Sunday, July 12, 2009

JESUS & HUMILITY

PRIDE BUSTERS 

DO YOU WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS?

"Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy be being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind,

Pride is doing things by conceit and selfish ambition.
While the 'mind of Christ' is having the same love, being in one accord, and being lowly in mind by esteeming others better than yourself. 

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowiness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 
Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others." Philippians 2:1-4 NKJV

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God," Philippians 2:5-6 NKJV

Jesus is God the son.

"Who being in the form, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a SERVANT and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He HUMBLED Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross "made Himself of no reputation..."
  
Philippians 2:7-8 NKJV

Jesus emptied himself, becoming a servant, and humbling himself to the point of death on the cross.  "If you HUMBLE yourself, you shall be exalted."

"Therefore God also has HIGHLY EXALTED Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and with Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."
John 1:1-5 NKJV

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
John 1:14 NKJV

God emptied, humbling himself, becoming a mere man (Jesus), being a servant to the point of death on the cross.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NKJV

Are you a disciple of Jesus?  
Are you humble?  Are you a servant?

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