Philippians
2:5-11
Holman
Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Christ’s Humility and Exaltation
5 Make your
own attitude that of Christ Jesus,
6 who, existing in the form
of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.[a]
7 Instead He emptied Himself
by assuming the form of a slave,
taking on the likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.
9 For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
of those who are in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
11 and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,[b]
to the glory of God the Father.
did not consider equality with God
as something to be used for His own advantage.[a]
7 Instead He emptied Himself
by assuming the form of a slave,
taking on the likeness of men.
And when He had come as a man
in His external form,
8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.
9 For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
of those who are in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
11 and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,[b]
to the glory of God the Father.
Question:
1. What does
it mean that Jesus did not consider himself equal with God?
A.
He shows true humility and He is our example.
2. Jesus
humbled himself so much that He died on the cross for our sins. He is King of the Universe. We need to look at Him as an example. We need to humble ourselves and not esteem
ourselves. How can we do this?
A.
??????
3. How can
we confess that Jesus is Lord?
A. Just do
it? Pray , and tell other people about
Christ.
