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- Paul incorporates into the Philippian letter an early Christian hymn or confession of faith, describing Christ as an obedient servant. The hymn is not strictly a call to imitate Christ, which would be humanly impossible, but a call to believers to live in the identity of who they are in Christ.
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Apr 16, 2020 · In the first part of the poem (verses 15-17), Paul has established that Jesus Christ is creator and sustainer of all created things. The next part of the poem echoes the first part. In the first part we learn of Christ’s relationship to the initial creation.
Nov 19, 2017 · Paul depicts Jesus as the eternal Son of the Father, the image of the invisible God, and thus the rightful heir of creation (v. 15). Second, he is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe (vv. 16-17).
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Mar 19, 2019 · Paul’s goal in this passage is to give the Colossian church an accurate picture of who Jesus is and what he accomplished on the cross and to encourage them to remain faithful to Jesus in spite of the pressures they are facing. In verses 15-20, Paul writes the Colossian church a poem about Jesus.
Mar 2, 2020 · I have been trying to explain the unusually important statement about Christ in Paul’s “Christ Poem” in Phil. 2:6-10. It’s an extremely high Christology. Christ is a divine being before coming into the world; and at his exaltation he was made *equal* with God.
Feb 9, 2021 · One of the Most Important Passages of the NT: Paul’s Christ Poem. February 9, 2021. In my previous post I began to speak about the “incarnation” Christology found famously in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, 2:6-11.
Paul incorporates into the Philippian letter an early Christian hymn or confession of faith, describing Christ as an obedient servant. The hymn is not strictly a call to imitate Christ, which would be humanly impossible, but a call to believers to live in the identity of who they are in Christ.
Oct 17, 2013 · This “Christ hymn” describes the person of Jesus Christ and, in so doing, develops a vision for what it means to be fully human before God. The question is often posed as to whether this passage describes doctrine or sets Jesus as an example for believers to imitate.
