapter 1 of First Corinthians,he said in verse 10 that we are
to “speak the same thing, and beperfectly joined together in the same
mind and the same judgment.” He wrotethat to a church that was divided.
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He said there was contentionand strife among the members.
They were prideful andjealous of each other.
Their attitude wastearing the church apart.
It’s in that same book that Paulwrote the famous love chapter of the
Bible in first Corinthians chapter 13.
We don’t find Paul writing with thattone in the book of Philippians.
That doesn’t mean they were perfect.
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As a matter fact, it seems therewas some conflict between two
sisters in the church at Phillipi.
In Philippians four verse two hementioned those two sisters by
name—Eudoia and Syntyche—and urged themto be of the same mind in the Lord.
But as a whole, theyseemed to be getting along.
And we can definitely say that the membersthere got along with each other better
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than the Christians at Corinth did.
Paul wanted them to grow.
He wanted these lovingpeople to love more.
He wanted this united group ofChristians to be even more united.
So he tells them, and he tellsus, in verse three, that we
are not to do anything out ofstrife or selfish ambition.
Here’s another excellentcommentary on this.
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In James chapter 4 verse one, the Bibleasks where wars and fighting come from.
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from your own lusts which war in your members.
The same selfishness that causes usconflict on the inside with ourselves
is the same selfishness that causesconflict with others on the outside.
So the more that we can put downselfishness in our lives, the more
peace and joy we will have insideand the better we’ll get along with
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others— in the church, in marriage,in the family, and everywhere else.
It takes a lot of work anda lot of honesty to do this.
And it’s not something you can accomplishin one day and be done with it.
You have to continue to work on it.
And when you find yourself beingselfish, repent of it, ask God to
forgive you and help you do better.
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And, if need be, apologize tothe people you’ve offended.
Every Christian has to fight this battle.
Jesus warned the apostles in Matthew26 verse 41, “The spirit truly is
willing, but the flesh is weak.”That’s why it’s good for us to read
and meditate on what Paul says.
Now let’s turn to whathe said we should do.
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He said in verse three not to do anythingout of strife or selfish ambition,
but in lowliness of mind, we are toesteem others better than ourselves.
This is a choice.
Sometimes it’s not easy.
But the more you train yourselfto put others first the more
of a habit it will become.
And the more you think of others and giveand do for them, the happier you will be.
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The more you do this, themore joy you’ll get out of it.
And as the years go by, you’ll realizemore and more that this is what
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Christian living.
Not just doing good for others, but doinggood for others, first and foremost, to
save their souls and help them stay saved.
You see, this isChristian love for others.
It’s different from just beingnice and kind to other people.
It certainly doesn’t mean that we’reto be nice and kind to other people so
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that they will be nice and kind to us.
It doesn’t mean that we set aside ourdignity to please everybody around
us, even when they’re just using us.
Paul is not saying that it’sthe job of Christians to make
everybody around them happy.
That can’t be done.
Jesus didn’t try that andPaul is not saying that.
Paul said in Romans 12 verse 18, “Ifit be possible, as much as lies in
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you, live peaceably with all men.”Paul said try as hard as you can
to have peace with others. But headmitted that that can’t always happen.
Christian love doesn’t meanto agree with everybody.
It doesn’t mean that we are to agreewith people who are doing wrong
just so they won’t get mad at us.
That’s not Christianity.
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That’s not true love.
Jesus said in revelation three verse 19,“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.”
So how is Christian love different?
How is it unique?
Love means putting othersahead of ourselves because
that’s what God wants us to do.
Because that’s how God loves us.
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Because that’s how Jesusloved us and still loves us.
God doesn’t love us and do goodthings for us, so that we can
pay him back with kindness.
As a matter of fact, the Bible saysin Matthew chapter 5 verse 45 that
he makes his sun to rise on theevil and on the good, and sends
rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Luke chapter 6 verse 35 says God iskind to the unthankful and to the evil.
God continues every day to givegood things to people all over
the world, but He gets nothingin return from most people.
That’s the nature of love.
It’s unselfish.
That’s the kind of loveGod tells us to have.
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Verse four is a key verse.
The King James Version says, “Look notevery man on his own things, but every
man also on the things of others.” TheNew King James Version has “ Let each
of you look out not only for his owninterests, but also for the interests of
others.” This doesn’t mean to be nosy.
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The Bible teaches us to mind our ownbusiness and stay out of others business.
Jesus had to tell Peterto mind his own business.
Peter saw John following Jesus after theLord had talked very plainly to Peter.
The Bible says, “ Peter, seeing him, saidto Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?"
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Jesus said to him, "If I will that heremain till I come, what is that to you?
You follow Me’” [John 21:21-22].
Peter wanted to know what Johnwas about to do, and the Lord
told him, what is that to you?
You follow me.
In other words, you dowhat you’re supposed to do.
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Paul said in I Thessalonians 4:11to “aspire to lead a quiet life, to
mind your own business, and to workwith your own hands, as we commanded
you,” but these verses are talkingabout getting into other peoples’
business for no good reason. They’reabout, as we would say, being nosy.
But in Philippians chapter 2 versefour, Paul is talking about looking
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into other peoples lives to help them.
And he certainly doesn’t mean that we arenot to have any concern for ourselves.
The second great commandment, Jesus saidis to love your neighbor as yourself.
He doesn’t say the second greatestcommandment is to love your neighbor.
He said it is to love your neighbor asyourself, that is like you love yourself.
