WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.540 Well, good morning, everyone. 00:00:06.620 --> 00:00:08.700 Would you turn to Philippians chapter 1? 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:14.580 Please pray with me. 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:24.640 Our Father in heaven, we ask that you would show us the greatness of your Son. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:32.060 And we ask that you would give us grace to make him our deepest treasure. 00:00:32.980 --> 00:00:35.079 In Jesus' name we ask. Amen. 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:45.780 Why does he always leave his dishes at the sink? 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:54.859 If Mum knew how bad these vegetables tasted, she would not be forcing them down my throat. 00:00:56.719 --> 00:00:59.500 I really want that last slice of pizza. 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:02.579 Oh, no, no, no, you have it, I'm full. 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:09.760 If only she knew how great I am, then she would go out with me. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.579 Dad just wants the money for himself. 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:18.379 That's why he's not buying me that phone. 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:24.359 Can't she see how good it would be to own that car? 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.939 Why on earth did she spend money on flowers again? 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:37.099 She uses the heater way more than me. 00:01:38.579 --> 00:01:41.319 It's not fair that we split the bill 50-50. 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:51.899 Why can't she just try and sleep when I put her to bed? 00:01:51.900 --> 00:01:59.180 Why on earth would the coach let Dave start on the field and I have to sit on the bench? 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:04.719 Why do they always mow the lawns on Saturday morning? 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:09.400 Can't he see that I'm hurt? 00:02:09.740 --> 00:02:11.900 Why is he pretending like he's the one hurt? 00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:19.699 How can they believe that the Bible allows evolution to be possible? 00:02:19.699 --> 00:02:27.459 I've got great ideas for how the church can do evangelism better, but no one asks me. 00:02:27.460 --> 00:02:34.300 Isn't it obvious that those type of songs don't worship God? 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:43.680 Wouldn't life be so much better if people just agreed with the way we were thinking? 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:46.480 Wouldn't it be better? 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:48.319 Imagine it. 00:02:48.819 --> 00:02:52.739 You would have the house and the finances set up the best way. 00:02:53.699 --> 00:02:57.219 Your sporting team would have the best chance of winning. 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.699 You would be able to have the stuff you need. 00:03:01.399 --> 00:03:04.459 Your work would always be satisfying, not too stressful. 00:03:04.859 --> 00:03:07.299 Your kids would always do what you say. 00:03:08.859 --> 00:03:11.819 Your parents would always do what you say. 00:03:11.819 --> 00:03:17.900 You'd get on wonderfully with your neighbours, never having to speak to them. 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.840 Bible studies would be 10 minutes, not an hour. 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.039 You'd always resolve disagreements within seconds. 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:33.299 You would have the best strategies for ministries and evangelism as a church. 00:03:34.340 --> 00:03:39.620 Life would be so much better if you would just think the way I think. 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:43.500 In fact, God says we need to be united. 00:03:44.219 --> 00:03:49.180 I reckon we would be way more united if you just thought the way I think. 00:03:53.620 --> 00:03:59.240 This morning, do you know what God's going to say to us through our passage in Philippians? 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:02.000 Here's what you're not expecting. 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.219 God is saying that we ought to think the same way. 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:09.500 But not how we might expect. 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:11.300 Something way better. 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:15.700 The reputation of Jesus himself. 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.840 The reputation of the gospel is at stake. 00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:23.560 We heard last week, 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:29.259 if Christ himself is our deepest treasure of our hearts, 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:31.800 then we will count death as gain. 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:36.699 And we'll count living for him as what it means to truly live. 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:39.740 So how do we live for Christ? 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:41.160 What does that even look like? 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:45.160 Here we come to verse 27. 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:50.760 Paul gives the Philippians and he gives us one single instruction. 00:04:50.840 --> 00:04:51.520 Only. 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:58.380 For everyone who God has saved by his grace, he makes this call on your life. 00:04:58.379 --> 00:04:59.379 Only. 00:04:59.379 --> 00:05:00.379 Only. 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:00.420 Only. 00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:06.060 Let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ. 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:16.560 You believe the message that you deserve God's just punishment for your sinful attitude to God and your sinful behavior. 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:20.420 But you also believe that Jesus took that punishment for you. 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:21.259 All of it. 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:22.280 He took it for you. 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:26.019 And he gave you his eternal life with God. 00:05:26.019 --> 00:05:31.039 The gospel is great, isn't it? 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:35.500 Hearing it and believing it has saved your life. 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:39.199 Now, how do we respond? 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.759 And remember at this point, God is at work in us to produce this response. 00:05:46.539 --> 00:05:53.859 Conduct every aspect of your life, every aspect of your life to show the greatness of Christ. 00:05:56.019 --> 00:05:59.339 Here, Paul uses a word for live. 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.159 Usually he uses a word that means something more like walk. 00:06:03.659 --> 00:06:08.959 But here he uses a different word, something more like live as citizens of a country. 00:06:10.579 --> 00:06:15.519 The Philippians, they would have been proud Roman citizens. 00:06:16.139 --> 00:06:20.439 And they would feel tremendous pressure to live worthy of being called Roman. 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:24.579 But now that Christ has saved them, now that Christ has saved us, 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:31.019 we need to think of ourselves under a different citizenship, a citizenship in heaven. 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:37.219 You are living under the law of the gospel of grace. 00:06:38.219 --> 00:06:40.219 So act according to grace. 00:06:40.220 --> 00:06:50.660 From watching TV, to choosing bananas, to having sex, to playing footy, to crying, to feeling anxious. 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:59.040 Let your thinking and values and choices be governed by God's grace to you in Jesus. 00:07:01.260 --> 00:07:03.420 It's a big call, isn't it? 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:05.860 God is at work in us to produce this. 00:07:05.860 --> 00:07:09.020 And our passage is going to help us do this. 00:07:10.020 --> 00:07:14.600 Live in a way that makes Christ and his gospel look as great as he is. 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:19.980 But what makes Christ look great? 00:07:20.740 --> 00:07:23.240 What shows that he is our treasure? 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:29.680 What shows the people around us the priceless value of the gospel message? 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:36.840 Well, the rest of the letter and the rest of the Bible addresses lots of areas that we need to hear. 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:40.560 And that's why we need to saturate in God's word all the time. 00:07:41.840 --> 00:07:48.040 But the first thing that Paul addresses appears to be the primary way to live to make Christ look great. 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:52.600 It is what he spends the majority of the letter talking about. 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:59.160 And it's what he devotes the most beautiful poem of the New Testament to help us do. 00:08:00.760 --> 00:08:01.860 This is what it is. 00:08:01.980 --> 00:08:07.500 Live in a way that shows the greatness of Christ by remaining united. 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:13.080 Not united around superficial things. 00:08:13.460 --> 00:08:15.560 Not even things like evangelism. 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:24.280 We make Christ look great in our unity when we share in Jesus' humble way of thinking. 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:34.679 So for the rest of this morning, we'll hear four aspects of how to live to show the greatness of Christ. 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:40.620 The first one, when we remain united while under attack, 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:45.519 this is a clear sign of the truth of the gospel. 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:53.500 The second aspect is that it's not external opposition that really threatens us. 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:59.679 What really has the potential to divide us is our own self-seeking thinking. 00:09:02.899 --> 00:09:08.299 Thirdly, we remain united by sharing Jesus' humble way of thinking. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:15.620 And lastly, we believe that Christ is great because of his humility. 00:09:17.219 --> 00:09:20.699 When we believe that he is great because of his humility, 00:09:20.939 --> 00:09:22.740 we will share in his thinking. 00:09:25.299 --> 00:09:26.799 So let's get into it. 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:29.359 Look at verse 28. 00:09:29.359 --> 00:09:29.379 Verse 28. 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:38.740 So first, remain united while under external attack. 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:43.720 The Philippians had been getting the gospel out into their city 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:48.480 and no doubt they were already living in ways that showed that their primary loyalty 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.419 was not to Rome but to Christ. 