52 Verses for Current and Former Local Churchers

[UntoHim]

#1
Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let this mind be in me
which was also in you
though equal with God laid aside
All glory and honor
was emptied and humbled
then you went to the cross and you died

How amazing that the apostle Paul would have the gumption and gall to presume to know about "this mind..which was also in Christ Jesus." At least he gave us some insight to his understanding in the following verses.."Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross".(Phil 2:6-8)

As believers and followers of Christ, we have been bestowed with the incredible privilege of being "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Pet 1:4). Yet with this privilege also comes some "responsibilities" (MY term, not that of the Word of God). Our Savior, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, though "equal with God" "humbled himself, and became obedient". If the Son of the living God made himself "of no reputation" how much more should we, his followers, not care about our reputation or standing before any man or institution of this world? Are we ready and willing to be humbled as he was? Some of the saints of the past have even become obedient unto death. God, in his mercy, is not calling us to this extreme, yet should he not at least expect us to become obedient to be humbled?

What is "humbled" to you?