What Would Jesus Do? - Part B

Savings philosophy was this not gone but why will be the same Jesus philosophy of life, not my will be done, but thy will be done.

Satan was a creature wanted to be the creator Jesus was indeed the creator was willing to become average.

Satan had a subversive mind. Jesus had a submissive clean holder of the bosses let this mind beauty, which is also a Jesus came from heaven to earth to die for, since he showed the greatest example of loving others through humble sacrifice today on connect with Skip Heitzigs, Skip takes a close look at the humility of Christ and shares how you can lovingly serve others, just like Jesus did. And at the end of today's program Skip and his wife Linda share how you can have the mind of Christ at your job. Jesus was the servant but he was not an enabler. So he served people, but he also confronted people on and Celeste going to the workplace. Serving somebody in the workplace isn't doing their work for them.

In fact, let's say you have somebody as a slacker.

You have to confront them or confront the boss because you are there hired by a company to serve the greater good Thanksgiving. Be sure to stay tuned after today's message to the full conversation. Now we want to tell you about a resource that will encourage you even more. Reading the Bible can lead to asking questions like is the rapture real or how can I overcome anxiety. These two questions are among those answered in pastor Skip text a new DVD of four impactful messages I skip. I think, imagine knowing somebody who knows everything about. Now imagine somebody who knows everything about you and loves you and that's what were dealing with and we deal with the knowledge of God. This collection of some of Pastor Steph's most memorable teachings also includes what most people don't know about heaven and our thanks for your gift of $25 or more to connect more people to God's life changing word visit connectwithskip.com/offer to get online securely or call 800-922-1888, 800-922-1888 and request your copy of pastor Skip Philippians chapter 2 Skip Heitzigs extorts today's look again at verse seven, but he made himself of no reputation. At this point it's like Paul goes here let me take you backstage into the mysteries of the incarnation of Jesus Christ and let you know what is really going on is like he's given us direct insight into the miracle of all miracles and that is the incarnation, the incarnation of Jesus Christ is like the theological diamine that sparkles brighter than any other. Did you know that many scholars believe in verses five through eight, was originally a him that was sung by the early church when you let us hear this, but the music so they saying it and they sang it so they would remember and commemorate the incarnation. It was that important of it was that important. Having said that, I also have to say I don't totally get it. And I'm not afraid to admit that when it comes to God becoming a human being. It's like boy do I believe that I'd even die believing that I die for that. But to really get my head all the way around. That is like the Trinity. I'm accepting it by faith.

But it's it's what Paul put it this way. Great is the mystery of godliness that God was manifest in the flesh, for those great mysteries. I sometimes feel like the little boy who was outside looking up stars and he said mom. Are you sure God's out there. She said, sweetheart. He's upper he's everyone you're sure he's upper yeah I'm sure that many said when it be great if you just poked his head out from time to time so we could see him. Essentially, the incarnation was that God poking his head out. Moreover, taking on the human skin and living among us.

That's the incarnation.

Now the incarnation was a fulfillment of what Isaiah the prophet said would happen, the child would be born. He will call his name Emmanuelle which is translated what God with us. Jesus Christ is God with us. Now I want your eyes to see it for yourself. Look at what it says he made himself of no reputation.

All of those words are one single word in the original Greek language at Cano send a Cano send theologians talk about the can gnosis the emptying. Because this word made himself of no reputation. Kennison means to empty of contents, or take something apart out. So if you were here Wednesday night my partner saw me pour water in the cup and poured out the contents. It's is as if it same Jesus who, being in very nature God poured him self out. He emptied himself of content. The question it, and the controversy is what a Jesus empty himself of when he poured himself a what he emptied himself, you can't say of deity is remember Paul's whole point is Jesus by very nature always was and continues to be an ever more will be God.

He always is. That's his nature soon as as he emptied himself what he emptied himself up as the answer. The privileges of deity, the prerogatives of the one of those was his glory. Jesus and have been enjoying the anthems of praise of all the angelic beings being an intimate close face-to-face fellowship with his father. He gave up back Laura.

This is why he prays in John 17 verse five he says a now father, glorify me together with yourself, with the glory which I had with you before the world, he longed to have that glory back that he poured out a second thing, he emptied himself was independent authority independent authority that is while he was on the earth.

He completely submitted to his father's will.

Jesus in John five said, I do not seek my own will I seek the will of him who sent me.

You remember what Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane when they came to arrest him before that point and he was experiencing the anguish of what he was about to go through. He said it's possible let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not my will but your will be done so get the picture.

Jesus Christ had all the rights and authority as God, but he didn't hold on didn't grasp didn't clutch that he emptied himself of certain privileges, prerogatives in one of those was independent authority now before we move on.

