WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.980 Our sermon text for today is Philippians chapter 2 verses 1 through 5. 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:11.400 For many it's the favorite part of the Bible. 00:00:12.620 --> 00:00:16.039 In these first 11 verses, as someone observed, 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:19.580 they speak the soaring language of a musical piece. 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.859 Think of that favorite piece of music that you could listen to over and over again. 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:28.539 That's best understood by being heard out loud to the end 00:00:28.539 --> 00:00:30.119 and then heard again. 00:00:31.619 --> 00:00:34.420 So as I read our sermon text 1 through 5, 00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:36.320 I'm going to read all the way through verse 11. 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:43.060 And I ask that the Holy Spirit will illumine to us His inspired word. 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:46.960 It's infallible, it's clear, and it's sufficient 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:50.120 only by the ministry of the Spirit to His people. 00:00:52.859 --> 00:00:56.280 Philippians chapter 2 verses 1 through 11. 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:28.539 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:58.540 00:01:58.540 --> 00:02:00.320 Even the death of the cross. 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:04.880 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:07.880 and given Him the name which is above every name, 00:02:08.260 --> 00:02:11.340 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:14.280 of those in heaven and of those on earth 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:16.040 and of those under the earth, 00:02:16.420 --> 00:02:18.460 and that every tongue should confess 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:20.680 that Jesus Christ is Lord, 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.240 to the glory of God the Father. 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:26.200 the word of the Lord for the people of God. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:27.960 Thanks be to God. 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:28.560 Amen. 00:02:28.820 --> 00:02:29.400 You may be seated. 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:54.980 Let's pray. 00:02:54.980 --> 00:02:55.020 Amen. 00:02:55.020 --> 00:02:55.400 Let's pray. 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:05.340 God, we ask that you please 00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:07.379 will open our eyes to see your glory. 00:03:09.379 --> 00:03:10.580 We pray that you'll 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:13.560 turn these words, Father, 00:03:13.620 --> 00:03:14.620 that you breathed out. 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.099 You'll make them alive and active 00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:20.319 to set forth Christ 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.520 before us, his people. 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.379 We need Christ right now, Lord, this hour. 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:27.719 We ask that you set him forth 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:29.599 to us through your word. 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:31.759 We ask for your Holy Spirit 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:33.979 to press home the truth 00:03:33.979 --> 00:03:35.960 that our souls need right now, Lord. 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.439 I thank you for these dear brothers and sisters, 00:03:38.620 --> 00:03:39.900 for each one that you brought here 00:03:39.900 --> 00:03:41.340 by your providence this morning. 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:43.719 And I pray that your spirit will minister 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:44.979 and feed us. 00:03:45.539 --> 00:03:47.039 You know what each one needs, Lord, 00:03:47.139 --> 00:03:49.219 to keep going and to grow. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:51.000 We trust that you will do this 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.599 because you are faithful 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.460 and you are faithful to your word. 00:03:55.079 --> 00:03:56.979 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:58.020 Amen. 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:04.400 Well, beloved congregation 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:05.699 of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:08.780 what I hope to do today 00:04:08.780 --> 00:04:10.879 is to walk through these verses 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:12.539 and see together how 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:14.400 you and I magnify 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:16.639 the glory of God on earth. 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:19.180 How does the church 00:04:19.180 --> 00:04:21.699 magnify the glory of God on earth? 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:30.180 this was how Paul described it in his own life in verses 19 and 20 he said I am this is chapter 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:36.079 one of Philippians 19 and 20 I am confident of this that through your prayer and the supply of 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:43.599 the Holy Spirit Christ will be magnified in my life and now he turns his focus to not his own 00:04:43.599 --> 00:04:49.839 situation in life but to the congregation in Philippi and he says in chapter 2 verse 5 let 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:58.060 the mind of Christ be in you the mind of Christ and he rehearses for them in verse 6 Christ who 00:04:58.060 --> 00:05:05.379 shares the essence of the holy holy holy God verse 8 he humbled himself and he became obedient unto 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:16.500 death verse 11 of chapter 2 he did all of this to the glory of God the Father so this is the concern 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:23.060 of this passage it's how God's glory is magnified on earth through you his church 00:05:23.060 --> 00:05:33.459 a telescope magnifies a telescope takes something far away and brings it close makes it accessible 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:43.660 I looked up this morning we are in the Milky Way galaxy there's there's over I want to say 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:49.040 over 200 I think it's 200 billion stars in one galaxy but then how many galaxies are there in 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:56.640 the universe about 170 galaxies it's mind-blowing what God has created and he holds all the stars in 00:05:56.640 --> 00:06:02.420 the palm of his hand so those things are glorious and the telescope helps bring those things that are 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:08.320 far away and make them accessible well what about the glory of the God who created these glorious stars 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:18.959 in galaxies he brings his glory to this earth on this planet in this galaxy through people like you and me 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:26.219 the person sitting to your right and your left the church four observations from this passage number one 00:06:26.219 --> 00:06:36.740 God's glory is magnified on earth in his church look at verse 5 again let this mind be in you 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:42.759 which was also in Christ Jesus so who is it that shares the mind of Christ 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:50.560 well in chapter 2 he