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So in Philippians, two verse four, heis saying we are not only to look out
for our own welfare, but we are alsoto look out for others to help them.
That’s Christianity.
That’s being a servantlike Jesus was a servant.
Is this something you and I are doing?
Are we looking out for others aswell as looking out for ourselves?
Here’s a simple checklist (10:34):
Number one.
Do you pray for others?
It all starts in the heart.
It begins by getting outside of our ownlittle world of Pleasures and troubles,
and thinking about the needs of othersto the point that we pray for them.
That’s looking out forothers as well as ourselves.
Number two.
Do you ask others how they’redoing and listen to what they say?
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Too many times we say “How are you doing?”like we say “Hello.” Have you ever said
that to somebody and the person said, “Doyou really want to know?” Number three.
What are you doing to help othersonce you see the need to help?
It’s one thing to see the need.
It’s another thing take thetime to do something about it.
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The priest and the Levite saw theman lying on the side of the road in
the parable of the good Samaritan.
But they didn’t look out for his welfare.
They overlooked his needs.
One of the sins of the Israelitepeople that led to their fall with
selfish living while others suffered.
In Amos chapter 6 beginning in verseone, the prophet wrote, “Woe to you who
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are at ease in Zion, And trust in MountSamaria, Notable persons in the chief
nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!
Go over to Calneh and see; And fromthere go to Hamath the great; Then
go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territorygreater than your territory?
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Woe to you who put far off the day ofdoom, Who cause the seat of violence
to come near; Who lie on beds of ivory,Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs
from the flock And calves from the midstof the stall; Who sing idly to the sound
of stringed instruments, And invent foryourselves musical instruments like David;
Who drink wine from bowls, And anointyourselves with the best ointments, But
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are not grieved for the affliction ofJoseph.” They made sure they ate well and
had the finest luxuries they could but.
But, the prophet from Tekoa said, theydidn’t feel any compassion toward the
people in Israel that were suffering.
They had what Paul says in reverse.
They were looking out only fortheir own interests, and not
for the interests of others.
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Verse 4 is Christian living becauseit’s the kind of life Jesus lived.
He went about “doing good” [Acts 10:38].
He said it is more blessed togive than to receive [Acts 20:35].
To do that we have to payattention to the lives of others,
especially other Christians.
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The Bible places a priority onChristians helping other Christians.
In Galatians chapter 6, in verse2, Paul said, “Bear one another's
burdens, and so fulfill the lawof Christ.” In verse 10, he said,
“Therefore, as we have opportunity,let us do good to all, especially
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to those who are of the household offaith.” We need to have our eyes open.
There are opportunitiesto do good all around us.
Now we come to verse five.
This verse is probably the bestknown verse in this section.
A lot of sermons have beenpreached about verse five.
A lot of articles havebeen written about it.
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But here’s what you need to remember.
Verse five is not a new subject.
Paul is still talking about whathe said in the verses before this.
now he’s taking the wholediscussion to a higher level.
In fact, he’s taking it tothe highest level possible.
Verse five says, “let this mind be inyou which was also in Christ Jesus.“ He
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says we are to have “this mind” in us,and he says this mind was also in Jesus.
What is he talking about?
It’s very simple.
This mind is the mindset or the frame ofmind he just talked about in verse four.
He just said in verse four that weare to look out for the things of
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others, not just for our own things.
That’s the attitude andoutlook we should have.
And he uses the greatest example toteach us about that: Jesus Christ.
If anyone looked out for theneeds of others, it was Jesus.
There are two main ways we learnto do right and be better people.
One is to learn by word and theother is to learn by example.
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God teaches us through word andhe teaches us through example.
And when God teaches us by hisexample, His example is always perfect.
If you’re looking for the greatestexample of love, you can’t get
any higher than God‘s love.
If you want to learn how to give, you cango to different places in the Bible to
see people who really gave generously.
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The poor widow who gave everything she hadin Mark chapter 12 verses 41 through 44.
The churches of Macedonia that werevery poor and yet they gave gladly
in generously in Second Corinthianschapter 8 verses one through five.
Those stories motivate us to this day.
But if you really want to give, thenlook to the greatest giver of all: God.
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God gives to all life, breath,and all things [Acts 17:25].
He gives us rain from heaven andfruitful seasons [Acts 14:17].
He makes the sun rise on the eviland on the good, and sends rain
on the just and the unjust [Matt.
5:45]. He gave the ultimate sacrificeby giving his only begotten son
to die for our sins [John 3:16].
That’s raising the barreally high, isn’t it?
As a matter of fact, that’s raising thebar so high that we will never reach it.
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But that just means we oughtto keep striving for it.
If you compare what you give to whatothers give, You’ll always see people
that give more than you or less than you.
But God always gives more – farmore than any human being.
The same thing is true inPhilippians two verse five.
As a matter of fact, this islove in the highest degree.
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We are to have the same mindsettoward others that Jesus had.
That’s what verse five is about.
Sometimes we start reading inverse five and forget what Paul
just talked about before this.
We see him talking in verse fiveabout the mind that was in Jesus.
And then we start saying to ourselves,“Jesus had a mind of faith.” Or
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“Jesus had a mind of courage.” Or,“Jesus had a mind of wisdom and
judgment.” And the list goes on.
All those things about Jesus are true,but that’s not what Paul is talking
about in Philippians two verse five.
He’s talking specificallyAbout looking out for others.
And, he’s talking aboutone particular way.
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Jesus did that.
He left heaven and cameto the earth – for us.
