The Mind of
Christ
Phil 2:5-13
12-30-07
God wants to work his will
in our lives and for him to be able to do this we have to have the mind
of Christ – God was able to get done therough Jesus Christ what he
wanted because Jesus had the right mind about what God was going to do
through him and to him - he had the mind of one who was:
Privileged 6 –
recognized that he was God’s child – 6 so his demeanor and deportment
were fitting for the Son of God – we are the sons of God [that’s a
privilege] – but this wasn’t going to cause God to cut him any slack
Unpretentious
7 – he was not concerned with his own reputation – no reputation – he
was doubted by his family and rejected by his own people
Submissive 7 –
he was a servant – he came to serve and to give his life a ransom for
all
Humble 7 – he
was a man – 8 he humbled himself – yet he was God – he left the throne
and all of his riches to become poor that we might be made rich through
him
Obedient 8 -
he was obedient unto death- even though he did not want our sins and did
not want to die, he obeyed his father and did what he was told to do
that we might be saved – of course, he is rejoicing that he went through
this for us, but at the time, it was a real sacrifice
As a result, he was exalted
9 - wherefore he was exalted - he has an:
Exalted name- Jesus
Exalted position – everyone
and everything will bow before him
Exalted title- Lord
Therefore with the same mind
that Christ had we are to:
Work out our own salvation
with fear and trembling [the fear of God is more than reverence]
We are privileged
to be saved and to be honored with an opportunity to do something for
God
We are to be
unpretentious – only concerned with his glory not our own
reputations – not trying to impress anybody
We are to be
submissive in that we are his servants - he is not our
servant – not to fight him when he takes us where we don’t want to go
We are to be humble
– [base, 1 Cor 1:26-29] those who are abased will be exalted – in due
time – we are base and we are just the clay – we are just the vessel in
his hands – Job was a good man but in comparison to God he recognized
that he was vile
We have to be
obedient – he has a plan and we must do what he wants us to
do
This way he can work out
everything according to his good pleasure – he is the one working in you
and if you have this mind he can get done through you what he wants
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