We need to know the Son’s submission; Christ as the Son of God emptied Himself in His divinity from the outward glory and humbled Himself, submitting to God; the Father represented the authority and the Son represented submission. Amen, Lord Jesus, may we see Your submission and may we live out Your submission today! Be […]
Christ is our Pattern: He Humbled Himself to the Uttermost and God Highly Exalted Him
In order for us to experience Christ and live Christ, we must know Him as our pattern and take Him as our pattern; we need to let His mind be in us – He emptied Himself, humbled Himself, and was obedient unto death, and God exalted Him to the uttermost. What a wonderful pattern we […]
Christ is the Representation of Submission to Authority; His Life of Submission is in us
Christ, the Son of God, willingly emptied Himself to become a created man; He learned obedience through the things which He suffered, and He became the representation of submission to authority (Phil. 2:6-8). Our pattern in our Christian life is not merely a man but a God-man, our God-man Savior who emptied Himself and humbled […]
As our Pattern, Christ Emptied Himself, Humbled Himself, and was Glorified by God
For us to experience Christ, we need to know Him as the pattern; we need to have Him as the pattern infused into us, realising that Christ emptied Himself and humbled Himself, and later He was exalted and glorified by God. Oh, may this mind be in us – the mind of Christ, the same […]
Christ is the Slave of God Serving God and us out of Love: Let His Mind be in Us!
This week we are diving deeper into Exodus 21 and in particular in seeing Christ as the Slave of God and the believers as slaves of God and Christ Jesus in the church life. In Exo. 21:1-6 we see that, if a slave serves his master for a predetermined time, he can then go out […]