starts with the word therefore you've probably heard that every time you come across 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:56.439 the word therefore you have to ask what's the question what is therefore therefore so you go a little bit 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:04.920 and in chapter 1 verse 27 as heavenly citizens you could say as God's gospel colony in Philippi 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:09.000 who are sharing in the suffering of Christ that's his audience 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:17.399 and he says now in in verse 1 it's you who know what it is to be encouraged and exhorted in Christ 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:24.439 it's you who are comforted by his love it's you who know this fellowship of the Holy Spirit 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:34.759 it's the church it's impossible to be unregenerate to still have a heart of stone it's impossible 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:43.740 it would go against your nature if you're still caught in verse 3 of Philippians chapter 2 where it 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:51.079 says selfish ambition conceit see these are the words of those who don't know Christ who are not in him 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:55.300 who don't have the fellowship of the spirit that's not who brings glory to God it's impossible 00:07:55.300 --> 00:08:03.279 and what a what a sting that would be because what he says in chapter 2 verse 3 that phrase selfish 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:09.259 ambition that's how he spoke of those preachers who preach Christ with bad motives now he's saying be 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:15.240 careful there's threats to the church from outside like those obvious ones but be careful your flesh is 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:21.319 bent in that direction even if you're regenerate your pride is going to want to steal some glory for 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:31.360 yourself that word is best translated I think as vain glory vain glory to pursue your own prestige 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:39.639 one commentator called this vain glory that strangely addictive and debasing cocktail of vanity and public 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:46.000 opinion it's strange how our flesh will even want that why would you want to keep drinking that 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:54.500 and conceit it's to be puffed up it's to view reality in a distorted way it's to be out of touch with 00:08:54.500 --> 00:09:02.480 what's real and true conceit is what Satan brings that's how Satan thought and how Satan and all those under 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:11.259 the pagan spell of the demons think that way Satan thought that equality with God could be grasped 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:17.580 and it's the way of the world it's a threat to the church he also warned the church in Galatia 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:24.460 Galatians 5 26 let us those within the church those hearing this reading let us not become conceited 00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:31.539 that's the word of Satan provoking one another envying one another to the church in Corinth 2 Corinthians 00:09:31.539 --> 00:09:37.759 12 20 he warned them of this danger your church could become marked by here's the list contentions 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:45.259 jealousies outbursts of wrath selfish ambitions backbitings whisperings conceits there's the same 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:54.740 word again and tumults he says be careful it's possible to claim the name of Jesus to minister in the 00:09:54.740 --> 00:10:01.519 name of Jesus even to say the right message in the name of Jesus but it's a counterfeit that does not 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:08.799 bringing glory to God you can use the name of God but you can have the mind of Satan 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:14.799 if you're doing this for selfish ambition or vain conceit or you can even have the right message 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:18.379 but do it for man's glory those are counterfeits 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:25.899 Jesus prayed in Matthew 11 we heard this I thank you father lord of heaven and earth that you have hidden 00:10:25.899 --> 00:10:31.879 these things from the wise and learned and have revealed them to babes for so it seemed good in 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:38.439 your sight so the question I'm trying to answer is who is it that truly does magnify the glory of God 00:10:38.439 --> 00:10:43.899 it's the answer is it's not everyone who claims the name of God it's not that it's more narrow 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:56.039 he says in verse one again if there is any consolation in Christ how much any if there is any comfort if any 00:10:56.039 --> 00:11:04.759 fellowship of the spirit if any affection and mercy who magnifies the glory of God you who have tasted 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:11.360 even the smallest amount of how good God is in Christ you magnify his glory on earth 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:22.740 is there anyone here today who needed to be consoled spiritually and you were comforted and exhorted 00:11:22.740 --> 00:11:29.319 and encouraged in Christ then you are the one he's talking to you're the one who will bring glory to God 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:33.160 on earth is there anyone here is there anyone here is there anyone here is there anyone here is there anyone 00:11:33.160 --> 00:11:40.280 whose soul was once so hollow you thought you were going to die and if you died won't even make a difference 00:11:40.280 --> 00:11:48.379 and then Christ poured his spirit into fill your heart to overflowing then he's talking to you 00:11:48.379 --> 00:11:56.760 you are the one who will bring glory to God on earth if there's any of us who have felt very lonely in this world 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:05.240 we all have we have enjoyed now through Christ the fellowship of his spirit well then you're the one 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:11.860 through whom he will bring his glory on earth if you can think back to that time when your heart was still 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:20.120 ice cold toward God and his love melted your heart then you're the one through whom his glory will be revealed 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:30.200 on earth if you're a much forgiven sinner who's been surprised by God's own mercy now in your heart 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:36.179 toward his people where did my love for his church come from I I love his church where did that come from 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:45.419 that's not natural he says if this is true of you then let the mind of Christ be in you you've gotten a 00:12:45.419 --> 00:12:51.000 taste of it you've gotten any amount of it want more and more and more and more do this to the glory 00:12:51.000 --> 00:13:00.459 of God the Father verse 11 so God's glory is magnified on earth in his true church you who have 00:13:00.459 --> 00:13:07.120 tasted any of his love number two the more you experience Christ's goodness the more you desire 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:13.339 to magnify his glory the first question is who who are we talking about the next question is why the 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:23.460 motive behind it but why look at verse two he uses a personal appeal he says