Philippians 2:3-8
New International Version (NIV)
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death —
even death on a cross!
Benjie Kim brought home the Soul Talk series by urging us to seek humility. He cited C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity in clarifying our understanding of pride, which is not simply the desire for success, but the desire to be more successful than someone else. He talked of finding humility on "the road less traveled," which is seeking out our hidden pride in the areas that we least want to find it. He shared of finding humility on this road when he came to a point where he felt he had "nothing left but Jesus." He also encouraged us to be willing to be "the first to the bottom of the pile" (listen to the sermon online for the story), a place of little dignity, but great desire.
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Philippians 2:3-8
New International Version (NIV)
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death —
even death on a cross!
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death —
even death on a cross!
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