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:54.460 What do you think that caused? 00:09:54.460 --> 00:09:59.500 Jesus said, 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:02.320 if you were of the world, 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:05.860 the world would love you as its own. 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:09.080 But because you were not of the world, 00:10:10.420 --> 00:10:12.879 but I chose you out of the world, 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:15.920 therefore the world hates you. 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:20.780 We are citizens of heaven. 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:24.759 If they persecuted me, 00:10:25.059 --> 00:10:25.579 says Jesus, 00:10:25.699 --> 00:10:27.159 they will also persecute you. 00:10:28.819 --> 00:10:31.360 Opposition to Jesus is par for the course. 00:10:33.459 --> 00:10:35.639 The gospel is good news. 00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:37.120 It is good news, 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.059 but people will either love it or hate it. 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:43.399 When you live in line with the gospel, 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:45.199 people will be attracted to it 00:10:45.199 --> 00:10:47.240 or they'll despise it. 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:52.960 Now, one thing to make clear, 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:57.139 if we ourselves are offensive in our manner 00:10:57.139 --> 00:11:01.399 and people are hostile towards us because we are offensive, 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:03.639 don't call that persecution. 00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:05.680 You're just offensive. 00:11:07.680 --> 00:11:09.779 So there's a few guys on Beaumont Street. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.039 They just approach people and say, 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:14.480 do you know you're going to heaven? 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.399 Okay, confronting, maybe it's loving. 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:19.560 And then even when Christians go, 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:21.460 yes, I believe in Jesus, I'm going to heaven. 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:22.519 They're like, are you sure? 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:24.139 And then they just walk away. 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.360 Now, they're offensive. 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:29.620 Don't call that persecution. 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:32.480 But even if you are gentle and considerate 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.340 and truthful to the gospel, 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:36.560 it will bring about opposition 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:41.139 because people will either submit to Christ 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:42.519 or they will oppose him. 00:11:45.719 --> 00:11:46.899 For the Philippians, 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:50.019 the opponents are either people coming into the church 00:11:50.019 --> 00:11:51.239 trying to teach them to, 00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:54.199 they have to submit to the law of Moses, 00:11:54.579 --> 00:11:58.959 or maybe the opponents are just the surrounding society, 00:12:00.019 --> 00:12:01.239 the surrounding authorities. 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:04.159 I think that's more likely because in verse 30, 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:08.320 Paul compares their conflict to his current imprisonment 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:11.620 and also his original imprisonment in Philippi. 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:14.399 But it could just be any opponent's. 00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:19.919 The important thing is that the church holds rank. 00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:23.799 Their chief officer, Paul, is absent. 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:25.759 But that doesn't matter. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.200 For the sake of showing that Christ is great 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:31.679 and his gospel is worth believing and sharing, 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:34.679 they are to stand firm in one spirit, 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:37.620 with one mind, striving side by side 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:39.100 for the faith of the gospel. 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.360 It's military language. 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:45.919 Roman soldiers would hold their ground 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.159 by having half their shield covering themselves 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.480 and half their shield covering the man beside them. 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:53.679 They would move and defend as one unit, 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:54.679 as one man. 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:59.120 The Philippians are to have the same spirit, 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:00.960 the same goal motivating them. 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.679 They have the same mind controlling their every movement. 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.419 Move as one. 00:13:09.259 --> 00:13:11.259 Whatever the opponents threw at them, 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.779 don't feel scared. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:17.059 Feel pity for the opponents 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:20.980 and feel assured of your own salvation. 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:25.800 Now that's opposite to the way we think. 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:27.779 How do we think this way? 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.860 How can we be sure that God approves of us 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:32.279 when people are opposing us? 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:35.259 Sure doesn't feel like God is approving of us in that moment. 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:37.659 Verse 29, have a look. 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:45.059 We're to know and remember that God has not only given you faith in Jesus, 00:13:45.059 --> 00:13:51.139 but he gives you opportunities to witness to the value of Jesus 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:54.679 by giving you sufferings simply for your faith in Jesus. 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:59.199 When we remain united, 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:02.159 committed to the gospel together, 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.459 even when under attack, 00:14:05.019 --> 00:14:07.039 this shows that we really believe. 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:09.120 This shows that we belong to Christ 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.339 and it shows that our opponents are really opposing Christ. 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:17.620 They will be judged on the last day. 00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:18.899 Let's feel pity for them. 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.980 Let's pray for them. 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.180 When we remain united, 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:26.259 we are reassured that we really do belong to Christ. 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.399 We will be saved. 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:31.340 We will be vindicated on the last day. 00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:34.240 Unity, 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:36.780 even while being opposed, 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:38.139 being willing to suffer, 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:41.759 shows the great value and truth of the gospel. 00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:51.320 But notice that chapter 2 verse 1 starts with, 00:14:51.920 --> 00:14:53.300 so, or therefore. 00:14:55.420 --> 00:14:57.680 Paul is going to show 00:14:57.680 --> 00:15:01.940 that there's an even bigger threat to our unity. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:06.740 What actually has the potential to divide us 00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:11.900 is our own self-seeking way of thinking. 00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:15.240 Verse 3. 00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.240 Do nothing 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:21.720 from selfish ambition 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:23.780 or conceit. 00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:27.480 Conceit 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:29.540 means to be full of yourself. 00:15:30.920 --> 00:15:32.220 And if you're full of yourself, 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:33.560 you don't even realise it 00:15:33.560 --> 00:15:34.940 because you already have 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:35.960 an inflated 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:37.400 view of yourself. 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:40.240 Now, 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.419 Australians. 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:44.379 Australians don't put up with arrogance. 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.919 We don't like anyone who's arrogant. 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.699 And so, 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:51.600 I think we're in danger of thinking 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:53.100 this verse isn't about me. 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.500 I'm not arrogant. 00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.500 But, 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.600 as Australians, 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:01.740 just because we don't put up with arrogance 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:04.299 doesn't mean that we value humility. 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:08.879 Have you noticed the ads 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.299 for people signing up 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:11.779 to the Australian Defence Force? 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:14.580 They surprise me. 00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:14.980 I just, 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.700 I can barely understand them. 