fulfill my joy so don't 00:13:23.460 --> 00:13:29.580 do this because it's it's like a law or someone's regulating or forcing you no fulfill my joy do it do it 00:13:29.580 --> 00:13:36.320 to make me happy and proud by being like-minded having the same love being in one accord of one mind 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:44.120 in the fourth chapter of Philippians we learn of a conflict between two very influential women in 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:49.740 this congregation in Philippi now it's interesting in this whole letter Paul never says who was right 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:55.800 or even what the conflict was about it's as if that doesn't even matter he does not take sides 00:13:55.800 --> 00:14:01.880 he does not call the church to erase their differences nor pretend like their differences don't exist 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:08.720 and we can give gain some other insights there was this threat of of bad teachers all around them but 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:15.700 also internally within the congregation there's going to be diversity of opinions and values and 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:20.899 things that will be put into collision one with another among true Christians who have shared any of 00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:28.659 God's love and shared any of his fellowship there will be conflict and difference remember in Acts there's 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:34.779 there's these examples we have Paul and his team traveling with him Paul is a Jew and then we hear 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:42.459 of the conversion of three other people Lydia was from Asia and she was of the wealthy class the slave girl 00:14:42.459 --> 00:14:48.480 that was demon-possessed and freed and converted she was most likely Greek and definitely of lower class 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:55.000 she was a slave and then there's the Roman jailer who you know historians do their best guess to say that he 00:14:55.000 --> 00:15:01.820 was most likely a Roman soldier so you've got Jew Asian Greek Roman all together in this little church 00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:09.659 and this verse this passage verses one through four it's in Greek it's one continuous sentence that only 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:19.440 has one verb and the verb is right here in verse two being like-minded being of one accord that's the verb 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:28.440 this verb is plural so it's saying you or ye in the plural be this way and that phrase like-minded it's 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:36.040 it's really literally translated this way may you plural all of you together may be being disposed 00:15:36.040 --> 00:15:46.080 it could almost be like have a shared mentality a shared mindset an attitude collectively that defines you 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:51.980 you're not all bound to hold the same opinions that wouldn't even be good for a church 00:15:51.980 --> 00:16:01.540 but you are to be of one accord he says of one mind literally one sold like one shared personality 00:16:01.540 --> 00:16:07.820 one shared identity who are you I'm a member of this church that's who I am above everything else 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:15.960 because I'm in Christ you have a shared mission and you're a team one commentator pointed out 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:22.520 uniformity comes from pressure without but unity which is the need of the church in Philippi 00:16:22.520 --> 00:16:30.660 is only possible by the work of the Holy Spirit within internal divisions can only be resolved 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:36.559 when our minds get filled with Christ over and over again by the Holy Spirit 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:43.919 and this is a gift to the church to share a mind focused on Christ and his glory despite all of our differences 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:48.279 and then our differences actually are a source of strength for the body for the congregation 00:16:48.279 --> 00:17:01.100 the more you experience Christ's goodness the more you desire to magnify his glory the hungriest 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:07.399 people to lift that trophy that world cup trophy when you get the shot every four years 00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:14.920 biggest sports tournament in the world are those who have tasted it before that's why Brazil has won the 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:20.080 world cup five times more than any other country they've tasted it the whole nation behind them 00:17:20.080 --> 00:17:27.519 rallying with them and so Paul's words here where he says if if if if if then make my joy complete 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:35.320 and be like-minded it's like an old coach and it's his last season before he's going to retire 00:17:35.320 --> 00:17:44.900 and he sits down all these young guys and he says if that crest over your heart the emblem of 00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:53.100 our nation if that stirs up any patriotism inside of you if your family name on the back of your jersey 00:17:53.100 --> 00:17:59.560 makes you willing to sacrifice for something greater than you as an individual then you will 00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:05.380 leave it all on the field if those great players who wore that number that you now carry on your back 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:11.519 if that means anything to you and you have any respect for them then you'll dare to achieve 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:17.200 something great with this team that most players would never even dare to dream of that's what he's 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:26.539 saying to the church fulfill my joy do this for the old coach don't play for yourself for your stats 00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:35.660 do it for my joy do it for the team do it for the legacy play our game for one another and we'll share the cup 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:46.340 see this is the pattern of christ with his disciples isn't it it was for the joy set before christ that he endured the cross 00:18:46.340 --> 00:18:50.720 to share this joy with you to share his crown with his church 00:18:50.720 --> 00:19:00.220 paul says following christ's example fulfill my joy by being like-minded having the same love being of one accord of one mind 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:08.740 see what you feel on the inside these are all emotional personal appeals someone said it's like it's like a rope with 00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:15.180 all these different hooks anything inside of your heart or your soul that he can hook on to and pull you toward christ 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:22.880 he's appealing to it our faith can't just be a desire or a feeling it's a feeling that christ by the power of the holy 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:29.860 spirit pulls into action with his church spurgeon commented on this principle he said if your religion 00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:36.980 can live and die within your own hearts nowhere else then you have not any that is worth having 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:45.400 if you would adorn the gospel you must love others love them intensely and make it one objective of yours 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:52.120 in your life to make other people happy for so you