Not for himself.
Verse six says, “who, being inthe form of God, did not consider
it robbery to be equal with God.“please think about this carefully.
This is a very misunderstood verse.
Some people misuse this firstto say that Jesus wasn’t God.
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They say it means Jesus was not equal withGod because that would have been robbery.
Jehovah’s Witnesses, forinstance, misuse this verse.
They say, Jesus was an angel, not God.
But that is false.
All you have to do is read thefirst chapter of the book of
Hebrews to say that Jesus wasnot an angel and is not an angel.
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Hebrews chapter 1 says Jesusis much better than the angels.
It says the angels worship Him.
Only deity is worthyof worship, not angels.
And in Hebrews chapter 1 verse eight, Godthe Father specifically says to the Son,
His Son, “Thy throne, O God, is foreverand ever.” Muslims say Jesus is not deity.
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They believe He was just a man.
They say Jesus was one of the prophets,and not even the greatest of the prophets.
And then there are liberal theologians whosay Jesus couldn’t have been god and man.
They deny His deity.
They don’t believe Hewas born of a virgin.
These so-called experts inreligion are often professors
in seminaries and universities.
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But John chapter 1 verse one says, “Inthe beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God and the Word was God.”Then John 1 verse 14 says, “And the
word became flesh and dwelled among us.”
So Paul is not denying the deityof Christ in Philippians 2.
He is not saying that Jesus ceasedto be God when He became a man.
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Part of the misunderstanding comesfrom the word “robbery” in the
King James Version and the New KingJames Version. But Paul doesn’t
say Jesus would have robbed God theFather if He were equal with Him.
It says Jesus didn’t considerbeing equal to God robbery.
He was equal with Godin Hid divine nature.
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He is deity right now.
He is equal to God in His essence.
That’s what Hebrews 1:3 says (19:37):
Jesus is the brightness of His glory and the very
essence of the nature of God the Father.
A better translation of Philippians 2:5is that Jesus did not consider being
equal with God a thing to be held on to.
But here’s what many overlook.
This verse—Philippians 2 verse 5—isnot talking about being equal with
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God in essence or divine nature.
It’s true that He is equalwith God in nature, but that’s
not what this verse is about.
This passage is about Jesus beingequal with the Father because He
was in heaven just like God was.
But Jesus gave up thatequal state or condition.
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He had the same dwelling wherethe Father was but He left that
home to come to the earth—for us.
Here’s how Paul said it to the Corinthiansin Second Corinthians chapter 8, verse
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“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet
for your sakes He became poor, that youthrough His poverty might become rich.”
Now let’s notice verse seven inPhilippians chapter 2: “but made Himself
of no reputation, taking the formof a bondservant, and coming in the
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likeness of men.” The King James Versionand the New King James version have
“made himself of no reputation.“ Othertranslations have “emptied himself.”
The idea is that Jesus gave up theglory of heaven to come to the earth.
He made Himself of “no reputation,“that is, He lowered Himself or emptied
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Himself of that glorious state.
Paul doesn’t mean that heemptied Himself of deity.
We know that because of theverses we’ve already looked at.
And, another one is firstTimothy chapter 3, verse 16: “God
was manifested in the flesh.”
Again, the point of Philippians two isnot that He gave up His divine nature.
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It’s that He gave up His heavenly home.
And He didn’t just leave theplace or realm of heaven.
He took on human nature.
The divine nature and humannature came together in Him.
Jesus became human.
The Bible says He partook offlesh and blood in order to die
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[Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14].
Simply put, He came to die for our sins,but He had to have a physical body to die.
Also, Hebrews chapter 2 verse 17says He had to be human in order
to be our great high priest.
The high priest made the sinoffering for the people in Israel.
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Jesus offered himself.
He had to die– physically.
That’s why He took on human form.
So, we shouldn’t think that when Paulsays in Philippians chapter 2 verse
six that Jesus came “in the likenessof men” that He was not really a
man, that He was just “like” a man.
We shouldn’t think that him havingthe “appearance” as a man in verse
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seven means He only appeared to be aman. Some ancient heretics said Jesus
didn’t have a body of flesh and blood.
But those people were false teachers.
The apostle John said this aboutthem in the book of second John verse
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“For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess
Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.This is a deceiver and an antichrist.”
John said anyone who denied thatJesus came in the flesh, that he
had a human body, was an antichrist.
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Not the antichrist, but an antichrist.
John said in first John chapter2, verse 18 that there were
many antichrists in his day.
Many people misuse that word today.
They look for one single personat the end of time who will be
the head of a one-world governmentand plunge mankind into darkness
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the human race has never seen.
But, without saying more because oflack of time, let us just point out here
that in the Bible, anyone who denied thehumanity of Christ was an antichrist.
So, we must believe in both thedeity and the humanity of Christ.
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Paul explains this when he said thatJesus, who was in the form of God
in verse six, took on the form of aservant or bond servant in verse seven.
Jesus left heaven where there is no deathand came to the earth to suffer and die.
That’s sacrifice—the ultimate sacrifice.
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That’s looking not on His ownthings, but on the things of others.
Jesus came to be the King of kings.
But first He had to be a servant;then He was crowned with honor and
glory—the same honor and glory He hadbefore the world was ever created.
That’s what he said in John 17 versefive when He was praying in the garden
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the night before He was crucified.
That same night He told theapostles that He came to serve.
Let that sink in.
Jesus who made the worldcame to be a lowly servant.
That same night also He stooped down andwashed the disciples’ feet in John 13.