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.220 I went to the ADF website, 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.720 and this is one of the main links 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.259 on the website. 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:23.820 Explore all the financial, 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.539 career, 00:16:24.680 --> 00:16:26.080 and lifestyle benefits 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:27.600 of working for the ADF. 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:31.240 If any job 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:33.020 is about serving others, 00:16:33.300 --> 00:16:33.879 surely 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.340 laying down your life 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.440 for your country is. 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.000 But no, 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.520 they're selling it 00:16:39.520 --> 00:16:40.180 by saying, 00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:41.660 what financial 00:16:41.660 --> 00:16:43.020 and career 00:16:43.020 --> 00:16:44.720 and lifestyle benefits 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.940 do I get out of it? 00:16:49.020 --> 00:16:50.020 As Australians, 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:52.400 we are a self-seeking country 00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:55.920 on an individual basis. 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.320 What about you and me? 00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:05.120 I hope how I started 00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:06.079 this sermon 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:07.480 showed that the way we think 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.380 is often, 00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.120 often 00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:12.680 about our own 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.940 self-seeking desires. 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:17.200 And could it be 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.180 that our opinions 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:21.500 and strongly held convictions 00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:23.720 can sometimes be 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.079 the fruit of assuming 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.839 that we are so clever, 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.360 that we are so experienced 00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.240 or talented, 00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:33.640 or we just assume 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:35.019 our way of seeing the world 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.860 is the right way. 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:38.980 I'm not saying 00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.880 don't hold convictions. 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:40.539 I'm saying, 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.519 have a look. 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.600 What's behind those? 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:47.179 So notice two things 00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.719 in our text. 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.179 First, 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:49.639 Paul is speaking 00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:51.079 to the whole church. 00:17:51.179 --> 00:17:52.159 It's not just a few 00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:53.019 arrogant people 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:53.639 in the congregation. 00:17:54.199 --> 00:17:55.459 He's speaking to all of us. 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:57.139 We can all be proud 00:17:57.139 --> 00:17:58.099 and self-seeking. 00:17:59.379 --> 00:17:59.859 Second, 00:18:00.939 --> 00:18:02.019 look at what the opposite 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:03.439 of being driven 00:18:03.439 --> 00:18:04.240 by self is. 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.359 I think 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:09.099 we can often think 00:18:09.099 --> 00:18:09.720 that the opposite 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.859 of self-seeking 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.880 is just doing 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:13.120 what you need. 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.519 You just go off 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.720 the base of what you need, 00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.799 not what you want. 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.519 That's not the opposite 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.900 of self-seeking. 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:20.640 The opposite 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.400 of self-seeking 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.960 is in humility. 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:25.759 Count others 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:27.880 more significant 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.480 than yourselves. 00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:34.640 Wow. 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.380 Do you find that hard? 00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:40.279 I do. 00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.480 This doesn't mean 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:44.940 that you think 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.400 of yourself 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:46.740 less valuable. 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.980 It's not saying 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:49.319 have a poor self-esteem. 00:18:50.360 --> 00:18:50.799 Otherwise, 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.819 Jesus could not 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.599 have been humble. 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.779 He was the most valuable 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.700 and still is 00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:58.099 the most valuable person 00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:59.579 in the universe. 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.539 It's not about 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:02.359 having a low self-esteem. 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.019 That's not what 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.599 this is saying. 00:19:04.139 --> 00:19:04.740 To be humble 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.719 is not to think 00:19:05.719 --> 00:19:07.259 less of yourself. 00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.439 It's to think 00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:09.199 of yourself 00:19:09.199 --> 00:19:10.279 less. 00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:13.599 It's to 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.539 intentionally 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.500 choose 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:17.000 to place 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.959 at the center 00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:18.879 of your thinking 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:20.679 and decision-making 00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:21.339 others, 00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:22.379 not self. 00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:24.379 It's to pay 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.619 close attention 00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:27.819 to what others need. 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.659 Humility 00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.779 is an active 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.779 and intentional 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.619 choice 00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:35.699 to consider others. 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.500 When you meet 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.279 a humble person, 00:19:37.439 --> 00:19:38.339 you won't go away 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.679 thinking, 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.019 wow, 00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:39.619 they were humble. 00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.919 You will go away 00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:41.219 thinking, 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:41.659 wow, 00:19:42.459 --> 00:19:43.439 they were interested 00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:43.919 in me. 00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.879 They really cared 00:19:45.879 --> 00:19:46.319 about me. 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:49.039 That's evidence 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.819 that you just met 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:50.679 a humble person. 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:55.220 this kind of thinking 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.940 is completely 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.880 opposite to the way 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.640 the world works 00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.740 and it doesn't 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.320 come naturally 00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.820 to us. 00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.759 We need 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.620 external help 00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.420 and that's exactly 00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.960 what we've got. 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.900 Look at verse 1. 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:10.340 If there is any 00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:11.120 encouragement 00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:12.080 in Christ, 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.740 that if statement 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.600 is really saying 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:17.120 since you have, 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:19.120 since you have 00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:20.080 comfort 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:21.240 and encouragement 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:23.040 of being saved 00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:23.880 in Christ, 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.980 since you've got it, 00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:26.100 since we share it, 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:28.519 since you experience 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.540 the consolation 00:20:29.540 --> 00:20:30.420 of Christ's love 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.580 during hard times 00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:33.079 and sufferings, 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:35.519 since you participate 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.599 in the Holy Spirit, 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.839 since you receive 00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:40.559 God's tender mercies 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.279 and compassion 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.919 for you, 00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:43.639 we share in this 00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.019 together. 