will then be acting according to the spirit 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:59.159 and genius of the gospel you will be adorning the doctrine of god our savior in all things 00:19:59.159 --> 00:20:07.059 so if you've tasted any of god's goodness church then let the mind of christ jesus be in you also 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:14.459 to the glory of god the father we do this day after day and the more we experience christ's goodness 00:20:14.459 --> 00:20:18.419 the more we desire to magnify god on earth don't we 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:28.660 number three that god's glory it's magnified on earth when the minds of god's people get filled 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:36.680 with christ that's how he does it we saw who we saw why the motive and now it's how how does god do 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:40.980 this through his church it's by filling our minds with jesus christ 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:49.680 in verse three he says negatively let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:57.960 number verse two he had said being like-minded of one accord of one mind sharing that mind of christ 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:05.400 and that's why his example the first example he gives in this chapter is jesus christ verse five 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:16.640 the trinity father son and holy spirit the creator of all is self-existent self-sufficient holy good 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:26.820 loving glorious and his eternal decree before time and space are created the holy triune god says 00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:33.939 let's magnify our glory to our creation well how 00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:45.480 and the answer is in verse six jesus christ god the son being the essence of and equal with god 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:55.639 verse seven he made himself of no reputation hebrews 10 5 and 7 says when christ came into the world he said 00:21:55.640 --> 00:22:04.000 a body you have prepared for me behold i have come to do your will oh god as it is written in the bible 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:13.500 here are the disciples now with the lord jesus christ incarnate clamoring to have a position of honor 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:22.759 and power in his kingdom and as alistair beg pointed out the same god creator who that said let's make water 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:30.140 be h2o that's what water will be that same designer and creator put a towel around his waist and took the 00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:37.759 water he created and washed the dirt off the feet of his disciples bringing their dirt unto himself 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:42.680 this is what it means to have the mind of christ 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:48.759 and jesus said to his disciples and all who will follow him 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:58.519 john 13 a new commandment i give to you that you love one another how just as i have loved you 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:04.380 you also are to love one another by this all people will know that you are my disciples 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:11.420 if you have love for one another by this the creation the earth will see my glory 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:17.900 when my love is inside of you for one another just as i have loved you 00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:23.460 titus chapter 2 verse 9 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:30.980 paul writes specifically to bond servants slaves within the church and he says 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:39.819 be obedient to your masters to be well pleasing in all things not answering back but showing all 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:48.460 good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of god our savior in all things how much ought we to 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:57.099 serve one another even as a slave serving another master because it adorns the doctrine of our salvation 00:23:57.099 --> 00:24:04.819 it expresses to the world it makes it visible this is how glorious our god is who took on flesh and came to save 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:06.259 sinners like us 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:09.039 let this mind be 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:12.659 in you that was in christ jesus he says in verse 5 00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:15.959 and do this to the glory of god the father 00:24:15.959 --> 00:24:19.619 when christ fills your mind 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:21.179 with himself 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:24.860 there's no space left for our pride 00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:28.660 there's really no target left for satan 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:31.700 when our mind is full of christ there's 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:35.160 really nothing to be baited or tempted with 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:39.340 when our mind is full of christ his love will ooze out 00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:42.519 as if it were jewelry on us 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:44.000 it's his love 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.420 john chrysostom made that observation he said 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:51.480 as the children of the wealthy have an ornament of gold around their neck 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:56.100 and never take it off because it exhibits a token of their high birth 00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:57.279 so 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.400 compassion 00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.480 and mercy 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:01.039 are our status 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.840 symbol 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:03.539 as citizens of heaven 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:07.320 god's glory is magnified on earth 00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:07.860 the more 00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.980 your mind 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.700 and mine 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.500 get filled with christ 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:16.039 fourth and final observation for today 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:18.799 is that god's glory is magnified on earth 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:23.200 as christ's people learn his humility from him 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:30.720 god's glory is magnified on earth as christ's people learn his humility from him 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.279 moises silva 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:37.940 commented that the true obstacle to unity 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:43.539 is not the presence of legitimate differences of opinion but self-centeredness 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:46.539 in verse 3 paul cautioned 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.480 he says 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:51.599 don't let conceit creep in or vain glory 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.899 