{"id":1497,"date":"2025-03-28T00:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?post_type=book_of_philippians&#038;p=1497"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T00:58:42","slug":"2","status":"publish","type":"book_of_philippians","link":"https:\/\/thebible.au\/?book_of_philippians=2","title":{"rendered":"2 \u25ba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Philippians 2: 1-7 - The Kenosis heresy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8QanFl2E3MM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Philippians 2:1-7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In <strong>Philippians 2<\/strong> \u2013 Paul does all he can to exhort Christians to engage their minds. To be of the One \u2013 Christ-like mind, living in the love of Christ. We each should do nothing motivated by selfish ambition or conceit. We must be humble &amp; esteem others better than ourselves. Paul instructs us to look out for the interests of&nbsp;others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&amp; then Paul speaks of the emptying of Christ, leaving the glories of heaven to live humbly as a man on earth. &amp; from Paul\u2019s remarkable description of the humility of the Son of God. The Kenosis Heresy has arisen, which demotes Jesus to less than fully God whilst He lived on earth. &amp; I\u2019ll try to unpack this Kenosis Heresy in this message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Philippians 2: 8-30 - Every tongue will confess Jesus as Lord\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOITH2LHDHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Philippians 2:8-30<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Today we\u2019re picking up &#8211; at Philippians 2: 8. Paul is in the middle of explaining that Jesus who is &amp; always has been fully God. Showed incredible humility in leaving the glories of heaven to become a man. The Son went as low as you could go descending into Sheol. &amp; the Father raised Him up as high as you could ascend. One day &#8211; Every knee shall bow &amp; every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Paul instructs Christians to work out our own salvation with fear &amp; trembling. He instructs us not to\u00a0complain or argue but to be become blameless &amp;\u00a0harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked &amp; perverse generation. To shine as lights in the dark world, to hold fast &#8211; the word of life till the rapture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&amp; Paul encourages Christians to esteem such men, as are willing to risk their life for the Lord. 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