Honour or Humility?

Intro

Problem

Point 1

What

So what

So how

Transition

Point 2

What

So what

So how

Transition

Point 3

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So what

So how

Conclusion

Summary

PP 2

A If any encouragement … make complete! my joy in order that you think the same (1-2)

B Nothing according to … but in humility one another ptcp (3-4)

A’ This thing think! which is also in Christ (5)

B’ Christ in the morphe of God didn’t grasp equality … but himself humbled, taking on the morphe of a slave (6-8)

C For this reason even God exalted (aor act ind) and granted (aor act ind) him the name above all names in order that the name of Christ be exalted (9-11)

AA’ Think the same towards one another

BB’ Not according to our rights, but in self-sacrificial love

C The Father exalted the Son’s name because of his self-sacrificial humility

Lk 22

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The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism “Was Crucified”

In the Roman Empire, crucifixion wasn’t only about death. It was about public disgrace. The problem with getting yourself crucified wasn’t just that it would kill you but that it would humiliate you at the same time. Modern readers of the New Testament might assume that the worst thing about crucifixion was the physical suffering. But in a culture of honor and shame, the pain of the soul—humiliation—can be even worse than the pain of the body.

The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism “Was Crucified”

To be crucified was to be cast out of the human community, rejected by God and the world. It was literally a fate worse than death.

The humiliation of Jesus’ death made a deep impression on his early followers. Quoting an early Christian hymn, Paul describes the whole life of Jesus as a descent into humiliation and disgrace. “He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave”; he “humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross” (