...have laid aside the robe of honor and put Himself in a Servant's place! Well does Paul speak of Him, "who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality...became obedient to death — even death on a cross!" (Phil. 2:6-8). Christ said, "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve" (Mark 10:45)....

...He 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. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given...

...psychological or mythological doctrine appears in Philippians 2:5-11. Christ Jesus, though in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied (ekenosen) himself, assuming the form of a slave, coming to be in the likeness of men; and...

...someone knowing that "The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life" (Prov. 15:4). Phil. 2:5-1 1 : "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who . . .taking the very nature of a servant . . . .humbled himself and became obedient to death — even...

...Nowhere is this spoken of more beautifully than in Philippians chapter two, where we are told that Jesus "did not consider equality with God something to be...Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant God began to teach me this painful but essential truth in a Kabul courtyard—with a little help from...

...His garments." Throughout his ministry on earth, Christ temporarily set aside his glorious existence. "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality...something to be grasped, but made himself nothing" (Philippians 2:6-7). • "He poured loater into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and...

...both a creedlike theological emphasis and a soaring quality admirably suited to worship recitation: Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in the very nature of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself...

...profoundly Christian experience. In Philippians, Paul reminds us of the central teaching of Christian life: Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ...nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. In one sense, as we read a book we are all, like God, looking down from some high exalted place into...

...but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a servant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 r loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 "If you keep My the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given...

...relinquished his heavenly privileges. Paul said that even though he was God in his very nature, he "made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness" (Phil. 2:7). Chrtstfans - God's Chf/dren In the prologue of John's gospel, the writer emphasized the...