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He told them in Luke chapter 22 verse27: “For who is greater, he who sits
at the table, or he who serves? Is itnot he who sits at the table? Yet I
am among you as the One who serves.”
Jesus was thinking about othersand not Himself every time He did
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good—every time he healed people orfed the hungry or cast out demons.
But the chief way he sacrificed forothers was when He gave His life.
Philippians 2 verse 8 says, “And beingfound in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient to the pointof death, even the death of the cross.”
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If there’s one thing we must have beforewe can serve others, it’s the very thing
this verse says about Jesus—being humble.
I wonder how often we consider this.
Pride is very common.
I think you would agree thatall of us have it sometimes.
And what reason does a sinful, frailhuman being who depends on God for
every breath he takes have to be proud?
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It’s really a strange thingwhen you think about it.
But if Jesus Himself wasn’tprideful, then we sure don’t need
to be, especially as Christians.
I’m not talking about a falsehumility like the Pharisees had.
Jesus said in Matthew 6 that theydid good deeds in public and prayed
and fasted just to get attention.
But genuine humility meansthat we admit who we are.
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Think about what David said in Psalm 39verses 4 and 5: “Lord, make me to know my
end, and what is the measure of my days,that I may know how frail I am. Indeed,
You have made my days as handbreadths,and my age is as nothing before You;
certainly every man at his best state isbut vapor.” The King James says “Every man
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at his best state is altogether vanity.”That’s our life. That’s who we are.
That’s what we are.
Oh how we need morehumility in this world.
How we need it in the church!
They say power goes to a man’s head.
They say knowledge cangive a person the big head.
They say wealth makes alot of people prideful.
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Well, Jesus had all of that in thetruest sense and to the highest degree.
And yet He willingly became apoor man by worldly standards.
Paul said He humbledHimself and became obedient.
Jesus obeyed God the Father.
You might think that’s not a bigdeal until you think it through.
You might say, “That was easy for Him;He was God.” But do you remember what
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Jesus said when He prayed to the Fatherin the garden of Gethsemane? He said,
“Abba, Father, all things are possiblefor You. Take this cup away from Me;
nevertheless, not what I will, but whatYou will” [Mark chapter 14 verse 36].
That was the human side of Jesus speaking.
He felt the emotion of fearjust like the rest of us.
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So when He died on the cross, Heknew He would rise from the dead.
He knew more than any of us that Hehad a home waiting for Him in heaven.
He had already been therethroughout eternity past.
And yet, He still dreaded death.
He feared the physical pain.
So we shouldn’t think that, when itcomes our time, we’ll just be calm and
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steady, that nothing will shake us if wehave to suffer when we leave this world.
We can and should be confident, butthat doesn’t mean we won’t have the
natural fear and dread of departing.
If Jesus felt it knowing what Heknew, then we certainly will feel it.
But Jesus overcame that fear.
He overcame every temptation the devil putbefore Him and always obeyed the Father.
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Paul said He became obedient to death.
The New King James says “to the pointof death.” It doesn’t just mean being
obedient until death, but being obedientin death. And, Paul explains that
when He says, “even the death of thecross.” For the sinless Son of God to
die for sinners is a remarkable thing.
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But for Him to die for usby the horrible torture of
crucifixion is even more amazing.
This is the “mind” or mindset Paultalked about when he said “Let this
mind be in you which was also inChrist Jesus.” Jesus died for us.
You might be thinking, “Are Christianssupposed to be ready to die for each
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other?” Yes. The Bible plainly saysthat in First John chapter 3 verse
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“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also
ought to lay down our lives for thebrethren.” He died for us and we ought
to be willing to die for each other.
And because Jesus gave the ultimatesacrifice, God exalted Him.
Philippians 2 verses 9 through 11 says,“Therefore God also has highly exalted
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Him and given Him the name which isabove every name, that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of thosein heaven, and of those on earth, and
of those under the earth, and thatevery tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of Godthe Father.” If you live a life of
serving God and serving others, then Godwill exalt you. That’s peace of mind.
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That’s Christian optimism.
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Philippians 2 verses 1 through 4 says,“Therefore if there is any consolation
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in Christ, if any comfort of love, ifany fellowship of the Spirit, if any
affection and mercy, fulfill my joyby being like-minded, having the same
love, being of one accord, of one mind.Let nothing be done through selfish
ambition or conceit, but in lowlinessof mind let each esteem others better
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than himself. Let each of you lookout not only for his own interests,
but also for the interests of others.”
Do you remember the time when ascribe asked Jesus which commandment
in the law was the greatest?
Which commandment did Jesus say was first?
Love God with all of yourheart, mind, soul, and strength.
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But even though the man didn’task him which commandment was
second, Jesus gave it anyway.
That commandment is to loveyour neighbor as yourself.
In a way you could say that thewhole book of Philippians is
about that second commandment.
It’s about loving and serving others.
That’s what the passagewe just read is all about.
And did you notice the wordjoy again in these verses?
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Paul’s great joy in life was tolead others to Christ and help
them on their way to heaven.
That’s worth far more thananything this world can offer.
What Paul said reminds us of what Johnwrote in Third John verse 4: “ I have
no greater joy than to hear that mychildren walk in truth.“ And to know
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that a congregation is united in loveinstead of being divided by strife
is a great encouragement to fellowChristians and sister congregations.
The Bible says in Psalm 133 verse 1,“Behold, how good and pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!”
