The Message.
"Think of yourselves in the way Christ Jesus thought of Himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of Himself that He had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, He set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, He stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, He lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death~~and the worst kind of death at that~~a crucifixion.
Because of this obedience, God lifted Him high and honored Him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in Heaven and on Earth~~even those long ago dead and buried~~will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out praise that He is Master of all, to the GLORIOUS HONOR of GOD the Father."
Have a BLESSED EASTER!
"Think of yourselves in the way Christ Jesus thought of Himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of Himself that He had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, He set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, He stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, He lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death~~and the worst kind of death at that~~a crucifixion.
Because of this obedience, God lifted Him high and honored Him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that all created beings in Heaven and on Earth~~even those long ago dead and buried~~will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, and call out praise that He is Master of all, to the GLORIOUS HONOR of GOD the Father."
Have a BLESSED EASTER!