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.259 What's going to bring 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.819 joy to Paul 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:51.119 because it'll be 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.819 the Philippians 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.599 living in a way 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.839 that worthy of Christ? 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.599 This is what it is 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.240 to be united. 00:20:58.839 --> 00:21:00.460 If the local church 00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:03.420 is deeply united 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.579 by sharing 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:07.019 the same thinking, 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.900 have the same 00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.880 intentional love, 00:21:11.840 --> 00:21:13.579 have deep agreement 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:15.779 by operating 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.920 on the same thinking. 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:19.960 So what is this thinking 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.200 that unites us? 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:25.579 Humbling ourselves 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:28.120 by counting others 00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:31.139 more significant, 00:21:31.719 --> 00:21:33.000 paying close attention 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.739 to their needs. 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.719 Imagine if we were 00:21:35.719 --> 00:21:36.379 all doing that. 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.399 Humbling ourselves 00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.859 by counting others 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.639 more significant, 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.019 paying close attention 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.199 to their needs. 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:46.219 How do we have 00:21:46.219 --> 00:21:47.519 this thinking among us, 00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.139 within us? 00:21:48.219 --> 00:21:48.799 How do we do it? 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.779 Do we just really 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.339 work hard at not 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.279 thinking about ourselves? 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.419 Isn't that just 00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:54.179 thinking about yourself? 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.139 Don't do that. 00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.379 Please don't do that. 00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.620 This is how we do it. 00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.740 We focus 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:02.460 on the greatness 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.200 and the beauty 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.820 of Christ. 00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:09.720 So let's have a look 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.460 at the beauty 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.960 of Christ. 00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.620 Verse 5. 00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.620 Have this mind 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.620 among yourselves, 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.880 which is yours 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.980 in Christ Jesus. 00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.180 Jesus. 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:28.840 What is Jesus' 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.500 way of thinking? 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.039 Here we come 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.759 to a poem 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:35.440 about Christ 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.460 that for good reason 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.140 some see 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.160 as the centrepiece 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:40.500 of the crown jewel 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.940 of the New Testament. 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.600 If you're still 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.660 exploring Christianity, 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.779 can I urge you 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.500 to pay attention? 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.000 This poem, 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.599 it's going 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:50.920 to give you 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.380 a glimpse 00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.019 not only 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.839 to what we believe 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.319 as Christians, 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.779 but it's going 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.160 to give you 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.619 a glimpse, 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.180 a window 00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.000 into Jesus' 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.519 thinking. 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.279 Let's have a look. 00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.940 Verse 6. 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.099 Christ Jesus, 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.980 who, 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.599 though he was 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.440 in the form 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.200 of God, 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.880 before being born 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.640 as a baby, 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.039 Jesus existed. 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:16.680 I'm hoping 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.079 our head 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.599 is blown 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.460 at each point. 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.139 It should be. 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.859 Before he was born, 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.899 he existed. 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.619 Not merely 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.559 existing as one 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.139 of the first 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.940 of God's creation, 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:29.379 no, 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.799 he was in the form 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.220 of God. 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.960 And that phrase 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.819 in the form of 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.579 might give the false 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.299 impression that he 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.039 was just an imitation 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.579 of God. 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.359 That's not what it 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:37.599 means. 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.039 It means 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:40.480 that he existed 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.480 as God. 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.779 If it looks 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.440 like a duck, 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.359 if it thinks 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.079 like a duck 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.639 and acts 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.200 like a duck, 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.799 it's a duck. 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.399 As the Son 00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:52.019 of God, 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.559 Jesus shared 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.539 all God's 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.920 nature, 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.519 not just in a 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.139 similar way, 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.180 in the same way, 00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.779 the same essence. 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.500 God's eternality, 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.819 his knowledge, 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.740 his power, 00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.639 his wisdom, 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.480 his unchangeableness, 00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.859 his love, 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.539 his mercy, 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.319 his justice, 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.000 and so on. 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.579 Jesus, 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:14.399 was the one 00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.960 who put the 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.579 southern cross 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.220 in the sky. 00:24:16.399 --> 00:24:17.000 He's the one 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.859 upholding the 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.519 law of gravity 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.039 right now. 00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.220 He is God 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:22.680 in every respect. 