That’s what Paul is urgingthese Christians to do in the
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second chapter of Philippians.
He already has joy, and hesays to them: fulfill my joy.
He said to be like-minded in verse two.
Now what does that mean?
Christians are different.
We have different opinions.
We have different personalities,backgrounds, and experiences.
Paul knew that better than we do.
There were all kinds ofdifferences between people in
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the church in the first century.
That was especially truewith the Jews and Gentiles.
Paul wrote in Romans chapter 14 and inFirst Corinthians chapters 8 and 10 that
there will be differences in mattersof custom and in matters of conscience.
Those chapters are about things whereGod has not given any definite law
about whether you must do them or mustnot do them—things like eating meats.
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So notice in the book of FirstCorinthians that he talks about
matters where Christians can differwith each other in chapters 8 and 10.
But in chapter 1 of First Corinthians,he said in verse 10 that we are
to “speak the same thing, and beperfectly joined together in the same
mind and the same judgment.” He wrotethat to a church that was divided.
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He said there was contentionand strife among the members.
They were prideful andjealous of each other.
Their attitude wastearing the church apart.
It’s in that same book that Paulwrote the famous love chapter of the
Bible in first Corinthians chapter 13.
We don’t find Paul writing with thattone in the book of Philippians.
That doesn’t mean they were perfect.
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As a matter fact, it seems therewas some conflict between two
sisters in the church at Phillipi.
In Philippians four verse two hementioned those two sisters by
name—Eudoia and Syntyche—and urged themto be of the same mind in the Lord.
But as a whole, theyseemed to be getting along.
And we can definitely say that the membersthere got along with each other better
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than the Christians at Corinth did.
Paul wanted them to grow.
He wanted these lovingpeople to love more.
He wanted this united group ofChristians to be even more united.
So he tells them, and he tellsus, in verse three, that we
are not to do anything out ofstrife or selfish ambition.
Here’s another excellentcommentary on this.
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In James chapter 4 verse one, the Bibleasks where wars and fighting come from.
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from your own lusts which war in your members.
The same selfishness that causes usconflict on the inside with ourselves
is the same selfishness that causesconflict with others on the outside.
So the more that we can put downselfishness in our lives, the more
peace and joy we will have insideand the better we’ll get along with
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others— in the church, in marriage,in the family, and everywhere else.
It takes a lot of work anda lot of honesty to do this.
And it’s not something you can accomplishin one day and be done with it.
You have to continue to work on it.
And when you find yourself beingselfish, repent of it, ask God to
forgive you and help you do better.
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And, if need be, apologize tothe people you’ve offended.
Every Christian has to fight this battle.
Jesus warned the apostles in Matthew26 verse 41, “The spirit truly is
willing, but the flesh is weak.”That’s why it’s good for us to read
and meditate on what Paul says.
Now let’s turn to whathe said we should do.
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He said in verse three not to do anythingout of strife or selfish ambition,
but in lowliness of mind, we are toesteem others better than ourselves.
This is a choice.
Sometimes it’s not easy.
But the more you train yourselfto put others first the more
of a habit it will become.
And the more you think of others and giveand do for them, the happier you will be.
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The more you do this, themore joy you’ll get out of it.
And as the years go by, you’ll realizemore and more that this is what
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Christian living.
Not just doing good for others, but doinggood for others, first and foremost, to
save their souls and help them stay saved.
You see, this isChristian love for others.
It’s different from just beingnice and kind to other people.
It certainly doesn’t mean that we’reto be nice and kind to other people so
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that they will be nice and kind to us.
It doesn’t mean that we set aside ourdignity to please everybody around
us, even when they’re just using us.
Paul is not saying that it’sthe job of Christians to make
everybody around them happy.
That can’t be done.
Jesus didn’t try that andPaul is not saying that.
Paul said in Romans 12 verse 18, “Ifit be possible, as much as lies in
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you, live peaceably with all men.”Paul said try as hard as you can
to have peace with others. But headmitted that that can’t always happen.
Christian love doesn’t meanto agree with everybody.
It doesn’t mean that we are to agreewith people who are doing wrong
just so they won’t get mad at us.
That’s not Christianity.
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That’s not true love.
Jesus said in revelation three verse 19,“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.”
So how is Christian love different?
How is it unique?
Love means putting othersahead of ourselves because
that’s what God wants us to do.
Because that’s how God loves us.
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Because that’s how Jesusloved us and still loves us.
God doesn’t love us and do goodthings for us, so that we can
pay him back with kindness.
As a matter of fact, the Bible saysin Matthew chapter 5 verse 45 that
he makes his sun to rise on theevil and on the good, and sends
rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Luke chapter 6 verse 35 says God iskind to the unthankful and to the evil.
God continues every day to givegood things to people all over
the world, but He gets nothingin return from most people.
That’s the nature of love.
It’s unselfish.
That’s the kind of loveGod tells us to have.
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Verse four is a key verse.
The King James Version says, “Look notevery man on his own things, but every
man also on the things of others.” TheNew King James Version has “ Let each
of you look out not only for his owninterests, but also for the interests of
others.” This doesn’t mean to be nosy.
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The Bible teaches us to mind our ownbusiness and stay out of others business.
Jesus had to tell Peterto mind his own business.
Peter saw John following Jesus after theLord had talked very plainly to Peter.
The Bible says, “ Peter, seeing him, saidto Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?"
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Jesus said to him, "If I will that heremain till I come, what is that to you?
You follow Me’” [John 21:21-22].
