Sovereign Grace Church

I.       THE CALL FOR OUR HUMILITY
A.       CHALLENGE FOR THE SONS OF MEN
Philippians 2:5 “Have this mind-set in you that also was in Christ Jesus”
1.       Challenge
2.       Command (also Mt 11:28-30; Micah 5:8; I Cor 2:16)
3.       Choice

B.       CHALLENGE FOR THE SON OF GOD
Philippians 2:6a “Who, though existing in the form of God,
1.       Being Man (also Jn 1:1-3)
2.       Being God

II.      THE CASE FOR HUMILITY
A.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN SURRENDER
Philippians 2:6b “did not grasp tightly to equality with God”
1.       Grasp tightly
2.       Equality with God

B.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN AUTHORITY
Philippians 2:7a “but emptied Himself,”
1.       Self-Emptying
2.       No Personal Reputation

C.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN POSITION
Philippians 2:7b “having taken the form of a bondservant”
1.       Assumed Form of Human
2.       Form of a Servant

D.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN IDENTIFICATION
Philippians 2:7c “having become in likeness as man.”
1.       Taken on
2.       Likeness of Man

III.     THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMILITY
A.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN PERSPECTIVE
Philippians 2:8a “And being found in appearance as a man,”
1.       Recognizable
2.       Appearing as Man (also Heb 10:7)

B.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN SUBMISSION
Philippians 2:8b “He humbled Himself”
1.       When He became obedient (also Heb 5:8)
2.       Humbled Himself

C.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN DEATH
Philippians 2:8c “and became subject to the point of death,”
1.       Extent of Jesus’ humility and obedience
2.       Obedient to the Death (also Is 52-53)

D.       JESUS’ HUMILITY IN PUNISHMENT
Philippians 2:8d “even death on a cross.”
1.       Shameful (Deut 23:23; Gal 3:13)
2.       Even Death on a Cross