but instead verse 3 00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:54.519 in lowliness of mind 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:58.220 let each esteem others better than himself 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.420 verse 4 00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:00.519 let each of you look 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:02.639 not only to your own interests 00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:05.099 but also to the interests or rights 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.180 of others 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:09.500 let the mind of christ jesus be 00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.399 in you 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:13.080 we know that philippi 00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:14.060 in act 16 00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:15.840 is described as the foremost 00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.780 colony 00:26:16.780 --> 00:26:18.840 the imperial colony 00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.640 in macedonia 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:21.720 the citizens of philippi 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:23.980 they would have assigned a high value 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.259 to questions of roman 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.680 social status 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.320 and rank 00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:31.480 and so when he says in verse 3 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.860 in lowliness of mind 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:35.120 or in humility 00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:37.500 let each esteem better than himself 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:41.359 this would have been a shocking word for him to use 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:47.579 in the Hebrew faith and religion 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.839 humility was a virtue 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.099 but in the Greek word 00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:52.000 it was a derogatory term 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.279 so if you look in secular Greek literature 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.740 nowhere will the word humility 00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:58.900 in this sense be used as a virtue 00:26:58.900 --> 00:27:01.519 it's rarely used 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.539 and then only to push someone down 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.319 to denote them as a servile 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:07.039 beast 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.119 like a 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:10.299 a person that's extremely weak 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.259 and dumb 00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:13.539 they're like a donkey 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:15.000 that's just meant to carry 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.079 carry something from one place to the other 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.519 to say a person is 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.359 low-minded 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.679 that's what you're calling them 00:27:20.679 --> 00:27:22.759 and he says in verse 3 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.059 be that 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.200 be humble 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:29.740 this word if you break it down 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.759 it has a base 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.599 and an adjective 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.919 the base of this word 00:27:32.919 --> 00:27:33.559 humility 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.059 humility 00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.919 or low-mindedness 00:27:34.919 --> 00:27:35.659 it's the mind 00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:37.559 the faculty of perceiving 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.179 and judging 00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.839 and the adjective is 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.240 not rising far above the ground 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.339 very low 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.519 in spirit 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.679 deferring 00:27:45.679 --> 00:27:47.379 servilely to others 00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:49.779 and he says 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.059 learn 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.359 from Christ 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.720 how to be 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.500 humble 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.019 how to be low 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.759 minded 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.899 our Lord Jesus Christ 00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.220 was 00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.639 humble toward his father 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:03.300 the opposite would be 00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:04.259 to be proud 00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.980 before God 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.060 to be unyielding 00:28:06.060 --> 00:28:08.080 but Jesus Christ 00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.500 he was 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:10.720 here to obey his father 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.000 to do his father's will 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.540 he was always content 00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:14.880 and he never complained 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:17.000 about God's providence 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:18.100 in his life 00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:19.300 be 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:20.280 like Christ 00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:21.020 have the mind 00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.740 of Christ 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:24.100 think of a child 00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:25.560 in a household 00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.300 how powerless 00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:27.840 especially in the ancient world 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:29.699 the child's completely 00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.319 at the mercy 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:31.119 of the parents 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.639 decisions 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.519 and Jesus said 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.799 in Matthew 18 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.500 for whoever 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.439 humbles 00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.299 himself 00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:38.079 like a child 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.279 is greatest 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.319 