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Introduction
Paul closed chapter 1 by urging the church at Philippi to conduct themselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.
The question is what does that mean?
What does it look like to conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the gospel?
When we get to chapter 2 Paul explains what that looks like.
Being Like-Minded
Paul gives us five characteristics that each follower of Jesus should have:
Encouragement from being united with Christ
Comfort of His love
Fellowship with the Spirit of God.
Any Tenderness
Any Compassion
Paul urges the followers in Philippi to make his joy complete by being: like-minded, having the same love, being one in Spirit, and purpose!
What About Others
Paul gives us two characteristics that should NOT be seen in followers of Jesus, and one that should be clearly seen.
Selfish Ambition
Doing what I want to do to get what I want.
Vain Conceit
This really means “empty glory.”
Mark of Humility
Paul says, “but in humility. .
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The connective word “but” is used to contrast the different between what should and should not be displayed.
The mark of a follower of Jesus should be humility before God, and humility with man.
Paul says in humility consider others better than yourselves.
The way we do that is by caring about what is going on those around us.
Philippians
Same Attitude
Paul says that followers of Jesus should have the same attitude as Jesus had.
It would be horrible if Paul just told us to have the same attitude as that of Jesus without telling us how to do that.
Jesus Knew Who He Was
He knew He was part of the Trinity, but knowing that allowed Him to lay it all aside, because Jesus did not believe He had to hang onto His Godly attributes.
Made in Human Likeness
In verse 7 you read, “made himself nothing.”
This is the word in Greek, kenoō which means to empty or lay aside.
So this passage is often called the Kenoosis passage.
While Jesus laid aside His Godly attributes in order to become a man.
But it is important for us to understand that Jesus remained 100% God, while becoming 100% man.
But He didn’t just become a “man.”
Jesus became a servant—the servant of all.
He Humbled Himself
Jesus further humbled Himself by becoming obedient unto death.
There are many theologians who suggest that it was necessary for Jesus to voluntarily become obedient to death or He would not have died.
Still, Jesus was obedient to all that it meant to be human.
The Extra Mile
Yes, Jesus was obedient to death, but He went ever farther—He went to the most horrible type of death imaginable—the death on the Cross.
Obedience Leads to Exaltation
Because of Jesus’ obedience, God exalted to the highest place!
Two things will happen.
First every knee will bow, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth.
EVERY knee will bow.
The second thing is that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
All of this will be done to the glory of God the Father.
So What?
We are told by Paul that we are to have the mind of Christ in us.
Here’s the big idea of this passage.
If we are going to have the same mind of Christ, then you and I need to:
Know who we are
As followers of Jesus Christ we need to know what it means to be a child of God.
Be able to serve
Knowing who we are allows us to be a servant of all.
There is no job below us.
Humble ourselves
Humility should be a hallmark of the follower of Jesus.
Obedience
Followers of Jesus must learn to be obedient to God’s Word.
Extra Mile
The final characteristic of the follower of Jesus is we need to be willing to go the extra mile.
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