Peter wanted to know what Johnwas about to do, and the Lord
told him, what is that to you?
You follow me.
In other words, you dowhat you’re supposed to do.
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Paul said in I Thessalonians 4:11to “aspire to lead a quiet life, to
mind your own business, and to workwith your own hands, as we commanded
you,” but these verses are talkingabout getting into other peoples’
business for no good reason. They’reabout, as we would say, being nosy.
But in Philippians chapter 2 versefour, Paul is talking about looking
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into other peoples lives to help them.
And he certainly doesn’t mean that we arenot to have any concern for ourselves.
The second great commandment, Jesus saidis to love your neighbor as yourself.
He doesn’t say the second greatestcommandment is to love your neighbor.
He said it is to love your neighbor asyourself, that is like you love yourself.
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So in Philippians, two verse four, heis saying we are not only to look out
for our own welfare, but we are alsoto look out for others to help them.
That’s Christianity.
That’s being a servantlike Jesus was a servant.
Is this something you and I are doing?
Are we looking out for others aswell as looking out for ourselves?
Here’s a simple checklist (10:34):
Number one.
Do you pray for others?
It all starts in the heart.
It begins by getting outside of our ownlittle world of Pleasures and troubles,
and thinking about the needs of othersto the point that we pray for them.
That’s looking out forothers as well as ourselves.
Number two.
Do you ask others how they’redoing and listen to what they say?
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Too many times we say “How are you doing?”like we say “Hello.” Have you ever said
that to somebody and the person said, “Doyou really want to know?” Number three.
What are you doing to help othersonce you see the need to help?
It’s one thing to see the need.
It’s another thing take thetime to do something about it.
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The priest and the Levite saw theman lying on the side of the road in
the parable of the good Samaritan.
But they didn’t look out for his welfare.
They overlooked his needs.
One of the sins of the Israelitepeople that led to their fall with
selfish living while others suffered.
In Amos chapter 6 beginning in verseone, the prophet wrote, “Woe to you who
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are at ease in Zion, And trust in MountSamaria, Notable persons in the chief
nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!
Go over to Calneh and see; And fromthere go to Hamath the great; Then
go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territorygreater than your territory?
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Woe to you who put far off the day ofdoom, Who cause the seat of violence
to come near; Who lie on beds of ivory,Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs
from the flock And calves from the midstof the stall; Who sing idly to the sound
of stringed instruments, And invent foryourselves musical instruments like David;
Who drink wine from bowls, And anointyourselves with the best ointments, But
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are not grieved for the affliction ofJoseph.” They made sure they ate well and
had the finest luxuries they could but.
But, the prophet from Tekoa said, theydidn’t feel any compassion toward the
people in Israel that were suffering.
They had what Paul says in reverse.
They were looking out only fortheir own interests, and not
for the interests of others.
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Verse 4 is Christian living becauseit’s the kind of life Jesus lived.
He went about “doing good” [Acts 10:38].
He said it is more blessed togive than to receive [Acts 20:35].
To do that we have to payattention to the lives of others,
especially other Christians.
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The Bible places a priority onChristians helping other Christians.
In Galatians chapter 6, in verse2, Paul said, “Bear one another's
burdens, and so fulfill the lawof Christ.” In verse 10, he said,
“Therefore, as we have opportunity,let us do good to all, especially
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to those who are of the household offaith.” We need to have our eyes open.
There are opportunitiesto do good all around us.
Now we come to verse five.
This verse is probably the bestknown verse in this section.
A lot of sermons have beenpreached about verse five.
A lot of articles havebeen written about it.
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But here’s what you need to remember.
Verse five is not a new subject.
Paul is still talking about whathe said in the verses before this.
now he’s taking the wholediscussion to a higher level.
In fact, he’s taking it tothe highest level possible.
Verse five says, “let this mind be inyou which was also in Christ Jesus.“ He
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says we are to have “this mind” in us,and he says this mind was also in Jesus.
What is he talking about?
It’s very simple.
This mind is the mindset or the frame ofmind he just talked about in verse four.
He just said in verse four that weare to look out for the things of
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others, not just for our own things.
That’s the attitude andoutlook we should have.
And he uses the greatest example toteach us about that: Jesus Christ.
If anyone looked out for theneeds of others, it was Jesus.
There are two main ways we learnto do right and be better people.
One is to learn by word and theother is to learn by example.
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God teaches us through word andhe teaches us through example.
And when God teaches us by hisexample, His example is always perfect.
If you’re looking for the greatestexample of love, you can’t get
any higher than God‘s love.
If you want to learn how to give, you cango to different places in the Bible to
see people who really gave generously.
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The poor widow who gave everything she hadin Mark chapter 12 verses 41 through 44.
The churches of Macedonia that werevery poor and yet they gave gladly
in generously in Second Corinthianschapter 8 verses one through five.
Those stories motivate us to this day.
But if you really want to give, thenlook to the greatest giver of all: God.
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God gives to all life, breath,and all things [Acts 17:25].
He gives us rain from heaven andfruitful seasons [Acts 14:17].
He makes the sun rise on the eviland on the good, and sends rain
on the just and the unjust [Matt.
5:45]. He gave the ultimate sacrificeby giving his only begotten son
to die for our sins [John 3:16].
That’s raising the barreally high, isn’t it?
As a matter of fact, that’s raising thebar so high that we will never reach it.
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But that just means we oughtto keep striving for it.
If you compare what you give to whatothers give, You’ll always see people
that give more than you or less than you.
But God always gives more – farmore than any human being.