00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.220 He deserves 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.839 obedience 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.700 and thanks 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.420 and worship 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.599 from everything 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.440 that exists. 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.539 Verse 6, 00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.259 though he was 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:34.740 in the form 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.139 of God, 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.940 he did not 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:37.680 count equality 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.180 with God 00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.519 a thing 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.399 to be grasped. 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.400 God 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:43.000 that's the 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.620 very opposite 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.120 of Adam 00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.680 in the garden. 00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.060 Equality, 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.660 equal rights, 00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:49.420 equal status, 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.180 equal pay, 00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.220 equal opportunities, 00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.220 equal portions, 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.060 equal credit. 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.620 We're obsessed 00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.700 with equality. 00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:58.360 We grasp at it. 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.140 We think it is 00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.040 worth grasping at. 00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:02.640 We think it's worth 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.740 taking possession of 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.340 and defending 00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.040 no matter what 00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.640 the cost. 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:07.560 but notice 00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.020 here that 00:25:08.020 --> 00:25:09.080 Jesus was 00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.660 equal with 00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.940 God. 00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.580 He was 00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:11.900 God. 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.060 He was 00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.600 equal with 00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:15.900 God 00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:17.940 but he 00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.780 didn't count. 00:25:19.280 --> 00:25:19.620 He didn't 00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.200 consider. 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.759 He didn't 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.320 think 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:23.680 being equal 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.280 with God 00:25:24.280 --> 00:25:24.759 was something 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.080 to be 00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.600 protected. 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.440 Wow. 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.600 What did 00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:31.920 he do? 00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.540 Verse 7, 00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.480 he emptied 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.220 himself. 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:38.620 First, 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.240 let me clarify 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.740 what this 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.460 doesn't mean. 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.580 It doesn't 00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.000 mean that 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.500 he gave 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.940 up 00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.900 his 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.600 godness. 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.460 He didn't 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.920 give up 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.220 any 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.000 characteristic 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.620 of being 00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.040 God. 00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:50.820 Before 00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.240 he came 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.680 to earth, 00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.740 he was 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:52.980 fully 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.280 God. 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.700 While 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.000 he was 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.380 on earth, 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.660 he was 00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:54.940 fully 00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.240 God. 00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:55.500 Ever 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.100 since 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.420 and 00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.040 forevermore, 00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.360 he is 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:57.660 fully 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.020 God. 00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.580 He is 00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:58.940 always 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.280 God. 00:25:59.620 --> 00:25:59.900 So what 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.200 does it 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.600 mean that 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.259 he emptied 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.900 himself? 00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.520 The poem 00:26:03.520 --> 00:26:04.040 tells us 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.799 he emptied 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.420 himself by 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.799 taking the 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.700 form of 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.159 a servant. 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.579 Here we 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:08.960 have that 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.559 same idea 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.839 again, 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.420 taking the 00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.740 form. 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.579 Jesus 00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.639 actually 00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:14.720 became a 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.099 servant, 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.779 a slave. 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.899 Could you 00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.420 imagine the 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:25.200 queen putting 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.940 on gloves 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.819 and cleaning 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.379 the public 00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:29.119 toilets in 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.419 London? 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.599 The one 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.619 who by 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.879 nature is 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.539 the ruler 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.239 of everything 00:26:40.239 --> 00:26:41.000 that exists. 00:26:42.479 --> 00:26:43.359 The one 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.759 to whom 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.479 everything that 00:26:44.479 --> 00:26:45.279 exists owes 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.000 its breath. 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.639 The one 00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:48.939 to whom 00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.479 everything that 00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:49.939 exists should 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.539 look to him 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.879 and say, 00:26:50.979 --> 00:26:51.419 what would 00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.679 you have 00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.099 me do? 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.759 He's the 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.839 one who 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.419 became a 00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:56.759 slave. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:59.539 he chose 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.099 himself. 00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.299 It wasn't 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.859 forced on 00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.019 him. 00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.440 He took 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.359 the nature 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:05.940 of a slave 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.599 upon himself. 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.940 What is 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.539 this servant 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.960 form? 