in the kingdom 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.899 of heaven 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:44.419 someone had pointed out 00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.359 I think very wisely 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.639 that true humility 00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.819 biblical humility 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.579 like Christ 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:50.159 is not to think 00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:51.399 less of yourself 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:53.559 but to think of yourself 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.439 less 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:56.160 such humility 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:58.740 I apologize 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.940 such humility 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.080 as Christ provided 00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:02.799 with his own life 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.799 it's not a sign 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.640 of weakness 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.220 but a sign 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.840 of strength 00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:07.860 Christ lived 00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.820 to save 00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.519 others 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.640 he lived 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.240 to obey 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.880 his father 00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:13.680 he put his own 00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.400 rights 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.140 aside 00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.779 to accomplish 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.340 the mission 00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:18.440 that God called him to 00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:21.580 someone concluded 00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.660 that there can be 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.380 nothing 00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.540 so foreign 00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:25.620 to a soul 00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.780 that is united 00:29:26.780 --> 00:29:27.460 to this 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.460 humble Christ 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.560 as arrogance 00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.860 it's impossible 00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:33.360 and I was so encouraged 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.740 to see 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.900 what does this look like 00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:36.180 when this mind of Christ 00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.880 this humility 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.840 like Jesus had 00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:39.300 when that slowly 00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.960 works its way 00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.880 into all of us 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:42.800 I was encouraged 00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.440 to see how this 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.120 actually becomes 00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.760 a protection 00:29:44.760 --> 00:29:46.320 for the church 00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:47.140 from the attacks 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.740 of the enemy 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:50.220 John Chrysostom 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.840 pointed out 00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:52.200 when there is a 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.860 mutual 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.299 unselfishness 00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.240 a mutual 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.119 both looking out 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.819 for the interests 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.419 of one another 00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.959 and the rights 00:29:57.959 --> 00:29:58.579 of one another 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.479 he called it 00:29:59.479 --> 00:30:00.759 a double wall 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.639 of gentleness 00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.559 that Satan 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.319 can't penetrate 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:05.079 Satan wants to 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.559 accuse us 00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.199 one to the other 00:30:06.199 --> 00:30:07.119 he wants to 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.119 divide and try 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.619 to conquer 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.919 and God puts 00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.599 in the Christians 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.419 by the Holy Spirit 00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:12.139 in each of us 00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:13.500 a gentleness 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.279 toward one another 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.219 that we learn 00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:15.819 from Christ 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.779 a humility 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.079 to serve one another 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.899 and this puts up 00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.719 a double wall 00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.779 against the attacks 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.480 of Satan 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.039 to penetrate 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.899 and try to 00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.879 break up his church 00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:25.359 Polycarp 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:25.799 similarly 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.779 he said 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.339 this is like 00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.460 it's participating 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.599 one another 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.759 by the gentleness 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.700 of the Lord 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:33.000 it's his gentleness 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.599 and kindness 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:34.279 in us 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.440 and we participate 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.740 for one another 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.279 to protect the walls 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.819 of the church 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.440 