Life, the greatest of gifts…

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Philippians 2:8 (NASB20)
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.

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The same being with us, we, having found ourselves having life in this world, are to humble ourselves as Christ did in whatever state our Creator has placed us in…

Wherefore one might ask, seeing how I did not choose to have life in this world, how is it right to judge me in something I did not ask for?

It is a valid question…

Seeing life, being the greatest of gifts that could be given, and God being the greatest gift giver, therefore He could do nothing less than to give life.. Because some would reject the gift of life or misuse the gift of life, is no reason to not give the gift… For the greatness of the gift changes not because it is not valued by some, for it remains what it is…

For the gift of life itself can embrace the goodness or deny the goodness of itself, but it changes not what the gift is in itself… It just shows forth what one is by rejecting the gift and calling it what it is not… As scripture says, they prefer the lie to the truth, and the truth of why they prefer the lie over the truth, is because they would be god over the gift… For seeing they are not, but are subject to the gift, the gift is rejected… For not one who would reject the gift, would not embrace the gift, if the gift gave a more exalted state of life in this temporary world…. Showing forth it is not the gift that is not wanted, but the humble state of the gift... Which is but the pride of life refusing to accept the same humility of life that Christ did when He found Himself in this world, in other words, the pride of life is chosen over the humility of Christ…

Therefore is one judged in that choice, for embracing the pride of life that it might exalt itself…

Pride vs humility, put forth multiple ways in scripture, Christ or self, fire or water, life or death… For in the nature of the gift of life, it is found given to man, to choose his nature… The truth and reality of the choice set before man, not by any arbitrary command of God but by the nature of the gift itself.. So how one accepts the gift of life is the judgement of separation made, for all do accept the gift, but some embrace the pride, others embrace the humility, the choice is set before us all..

Be blessed in the gift of Life, the greatest of all gifts, Not me
 
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Great passage, Philippians 2...

"Thus found in fashion as a man
All blameless, spotless, pure;
He was obedient unto death
Sin's judgment to endure."
 

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Great passage, Philippians 2...

"Thus found in fashion as a man
All blameless, spotless, pure;
He was obedient unto death
Sin's judgment to endure."

Interesting translation.. Be so blessed as we get to know Him more and more…

In Him, Not me