The Very Nature Of A Servant
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being
united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the
Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make
my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit
and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or
vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the
interests of the others.
In your relationships with one another, have the same
mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider
equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself
nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance
as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to
the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
Philippians 2:1-11
Paul commanded the Philippians to count others as more
significant than themselves. Being united to Christ made the Philippian believers members of the same family and gave
them a special bond. Their attitude toward one another was to be expressed in
practical ways: unity in love, sacrificial service, and discovering how to help
others even when they didn’t realize they needed help.
Christlike love is seen in good works.
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