for the glory 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.940 of God 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:43.139 it's to walk 00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:44.299 in Christ's 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:44.799 meekness 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.839 and humble 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.460 footsteps 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:49.460 Jesus said 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.639 blessed are the meek 00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.919 for they shall 00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.559 inherit 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.599 the earth 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:56.899 you know 00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.700 how this looks 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.500 in our lives 00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.659 I think it can take 00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:01.079 a variety of forms 00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:02.339 really small tasks 00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:03.180 we do every day 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.740 one another 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.440 you all do here 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.940 on a Sunday 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.799 and it can also take 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.519 really colorful expressions 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.680 different parts of the world 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.299 that we would never 00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.259 even be aware of 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.039 so we share this 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.720 as a testimony 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:14.220 to God's faithfulness 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:16.079 one example like that 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.039 is from an evangelist 00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.440 in China 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.600 named Watchman Nying 00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:21.059 and he told about 00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:22.059 this Christian 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:23.299 who was a farmer 00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.539 and he had a rice plantation 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:26.000 and because it was 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.579 on the mountains 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.799 you had to create a terrace 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.039 and you have different levels 00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.319 of rice plantation 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.839 and when you irrigate one 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.980 you have these little 00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.460 dikes that open up 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.799 the water 00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.480 and it can flow 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.440 to the lower fields 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.940 well this Christian 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.980 happened to live 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.700 way high up 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.140 on the mountain 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.860 and he had access 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.400 to water 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:42.319 and he would do 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.880 the hard work 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.440 of getting up 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.900 every morning 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.460 and letting that 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.200 water flood 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.680 his rice plantation 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.259 but he noticed 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.720 the pattern 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.860 that his neighbor 00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:51.240 who was not a believer 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.560 kept opening up 00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.120 the dikes 00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.160 without permission 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.900 and draining out 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.300 the water 00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:57.800 so that the Christian's 00:31:57.800 --> 00:31:59.360 crops start to get dry 00:31:59.360 --> 00:32:00.100 and he couldn't 00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.900 figure out why 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.480 and this neighbor 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.640 that was further down 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:05.060 with the help of gravity 00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:06.500 was stealing his water 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:08.660 so the Christian 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.420 did not know 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.040 what to do 00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:11.580 and he went to his church 00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.480 and they prayed together 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.680 they searched the scriptures 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.039 and the church 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.779 encouraged him 00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.759 his fellow brothers 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.720 and sisters in Christ 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.460 encouraged him 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:20.180 to be like Christ 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.019 be humble 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.539 think of your interest 00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:23.460 but also the interest 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.980 of others 00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:26.099 and with the power 00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.920 of the Holy Spirit 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.700 and the example 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.460 of Jesus Christ 00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.079 this believer 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.420 started getting up 00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.720 two hours earlier 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.319 and he would first 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.799 fill up his neighbor's 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.720 field with water 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.660 take care of his needs 00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.279 and then he would 