Phl 2:1, If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Phl 2:2, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Phl 2:3, Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Phl 2:4, Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Phl 2:5, Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Phl 2:6, Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Phl 2:7, But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phl 2:8, And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Phl 2:9, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Phl 2:10, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Phl 2:11, And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
It seems to me that what I have placed in larger letters, above, exemplify the humility of Christ as He walked the earth.
Making ourselves of no reputation...taking on the nature of a servant...humbling one's self even to the point of death...
Being of one accord, and of one mind...letting nothing be done out of strife or vainglory...considering others to be better than yourself...
Being more concerned about the interests of others than your own interests...
These things are exemplified as virtues in holy scripture.
For those of us who think that we have arrived and don't sin any more...
Do we measure up to this exaltation of humility in the holy scriptures?
Phl 2:2, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Phl 2:3, Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Phl 2:4, Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Phl 2:5, Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Phl 2:6, Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Phl 2:7, But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phl 2:8, And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Phl 2:9, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Phl 2:10, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Phl 2:11, And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
It seems to me that what I have placed in larger letters, above, exemplify the humility of Christ as He walked the earth.
Making ourselves of no reputation...taking on the nature of a servant...humbling one's self even to the point of death...
Being of one accord, and of one mind...letting nothing be done out of strife or vainglory...considering others to be better than yourself...
Being more concerned about the interests of others than your own interests...
These things are exemplified as virtues in holy scripture.
For those of us who think that we have arrived and don't sin any more...
Do we measure up to this exaltation of humility in the holy scriptures?
