Philippians 2:1-11
Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,
he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
We are called to be a sacrificial community - a community where we willingly lower ourselves for one another in self-giving love. We are called - individually and corporately - to surrender our desires, to surrender our comfort - sometimes even our safety - for the sake of God’s mission and for the sake of one another.
We have so much to learn from one another. And when we “work together with one mind and purpose,” as Paul says in Philippians 2, that’s when the church becomes strong. When the gates of Hell can’t stand against us. That’s when our mission kicks into high gear, and we see our world healing like never before.
We will be a church that has compassion for the suffering of others.
We will give of ourselves to bring justice into our world. Not through flash-in-the-pan gestures which make us feel better, but with decades of compassionate, self-giving work to make things right.
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