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.839 keep working 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.159 and fill up his own 00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:41.000 field with water 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:43.139 say well hold on 00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.899 in this example 00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:45.379 this is dealing 00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.199 with the church 00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:47.179 it's talking about 00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:48.259 unity within the church 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.859 serving those 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.659 within the body 00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:52.220 brothers and sisters 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.119 we don't know 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.480 which souls 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.720 Jesus died for 00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.480 and it's whoever 00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.199 will believe 00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:59.139 will reveal to us 00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.819 who it is 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.579 well in this example 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.139 in China 00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:03.319 this evangelist 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.039 shares this story 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.079 that that neighbor 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.959 who was stealing water 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.299 and then got served 00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.559 so generously 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.120 and humbly 00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:10.860 by this Christian 00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:12.340 he wanted to see 00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.100 if this is real 00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:14.240 he wanted to understand 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.660 why 00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:16.100 and he came to church 00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.940 and became friends 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:18.039 and got saved 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:19.500 he's part of the church 00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.799 now 00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.340 he was one for whom 00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.980 Christ had died 00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.559 all along 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.579 and this was the means 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.259 this suffering 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:26.559 and this sacrifice 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.440 of the Christian 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.460 looking out for the 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.420 interests of his neighbor 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.440 was the means 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.140 God used 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.559 to bring another soul 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.759 into his family 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:36.779 Romans 14 19 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.099 says let us pursue 00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:39.799 what makes for peace 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:42.319 and for mutual up building 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.700 how do we do this 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:46.220 what Jesus said 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.879 in Matthew 11 29 00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:50.379 learn from me 00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:54.119 we learn from Jesus Christ 00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:56.879 he says I am meek 00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:58.940 and lowly in heart 00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.740 learn from me 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:03.059 and there's no striving 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.740 you will instead 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.740 you'll find rest 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.740 for your souls 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.980 so church 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.119 God's glory 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:11.480 is magnified on earth 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.280 as you and I 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.039 learn 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.320 the humility 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.380 of Christ himself 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.920 from Christ 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.719 by the work 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.519 of the Holy Spirit 00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.099 in us 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:21.639 so let this mind 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.179 of Christ 00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:23.099 be in you 00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.300 more and more 00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.840 and that's how you 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:27.280 and I get to magnify 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.340 the glory 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.440 of our creator 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.940 right here on the earth 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.940 where he's put us 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:33.059 to the glory 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.360 of God the Father 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.960 let's pray 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:38.120 we confess 00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:39.440 this is all your work 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.460 from start to finish 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.360 and you who began 00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.940 a good work 00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.079 you will see it through 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.140 to completion 00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:45.920 we ask that your Holy Spirit 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.920 illumine to us 00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.980 how it is you want 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.079 to apply this truth 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.079 for your glory 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.940 in our lives today 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.680 amen 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.679 oh my God 00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.659 then