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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.
Nov 19, 2017 · Paul is describing Jesus in the most exalted and cosmic language available to him in the Old Testament scriptures. The first affirmation of Jesus is not what he did or became but what he eternally is, namely the “image of the invisible God” (v. 15a).
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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. Wow. Just 20 years earlier Jesus…
Philippians 2:9, Paul describes what God did after Jesus’ death and resurrection: “God exalted him [Jesus] to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every other name.” According to this verse, what did God do for Jesus?
Aug 25, 2013 · In knowing the songs of the Bible, we begin to grasp with reverential awe and godly fear the truths and principles contained in God’s Word. The Apostle Paul gave the injunction that spiritual songs in the form of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs indwell our hearts richly.
Mar 23, 2020 · So Philippians 2:6-11 is not the words of Paul, but that leaves us with the question to what exactly did Paul believe in when it came to Jesus’s divinity? Did Paul fully understand it since the movement was somewhat new in his day?
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Feb 3, 2008 · We have been focusing especially on the section of that song in which Paul sets out the humility and the humiliation of Jesus Christ in verses 5-8. Today we’ll be looking at verses 9-11, in which Paul sets out the exaltation of Christ.