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Paul Describes Himself. 10 Now I, Paul, urge you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am meek [so they say] when with you face to face, but bold [outspoken and fearless] toward you when absent! 2 I ask that when I do come I will not be driven to the boldness that I intend to show toward those few who regard us as if we walked ...
Feb 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. There are a lot of other things I want to say about this passage, all of them relevant to the issues I’ve been discussing. The first and most important…
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Listening to the text in the Story: Genesis 1:1 – 3:24; Leviticus 26:11 – 13; Psalm 8; 97:9; Proverbs 8:22 – 31; Isaiah 40 – 55 (esp. 45:23). Paul packs lofty theology into these two Greek sentences and sets up this passage with an enigmatic opening line (2:5). I suggested above that this verse enjoins the Philippian church to have a singular goal ...
Philippians 2:6–11 speaks with great economy of words about mysteries no human mind can fully comprehend — the character of the Godhead, the incarnation of Jesus, the glorification of Christ. But if we cannot know all, we can at least claim some things as true for our lives now and in eternity. This “Christ hymn” describes the person of Jesus Chris...
This is the attitude enjoined by Christ in Mark 9:33 – 37, that “anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” The example Christ gave to illustrate his meaning was to choose a child from the crowd and state that in welcoming such a one — one who cannot repay kindness, who might not even realize kindness being offered...
Mar 19, 2019 · In verses 15-20, Paul writes the Colossian church a poem about Jesus. In verses 20-23, Paul reminds them of the impact Jesus’ sacrifice has had on their lives. Paul challenges them to keep faith and to not lose hope in the gospel.
Aug 19, 2024 · In saying, “I have made myself a servant to all,” Paul had adopted the mindset of Jesus Christ, “who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant” (Philippians 2:5–8).
May 11, 2015 · What Paul, and God through Paul, wants you to understand is this: You are an epic poem, a God-imaging poiema — become flesh and spirit. Your poem contains all the comedic and tragic drama of an existence more real and more meaningful than you have yet to comprehend.
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His work, the great ambition of his life, was to win men to Christ. General Lew Wallace, in that beautiful story of his, 'Ben Hur; a Tale of the Christ,' speaks of Jesus Christ as "the one Man whom the world could not do without."
