You reason like a child. You seem to have no comprehension of what your stating, you offer no proof or wisdom to your position, but just in an obstinate manner you make illogical conclusions. That verse would not have stated the contemplation of Christ, if it had no relevance to his character and his ontological subordination to God. Like a fool you rebutted that he did not consider equality with God because he already possessed it, and yet the context is explaining what he was forced to deny and disregard, the option to even attain it, and to not rest on his pre-eminent laurels.He didn't consider equality with God something to be gained because He is God! You don't desire something you already possess. And yes, Phil 2 is a testimony to His humility. As a human He certainly was subordinate to God the Father. As God, He is equal in every way.
More straw men. He never denied His deity nor did He 'remember' what He came to earth for. The rest is your opinion.
God absolutely atoned for our sin because no one else can. Our kinsmen redeemer is God incarnate.
That does not tell me what 'first born ' means. Give a verse, the word and a lexical definition.
Plus, to not regard equality with God, if he were God, is to deny his deity. This is not a straw-man argument. You sound silly.
You simply regurgitate trinitarian clichés with having any understanding, or offering any insight, as to what you mean. 'God absolutely atoned for our sin because no one else can.' You need to grow-up and get serious. As I said, the victim does not pay the price for the culprit, for that is judiciously and legalistically unsound.
Smarten-up, i told you what first-born means, the entire universe and all that it contains was created for Christ, despite his birth and inception into the world taking place thousands of years after the fact.
Chris1964, start offering some wisdom and insight into what you are talking about, otherwise you just sound like an indoctrinated and naive neophyte.
Colossians 1:15-20
1:15. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16. For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19. For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20. and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.