Philippians 2
Phillipians 2:3:
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. . |
Self-denial lives at the center of love. True love denies self and supports another. Putting others first should be more than an act of humility, but an act of affection. It’s not that we think so little of ourselves, but that we feel so warmly toward our brothers and sisters in Christ that we are happy to lay aside our interests and preferences so that another may experience blessing.
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Phillipians 2:4:
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Phillipians 2:5:
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus |
No man will ever get into the Kingdom arrogantly. the mind of Christ was characterized by humility (vs 6 & 8), dependence upon God (John 5:19, 30), a determination to do the Fathers will (John 5:30; 6:38), thoughtfulness of others (Acts 10:38), and a willingness to sacrifice and suffer, and even to die, for the good of others (2 Cor 8:9, Rom 5:6-8, I Peter 2:24)
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Phillipans 2:9- 11:
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 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
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Phillipians 2:12:
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. |
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