The same thing is true inPhilippians two verse five.
As a matter of fact, this islove in the highest degree.
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We are to have the same mindsettoward others that Jesus had.
That’s what verse five is about.
Sometimes we start reading inverse five and forget what Paul
just talked about before this.
We see him talking in verse fiveabout the mind that was in Jesus.
And then we start saying to ourselves,“Jesus had a mind of faith.” Or
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“Jesus had a mind of courage.” Or,“Jesus had a mind of wisdom and
judgment.” And the list goes on.
All those things about Jesus are true,but that’s not what Paul is talking
about in Philippians two verse five.
He’s talking specificallyAbout looking out for others.
And, he’s talking aboutone particular way.
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Jesus did that.
He left heaven and cameto the earth – for us.
Not for himself.
Verse six says, “who, being inthe form of God, did not consider
it robbery to be equal with God.“please think about this carefully.
This is a very misunderstood verse.
Some people misuse this firstto say that Jesus wasn’t God.
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They say it means Jesus was not equal withGod because that would have been robbery.
Jehovah’s Witnesses, forinstance, misuse this verse.
They say, Jesus was an angel, not God.
But that is false.
All you have to do is read thefirst chapter of the book of
Hebrews to say that Jesus wasnot an angel and is not an angel.
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Hebrews chapter 1 says Jesusis much better than the angels.
It says the angels worship Him.
Only deity is worthyof worship, not angels.
And in Hebrews chapter 1 verse eight, Godthe Father specifically says to the Son,
His Son, “Thy throne, O God, is foreverand ever.” Muslims say Jesus is not deity.
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They believe He was just a man.
They say Jesus was one of the prophets,and not even the greatest of the prophets.
And then there are liberal theologians whosay Jesus couldn’t have been god and man.
They deny His deity.
They don’t believe Hewas born of a virgin.
These so-called experts inreligion are often professors
in seminaries and universities.
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But John chapter 1 verse one says, “Inthe beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God and the Word was God.”Then John 1 verse 14 says, “And the
word became flesh and dwelled among us.”
So Paul is not denying the deityof Christ in Philippians 2.
He is not saying that Jesus ceasedto be God when He became a man.
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Part of the misunderstanding comesfrom the word “robbery” in the
King James Version and the New KingJames Version. But Paul doesn’t
say Jesus would have robbed God theFather if He were equal with Him.
It says Jesus didn’t considerbeing equal to God robbery.
He was equal with Godin Hid divine nature.
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He is deity right now.
He is equal to God in His essence.
That’s what Hebrews 1:3 says (19:37):
Jesus is the brightness of His glory and the very
essence of the nature of God the Father.
A better translation of Philippians 2:5is that Jesus did not consider being
equal with God a thing to be held on to.
But here’s what many overlook.
This verse—Philippians 2 verse 5—isnot talking about being equal with
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God in essence or divine nature.
It’s true that He is equalwith God in nature, but that’s
not what this verse is about.
This passage is about Jesus beingequal with the Father because He
was in heaven just like God was.
But Jesus gave up thatequal state or condition.
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He had the same dwelling wherethe Father was but He left that
home to come to the earth—for us.
Here’s how Paul said it to the Corinthiansin Second Corinthians chapter 8, verse
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“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet
for your sakes He became poor, that youthrough His poverty might become rich.”
Now let’s notice verse seven inPhilippians chapter 2: “but made Himself
of no reputation, taking the formof a bondservant, and coming in the
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likeness of men.” The King James Versionand the New King James version have
“made himself of no reputation.“ Othertranslations have “emptied himself.”
The idea is that Jesus gave up theglory of heaven to come to the earth.
He made Himself of “no reputation,“that is, He lowered Himself or emptied
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Himself of that glorious state.
Paul doesn’t mean that heemptied Himself of deity.
We know that because of theverses we’ve already looked at.
And, another one is firstTimothy chapter 3, verse 16: “God
was manifested in the flesh.”
Again, the point of Philippians two isnot that He gave up His divine nature.
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It’s that He gave up His heavenly home.
And He didn’t just leave theplace or realm of heaven.
He took on human nature.
The divine nature and humannature came together in Him.
Jesus became human.
The Bible says He partook offlesh and blood in order to die
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[Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14].
Simply put, He came to die for our sins,but He had to have a physical body to die.
Also, Hebrews chapter 2 verse 17says He had to be human in order
to be our great high priest.
The high priest made the sinoffering for the people in Israel.
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Jesus offered himself.
He had to die– physically.
That’s why He took on human form.
So, we shouldn’t think that when Paulsays in Philippians chapter 2 verse
six that Jesus came “in the likenessof men” that He was not really a
man, that He was just “like” a man.
We shouldn’t think that him havingthe “appearance” as a man in verse
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seven means He only appeared to be aman. Some ancient heretics said Jesus
didn’t have a body of flesh and blood.
But those people were false teachers.
The apostle John said this aboutthem in the book of second John verse
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“For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess
Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh.This is a deceiver and an antichrist.”
John said anyone who denied thatJesus came in the flesh, that he
had a human body, was an antichrist.
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Not the antichrist, but an antichrist.
John said in first John chapter2, verse 18 that there were
many antichrists in his day.
Many people misuse that word today.
They look for one single personat the end of time who will be
the head of a one-world governmentand plunge mankind into darkness
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the human race has never seen.
But, without saying more because oflack of time, let us just point out here
that in the Bible, anyone who denied thehumanity of Christ was an antichrist.