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.180 Verse 7 00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.500 and 8. 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.140 Becoming in 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.799 the likeness 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.539 of men and 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.379 being found 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.379 in appearance 00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:19.539 as a man, 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.259 as a human 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.720 being. 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.200 The creator 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.039 became a 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.420 creature. 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.519 The creator 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:26.839 of the 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.279 God. 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.460 More than 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.720 that, 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.039 the Holy 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.460 One could 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.160 not be 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.019 distinguished 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.720 by outward 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.400 looks alone 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.119 from sinful 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.639 humanity. 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.200 If you had 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.680 a picture 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.759 of a random 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.559 selection of 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.039 people of 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.779 Nazareth in 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.259 the time of 00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.539 Jesus, 00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.279 you could 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.740 not be 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.819 sure which 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.599 one was 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.059 Jesus, 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:48.740 despite all 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.099 the pictures 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.559 you've seen. 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.460 You could 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.720 not be 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:50.960 sure. 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.839 He looked 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.619 exactly like 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:53.759 us. 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.439 The Holy 00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.259 One looked 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.959 like us. 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.359 Proud, 00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.759 God-ignoring, 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.199 promise-breaking 00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:01.720 people. 00:28:04.199 --> 00:28:05.199 He became 00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.839 like us in 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.799 every respect 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.480 except sin. 00:28:08.899 --> 00:28:09.299 He was 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.839 sinless. 00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.079 He designed 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.539 the human 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.879 body, 00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.319 and yet 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.980 He is the 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.299 one who 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.819 experienced 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.980 hunger and 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.879 thirst and 00:28:21.879 --> 00:28:22.399 cried. 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.919 He was 00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.720 dependent on 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.199 sleep. 00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.579 He really 00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.000 and actually 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.559 became a 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.819 man. 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.159 He emptied 00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.419 Himself. 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.259 He became 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.959 a servant. 00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.539 And 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.019 incredibly, 00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.879 there's even 00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:38.220 more to the 00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.819 way Jesus 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.720 thought. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.299 Verse 8, 00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.419 He humbled 00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:45.099 Himself 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:47.519 by becoming 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:49.699 obedient to 00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:50.319 the point of 00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.679 death, 00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.680 death, 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.880 even 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:55.060 death on 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.740 a cross. 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.060 No one 00:29:00.060 --> 00:29:01.680 forced this 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.279 humiliation 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:04.200 on Him. 00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.019 He humbled 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.480 Himself. 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.200 Again, 00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.340 humility is 00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.279 not about 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.840 counting 00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.480 yourself as 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.240 less valuable. 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:14.940 Jesus 00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.519 didn't 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.100 pretend 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.759 He wasn't 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.180 God. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.759 He didn't 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.240 pretend He 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.680 wasn't 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.079 valuable. 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.960 He wasn't 00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.519 insecure. 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.859 How did 00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.579 Jesus show 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.720 true humility? 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.039 He became 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.519 obedient. 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.619 Obedient to 00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.140 other people? 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.420 No, 00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.299 obedient to 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.700 God the 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:32.980 Father. 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.359 We see this 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.299 clearly in the 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:36.720 Gospels. 00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.700 He never 00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.680 insisted on 00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.359 His personal 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.940 autonomy. 00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.599 Quite the 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:40.900 opposite. 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.119 He delighted 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.759 in speaking 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.480 the words 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.119 God gave 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.259 Him, 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.819 the Father 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.339 gave Him 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:46.740 to speak. 00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.939 He delighted 00:29:47.939 --> 00:29:48.759 in doing 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.299 the works 00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.859 God gave 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.119 Him to 00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.359 do. 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.539 In the 00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.939 midst of 00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.519 insult, 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.579 in the 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.959 midst of 00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:56.539 every attempt 00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:57.299 by men 00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:58.059 to undo 00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.599 Him and 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.220 even kill 00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.459 Him, 00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.259 He remained 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.619 obedient to 00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.099 the Father. 