The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ, Grappling with Philippians 2:5-11
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I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (March 28, Palm Sunday), this was our New Testament Lesson (or Epistle) of the Day. As we close the book on Palm Sunday, Jesus is now in Jerusalem and events are starting to happen that will lead him to the Cross. Yes, by the time that Paul recorded this, Jesus had risen from the dead and had ascended back into Heaven. But he knew what Jesus had done when he was on this earth.
I agree with this whole message Christ being equal with God, in accordance with philippians 2:5-11 in the name and blood of Jesus Christ, amen and hallelujah!
Awesome word Sir.
Very profound and moving. Thank you.
That is some great stuff. Absolutely wonderful.
This was beautiful. Thank you for such a great explanation.
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Beautiful.
Something I wrote up a little while back. The context is about humility. It’s about divestiture. The Philippians are instructed to follow in the footsteps of Christ by divesting themselves as their Messiah did. Though he was the anointed King, he made himself unimportant for the benefit of others.
The “form” (morphe) of God as well as of a slave means WORKS. This “form” is something outwardly visible. Physically seen. Works are outwardly visible.
In 2 Timothy 3:5 were told that people in the last days would have a “form” of Godly devotion but would prove false to its power. Meaning, they would outwardly appear to be Godly but they’re actually hypocrites, another Greek word meaning, an “actor.”
The word morphe is used four times in the book of Daniel alone.
In the LXX (the Greek Old Testament), Daniel chapter 4 mentions King Nebuchadnezzar going mad for seven years, and after the seven years, verse 33 mentions his Kingship, FORM (morphe) and honor we’re restored to him.
In the LXX at Daniel 5:6, after the King sees the fingers of a hand write on the wall, which badly frightened him, we read, “Then his FORM (morphe) changed and his thoughts terrified him, and his hip joints gave way and his knees knocked together.”
In the LXX at Daniel 5:10, after the King sees the writing on the wall, the King’s mother tries to comfort him by saying, “O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your FORM (morphe) change.
In the LXX at Daniel 7:28, after he receives the vision of the four beasts which troubled him, says, “This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel-my thoughts terrified me greatly and my FORM (morphe) changed over me, but I kept the matter in my heart.”
John 14:10 says the Father was in Jesus performing the WORKS that were clearly seen by everyone. For example, making the deaf hear. Making the blind see. Bringing the dead back to life. These are the works the Father was performing through Jesus. And though he had this power he never flaunted it. Instead he took on the visible WORKS of a slave.
What is a slave’s form? A few good examples would be Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. Letting not his will take place but his Father’s. He “emptied himself” preferring to serve others than to be served. Meaning, he made himself unimportant. He wasn’t focused on his own interests but that of others. All the way to the point of giving up his own life for the sake of everyone else. Because he didn’t see equality with God something to be “taken by force.” In other words, he knew it’s only something that can be given. He didn’t even see this as something to be “regarded.” That is, something to even consider or think about.
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What scriptural support do we have for equality of God being given?
AS JESUS IS, SO AM I IN THIS WORLD. HUMILIATION? JUST FOR LIL' WHILE.
Thank you, now my Prof. Wants us to memorize it:/
Is morphe the same as eikon? Does he appear as a man but is not truly a human? Is this docetism? A Roman citizen could be crucified, it was highly unusual. The language is different than Gen 1:26, so Jesus is not really a human being.