So, we must believe in both thedeity and the humanity of Christ.
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Paul explains this when he said thatJesus, who was in the form of God
in verse six, took on the form of aservant or bond servant in verse seven.
Jesus left heaven where there is no deathand came to the earth to suffer and die.
That’s sacrifice—the ultimate sacrifice.
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That’s looking not on His ownthings, but on the things of others.
Jesus came to be the King of kings.
But first He had to be a servant;then He was crowned with honor and
glory—the same honor and glory He hadbefore the world was ever created.
That’s what he said in John 17 versefive when He was praying in the garden
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the night before He was crucified.
That same night He told theapostles that He came to serve.
Let that sink in.
Jesus who made the worldcame to be a lowly servant.
That same night also He stooped down andwashed the disciples’ feet in John 13.
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He told them in Luke chapter 22 verse27: “For who is greater, he who sits
at the table, or he who serves? Is itnot he who sits at the table? Yet I
am among you as the One who serves.”
Jesus was thinking about othersand not Himself every time He did
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good—every time he healed people orfed the hungry or cast out demons.
But the chief way he sacrificed forothers was when He gave His life.
Philippians 2 verse 8 says, “And beingfound in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient to the pointof death, even the death of the cross.”
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If there’s one thing we must have beforewe can serve others, it’s the very thing
this verse says about Jesus—being humble.
I wonder how often we consider this.
Pride is very common.
I think you would agree thatall of us have it sometimes.
And what reason does a sinful, frailhuman being who depends on God for
every breath he takes have to be proud?
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It’s really a strange thingwhen you think about it.
But if Jesus Himself wasn’tprideful, then we sure don’t need
to be, especially as Christians.
I’m not talking about a falsehumility like the Pharisees had.
Jesus said in Matthew 6 that theydid good deeds in public and prayed
and fasted just to get attention.
But genuine humility meansthat we admit who we are.
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Think about what David said in Psalm 39verses 4 and 5: “Lord, make me to know my
end, and what is the measure of my days,that I may know how frail I am. Indeed,
You have made my days as handbreadths,and my age is as nothing before You;
certainly every man at his best state isbut vapor.” The King James says “Every man
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at his best state is altogether vanity.”That’s our life. That’s who we are.
That’s what we are.
Oh how we need morehumility in this world.
How we need it in the church!
They say power goes to a man’s head.
They say knowledge cangive a person the big head.
They say wealth makes alot of people prideful.
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Well, Jesus had all of that in thetruest sense and to the highest degree.
And yet He willingly became apoor man by worldly standards.
Paul said He humbledHimself and became obedient.
Jesus obeyed God the Father.
You might think that’s not a bigdeal until you think it through.
You might say, “That was easy for Him;He was God.” But do you remember what
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Jesus said when He prayed to the Fatherin the garden of Gethsemane? He said,
“Abba, Father, all things are possiblefor You. Take this cup away from Me;
nevertheless, not what I will, but whatYou will” [Mark chapter 14 verse 36].
That was the human side of Jesus speaking.
He felt the emotion of fearjust like the rest of us.
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So when He died on the cross, Heknew He would rise from the dead.
He knew more than any of us that Hehad a home waiting for Him in heaven.
He had already been therethroughout eternity past.
And yet, He still dreaded death.
He feared the physical pain.
So we shouldn’t think that, when itcomes our time, we’ll just be calm and
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steady, that nothing will shake us if wehave to suffer when we leave this world.
We can and should be confident, butthat doesn’t mean we won’t have the
natural fear and dread of departing.
If Jesus felt it knowing what Heknew, then we certainly will feel it.
But Jesus overcame that fear.
He overcame every temptation the devil putbefore Him and always obeyed the Father.
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Paul said He became obedient to death.
The New King James says “to the pointof death.” It doesn’t just mean being
obedient until death, but being obedientin death. And, Paul explains that
when He says, “even the death of thecross.” For the sinless Son of God to
die for sinners is a remarkable thing.
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But for Him to die for usby the horrible torture of
crucifixion is even more amazing.
This is the “mind” or mindset Paultalked about when he said “Let this
mind be in you which was also inChrist Jesus.” Jesus died for us.
You might be thinking, “Are Christianssupposed to be ready to die for each
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other?” Yes. The Bible plainly saysthat in First John chapter 3 verse
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“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also
ought to lay down our lives for thebrethren.” He died for us and we ought
to be willing to die for each other.
And because Jesus gave the ultimatesacrifice, God exalted Him.
Philippians 2 verses 9 through 11 says,“Therefore God also has highly exalted
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Him and given Him the name which isabove every name, that at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of thosein heaven, and of those on earth, and
of those under the earth, and thatevery tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of Godthe Father.” If you live a life of
serving God and serving others, then Godwill exalt you. That’s peace of mind.
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That’s Christian optimism.
Thank you for listeningto My God and My Neighbor.
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Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
The Brothers Ortiz
The Brothers Ortiz is the story of two brothers–both successful, but in very different ways. Gabe Ortiz becomes a third-highest ranking officer in all of Texas while his younger brother Larry climbs the ranks in Puro Tango Blast, a notorious Texas Prison gang. Gabe doesn’t know all the details of his brother’s nefarious dealings, and he’s made a point not to ask, to protect their relationship. But when Larry is murdered during a home invasion in a rented beach house, Gabe has no choice but to look into what happened that night. To solve Larry’s murder, Gabe, and the whole Ortiz family, must ask each other tough questions.