00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:04.139 Even when 00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.359 He was 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:05.019 tempted by 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.839 Satan to 00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.579 have rule 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.439 over everything 00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:08.240 without having 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.759 to suffer, 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.519 He remained 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.199 obedient to 00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.619 the Father. 00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:13.619 Him 00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.979 humbled 00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.699 Himself by 00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.559 delighting 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:18.259 in doing 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.739 what God 00:30:18.739 --> 00:30:19.119 the Father 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.619 wanted Him 00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.000 to do. 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.759 Even to 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.079 the point 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.500 of death. 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.539 Even to 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.899 the point 00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.619 of public 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.319 shame. 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.059 People 00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.879 looked at 00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:31.559 Him and 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.439 saw Him 00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:33.879 as weak 00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.899 and powerless, 00:30:35.719 --> 00:30:36.559 saw Him as 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.139 an enemy 00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.639 of God. 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.299 His disciples 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.059 deserted 00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.399 Him. 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.679 people 00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.139 looked at 00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:45.059 Him and 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.459 thought He's 00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:45.919 a criminal. 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.559 He is 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.179 cursed by 00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.419 God. 00:30:49.479 --> 00:30:50.179 He deserves 00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.779 to die. 00:30:54.239 --> 00:30:54.939 He was 00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.559 even obedient 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.039 to the point 00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.319 of the 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.199 Father forsaking 00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.479 Him. 00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:01.159 He never 00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.019 said enough. 00:31:02.219 --> 00:31:02.759 I deserve 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.139 better. 00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:04.219 I'm 00:31:04.219 --> 00:31:04.579 stopping. 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:04.679 I'm 00:31:04.679 --> 00:31:04.699 stopping. 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.899 though 00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.719 equal with 00:31:13.719 --> 00:31:14.119 God, 00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:14.679 He chose 00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.319 to become 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:16.599 a slave. 00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.379 Becoming 00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.979 in every 00:31:18.979 --> 00:31:19.399 way 00:31:19.399 --> 00:31:21.419 like sinful 00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:21.759 men, 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.719 except without 00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:23.079 sin. 00:31:23.419 --> 00:31:23.859 And He 00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.699 chose to 00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.059 humble 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.819 Himself to 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.439 the direction 00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.799 of His 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.159 Father, 00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:28.000 serving 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.959 you, 00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.859 serving me 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:33.500 by dying 00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:35.299 so that I 00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.699 don't have 00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:35.819 to. 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:35.919 Him. 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.339 This is 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.139 Jesus' way 00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.599 of thinking. 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:52.179 Isn't 00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.719 He amazing? 00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.339 God the 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.980 Father certainly 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.559 thought so. 00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.139 Look at 00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.659 verse 9. 00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.879 One very 00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.639 key word. 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.539 Therefore, 00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.439 therefore, 00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:08.179 God has 00:32:08.179 --> 00:32:08.740 highly 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.359 exalted 00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:10.359 Him and 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.259 bestowed on 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.699 Him the 00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:12.159 name that 00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.579 is above 00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.379 every name, 00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.399 so that at 00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.879 the name of 00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.859 Jesus every 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.539 knee should 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.240 bow in 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.759 heaven and 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.139 on earth 00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:18.459 and under 00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:18.879 the earth, 00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:20.300 and every 00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:21.960 tongue confess 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.980 that Jesus 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:24.020 Christ is 00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:25.040 Lord to 00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.540 the glory 00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:25.900 of God 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.340 the Father. 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.260 It's for 00:32:29.260 --> 00:32:29.640 the very 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.500 reason that 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.560 Jesus chose 00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:32.040 to lower 00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:32.800 Himself that 00:32:32.800 --> 00:32:33.360 God has 00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:34.120 lifted Him 00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.400 up. 00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:35.900 God 00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.700 exalts 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.560 the humble. 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.840 He looks 00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.160 at His 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.640 Son and 00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.300 says He 00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.840 is the 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.340 greatest 00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:45.140 person and 00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.960 He is to 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.860 be worshipped 00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.880 by everything 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.460 that exists 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:50.720 because He 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.000 humbled 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.420 Himself. 00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.680 He is 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.180 truly 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.620 great. 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.480 He was a 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.299 slave in 00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.840 service of 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.220 all, so 00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.059 God exalted 00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.759 Him to 00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.500 rule over 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.940 all. 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.680 And Jesus 00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.299 knew this. 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.680 He trusted 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.140 this. 00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.519 He said 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.200 whoever wants 00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.980 to be great 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.720 must be the 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.240 servant of 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.480 all. 