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Reading: Phil 2:1-11
/Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: /Philippians 2:5 (NIV)
!! I. Responding to what God has done in us
/If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in our life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care—then do me a favor: The Message/
A.
Common Love for God
1.
If...if...if...if
2.
/Like minded/ (cf.
/United with Christ/)
a.
Doesn’t mean agree on everything
b.
Only on our need to work together
c.
We all agree that what we’re about is loving and serving God.
3.
/Have the same love/ (cf.
/Comfort from his love/)
a.
what unites Christians is that we have the same love.
b.
Love of God is the foundation of our Christian life.
B.
Unity in spirit and purpose
1.
/One in spirit and purpose/ (cf.
/Fellowship with the Spirit/)
a.
The Church isn’t a collection of people finding their own way.
b.
The church is a gathering of people God is working on (and through!).
2.
/One is spirit/ (cf.
[[1:27|bible:Philippians 1:27]] /as one man/)
a.
Maybe: “be soulmates”
b.
The image is of intimate togetherness.
c.
/One in spirit/ means that we are united because of who we are.
3.
/One in purpose/ (or /one in thinking/)
a.
One in purpose~/thinking means we are united about our view of the world.
b.
We know and understand that reality is divided into two camps:
(1) The Kingdom of God and
(2) Whatever competes with it.
C.
Beyond Self – Interest
1.
/NOT/ an endorsement of codependence.
a.
We are to /consider/ others better ([[v.3|bible:Philippians
2:3]])
b.
Look /not only/ to our own interests ([[v.4|bible:Philippians
2:4]])
2.
/Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit/
a.
Selfish Ambition is a way of life in our world.
— /Taking care of #1/
b.
Vain conceit: empty glory.
/Look at me./
3.
We are to be about the business of promoting each other.
a.
We are to make others “#1”
b.
When we are one, our interest /is/ the interests of others.
!! II.
Be like Jesus
A.
He Empties Himself to serve people
1.
/Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus /(attitude=thinking)
a.
This is our like-mindedness, our one purpose: following Jesus.
b.
Whatever Jesus was like, that’s what we’re going to be like.
2.
This is what Jesus was like: He had a loose grip on status.
a.
He didn’t think it any big deal to let go of it.
3.
Instead of hanging on to his divine form, he embraced human form.
a.
He didn’t even try to be a big-shot human!
b.
He became a servant~/slave.
c.
He undoes the sin of Adam and Eve who, though human wanted to be like God.
B.
He embraced Humility
1.
He had nothing to be humble about
2.
His purpose was to serve.
a.
Status had nothing to do with what he was up to.
b.
As he said: /For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
/Mark 10:45 (NIV)
C.
He Obeyed God
1.
Here’s a word we don’t like!
a.
It rattles our independence.
b.
It challenges our ego.
2.
Jesus, who was divine (though emptied of his power), submitted to the Father.
3.
He was obedient to death.
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