Have A Mind Like Jesus Christ

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

The main theme of Philippians chapter 2 is the mind of Christ.

In verses 6 to 8, the attitude of Christ's mind toward 4 different things is revealed.

Let's see what it is.

1. To Position

What was the position of Christ? - Equality with God (v6)

The Supreme, who ascends to God as God, descends without holding on to that position and renounces that equality.

Remember those who are after positions, that is not the mind of Christ.

• Moses, who rejected being called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, is the Old Testament mediator who demonstrated the mind of Christ ( Heb 11:24,25)

Jesus

• After Jesus had fed a large crowd of people, they began to discuss among themselves who they believed Jesus to be.

• Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world." (John 6:14)

• Basically, they are saying, “This is the one we’ve been waiting for!" This is the one God told us would lead us!” They referred to Moses’ prophecy from Deuteronomy 18:15-18.

• Jesus’ great power had convinced them that He needed to be their king and lead them into war to free them from the Roman Empire.

So what did Jesus do?

JOHN 6:15 15 Then Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.

Once Pilate asked Him, "Are You a king then?"

• Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." (John 18:37)

• However, Jesus did not come to be a King like the other kings of this world. His kingdom is not like the rest of the kingdoms of this world.

• Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here." (John 18:36)

Jesus refused the crowd’s attempt to make Him their king because they wanted Him to be like the other rulers of this world.

Nevertheless, God’s word promises us that, in his second coming, Jesus will rule the nations as the mighty King! Hence, let us walk in the path of Christ and be prepared. Amen!

Can we say no to privileges an positions?

2. To Riches

He emptied Himself V7

The attitude of Jesus towards earthly riches

The richest man became the poorest in this World

• The richest man in the universe was the poorest the world has ever seen.

• He could have lived in the most luxurious comfort in this world, but he had no penny to give offering in the temple.

Look at Christ's attitude toward money.

In the Mountain

• When the devil said that he would show you all the kingdoms of the world and their glory and give you all these things, his response was, Satan, get the hell out of me. Mathew 4:8,9

• Who has the heart of a greedy person to make money even if he bows down to the devil?

Attitude about Money

Jesus declared, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!” He then sates that it is easier for a camel to go through “the eye of a needle” than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.

Was Moses a fool who counted the reproach of Christ as greater wealth than the investment in Egypt?

(“He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward Hebrew 11:26)

A proper relationship to God puts a proper relationship to money in its proper place,

Jesus Christ became poor by heaven’s standards so that I could become rich by earth’s standards. (2 Corinthians 8:9)

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches, “No man can serve two masters, he will either be loyal to one or the one.”

Then Jesus concludes this consideration by saying, “You cannot serve both God and money!”

Satan’s lie Number 1

Jesus warns in Luke 12:15, “Beware of covetousness, for even when a man has more then enough, his wealth does not give him life.”

Satan’s lie Number 2

The Bible does not say that money is the root of all evil.

1 Timothy 6:10 does say, “The LOVE of money is the root of all evil.” Money, of course, is necessary, but we should never love it, or allow it to control us.