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:14.539 He not 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.400 only chose 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:15.900 to lower 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.539 himself in 00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.140 obedience to 00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.500 God but 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.319 He trusted 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.740 in His 00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.319 Father's 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.000 lifting Him 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.319 up out of 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.000 the grave to 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.440 the highest 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.980 place. 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.839 Selfish 00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.960 ambition and 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.620 conceit, 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.059 they are 00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.779 empty and 00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.099 shallow. 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.019 Do you 00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.319 want to be 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.640 great? 00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:32.819 Do you 00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.240 want to be 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.779 great? 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.440 Follow the 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.759 greatest 00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.079 one. 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.740 humble 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.240 yourself. 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.799 God is 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.559 unifying 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.379 everything 00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:48.879 under 00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.399 Christ. 00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.679 Everything 00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.439 that exists 00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:53.059 will one 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:54.000 day acknowledge 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.279 His 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.639 greatness. 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.779 He is 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:59.779 Lord and 00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.359 He's great 00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:00.919 because He 00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.839 chose to 00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.099 lower 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.419 Himself. 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.460 This is 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.099 the mind 00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.480 of the 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.819 Son of 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.099 God. 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:08.819 Isn't 00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.219 He 00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:10.839 beautiful? 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.799 This is 00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:14.179 why we 00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.759 worship Him, 00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.179 isn't it? 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.039 How do we 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.559 live worthy 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.779 of the 00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.279 gospel of 00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.619 Christ? 00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.559 When we 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.420 are unified 00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:27.519 in common 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.739 worship of 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.139 Jesus, 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.279 He is 00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.719 great. 00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.819 When we 00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.480 worship Him 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.079 for the way 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.840 He humbled 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.759 Himself in 00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:38.079 obedience even 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.440 to the 00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.799 point of 00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.059 death. 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.380 And when 00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.059 we adore 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.719 Him and 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.679 cherish Him 00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:46.559 for this and 00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.500 count Him as 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.019 the greatest 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.940 because of 00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.799 this, we 00:34:49.799 --> 00:34:50.319 too will 00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:50.799 choose to 00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.219 be humble. 00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.960 We won't 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.539 only have the 00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:57.299 same goal of 00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.759 wanting to 00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.319 show the 00:34:58.319 --> 00:34:58.860 greatness of 00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.360 Jesus, we 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.139 will have the 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.799 same humble 00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.799 way of 00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.179 thinking. 00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:04.500 thinking, we 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.879 will be 00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:06.319 united with 00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:06.919 the one 00:35:06.919 --> 00:35:07.539 way of 00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.819 thinking. 00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.539 We will 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.599 even share 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.819 in the 00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.239 Son of 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.119 God's way 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.619 of thinking. 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.899 We are 00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.419 called to 00:35:16.419 --> 00:35:17.259 live all of 00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.759 our life 00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:19.000 worthy of 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:19.940 this gospel 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.699 of Christ. 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:20.799 Christ. 00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.579 How beautiful 00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.579 our families, 00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.739 how beautiful 00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.639 our church 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.199 will be, 00:35:30.439 --> 00:35:31.879 how strong 00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.599 we will 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.439 stand against 00:35:33.439 --> 00:35:34.259 all opposition, 00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.679 how we will 00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.539 live worthy 00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.339 of the gospel 00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:41.000 if we count 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.619 Jesus as 00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:43.139 great, if we 00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:44.839 think like 00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.279 our humble 00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.739 Christ. 00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:49.659 let me 00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:49.919 pray. 00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.619 Please pray. 00:36:04.899 --> 00:36:05.739 Lord Jesus, 00:36:05.979 --> 00:36:06.959 you are 00:36:06.959 --> 00:36:07.459 amazing. 00:36:12.939 --> 00:36:13.599 Help us 00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.139 treasure you. 00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:17.599 help us 00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:19.959 more and 00:36:19.959 --> 00:36:22.079 more see 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.319 your 00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.719 greatness 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:24.659 that you 00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.379 chose to 00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:26.019 serve us. 00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:27.099 Please help 00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:29.019 us love 00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:29.739 you as you 00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.299 deserve to 00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:30.779 be loved. 00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.219 Father, make 00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.639 us like 00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:34.859 you. 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.119 You are 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.699 amazing. 00:36:40.899 --> 00:36:41.639 In Jesus' 00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:41.979 name, 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.399 Amen. 00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:42.500 Amen. 00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:48.119 Jesus is 00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.399 great. 00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:49.439 Amen.