Philippians 2

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by: Debbie Galyen

05/06/2024

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“Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ ... then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind” (1-2). Paul urged the Philippians not just to endure persecution like Jesus (ch 1), but to love each other with “the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (5). Jesus, “being in very nature God”, became like us, and he “humbled himself” through dying on a cross – for us (5-8). He is our model for how to treat one another.

When we resist competitiveness, pride, and self-focus to humbly love one another for Jesus’ sake, we shine “like stars in the sky” in a dark world (15). 

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“Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ ... then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind” (1-2). Paul urged the Philippians not just to endure persecution like Jesus (ch 1), but to love each other with “the same mindset as Christ Jesus” (5). Jesus, “being in very nature God”, became like us, and he “humbled himself” through dying on a cross – for us (5-8). He is our model for how to treat one another.

When we resist competitiveness, pride, and self-focus to humbly love one another for Jesus’ sake, we shine “like stars in the sky” in a dark world (15). 

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