Think of the contrast between Jesus philosophy of life and Satan's philosophy of life. Satan's philosophy was this not thy will be done, but my will be done at save Jesus philosophy of life, not my will be done, but thy will be done. Satan was a creature who wanted to be the creator Jesus was indeed the creator who was willing to become a creature. Satan had a subversive mind. Jesus had a submissive mind.

Complete polar opposites. So bosses let this mind be in you which is also in Christ Jesus. Minnie covers his deity than his humility to get 1/3. His humanity back in verse seven he says, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Paul is tracing the downward steps the humility of Christ.

In Christ, God stooped in Christ God stooped from heaven to earth from deity to adding to that deity.

Humanity from life to death. All of these downward steps. Jesus took now listen to this carefully. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, he entered into a permanent physical body. So like a barred admin it's over. He entered into a permanent physical body from which there was no escape before set up, no pun intended. When Jesus died, he died physically when Jesus rose from the dead, he rose physically when Jesus ascended into heaven, he ascended physically. They saw him. Jesus is now seated at the right hand of God.

Physically there's a man at the throne of God right now and when Jesus comes back, he is coming back physically. Now I know it's hard to figure it all out God man great is the mystery of God's book. But let me give you little illustration. If you've ever traveled especially to 1/3 world country and I mean more than like two days like for a couple weeks you experience with a call.

Culture shock, the shock we discover mean is no air conditioning here at all and is 100° with 100% humidity. You mean you don't put ice cubes in drinks you have to eat that you have to smell the smells like all the time. It's a shock to your system now let's take it to the nth degree.

The ultimate culture shock is leaving happen and coming to work. Anthems of heaven. All the praise. All the Angels all the hallelujahs and then coming here and hearing the scorn of mankind and the spit in his face. The names he was called and utter rejection that the experience ultimate culture shock deity, humility, humanity, one author said when God chose to reveal himself. He did so through a human body.

The tongue, the call for the dead was a human one. The hand that touched the leper had dirt under its nails the feet upon which the woman wept were calloused and dusty and his tears.

Oh, don't miss the tears they came from a heart is broken is yours or mine ever has been. So people came to him. My, how they came to him. They came at night. They touched him as he walked down the street. They followed him around the sea. They invited him into their homes and place their children at his feet. Why because he refused to be a statue in a cathedral or a priest in an elevated pulpit. He chose instead to be Jesus fully God and fully man and fully God and fully man on diminished deity, unprotected humanity.

Theologians call this the fee anthropic nature of Christ to court he may want to write it down and use it a few times this week. The anthropic Starbucks faith anthropic position of nobody knows I work you know that word now so see God and for Foss man fee anthropic God has Jesus had two natures, fully God, fully man the anthropic nature of Christ. Okay verse seven made himself of no reputation. Watch this. Taking the was essay form there's that word again just like in verse six being in the form of God, and by the way, same exact meaning more for essential nature and character. The essence of his being, taking the form of a bondservant coming in the likeness of men.

In other words, Jesus just didn't assume an outward form. He didn't pretend to serve sake came from heaven a guy I hate being here hate these people but I'm act like I love him and serve hi, I'm here to serve you know he actually serve them. He was and is very essence and nature. The human servant of God in heaven serve that that was his purpose statement said the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. So he served fishermen. He served tax collectors. He served harlots. He served those who were sick. He served with suffering people even serve dead people raising some who were dead to life again and he served his disciples in the upper room male sat down to a meal and they completely forgot about serving each other cleaning up their feet and get ready for the meal they just sat down started arguing about who get the first pancake to be the greatest in the kingdom it says Jesus got up at that moment cast aside his outer garment put on a towel took a basin of water began to wash their dirty feet. So when we ever asked the question what would Jesus do we have to begin. What has Jesus already done based on who Jesus is and was, is, God he was equal with God, he emptied himself of privilege and prerogative of position the left heaven, he added a human nature to himself and with that human nature very essence of his being.

He served people now let's apply as we close, let's apply. We discovered his divinity, his humility, his humanity final point I want to draw out his his desirability verse five let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Then he gives a description. In other words, listen you want to follow Jesus touch her desire you want to follow Jesus you need to follow him and I need to follow him. In this that we humbly serve one another saying the same thing. Jesus said any man desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me Sophos is let this mind what what mind the lowly mind. We talked about numbers three and four let each other with lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. So let this mind the lowly mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.

In other words, Paul is not merely describing the incarnation to reveal theological truth, though it's awesome posits a let let me just dazzle you for a moment, throw down some theology on you see it is the wild the sink. Let me throw some theology down in you so you can be wowed and think the same way Jesus thinks that is to humble yourself and to become a servant so let me sum up everything this passage says in one sentence. The incarnation should become the motivation for our demonstration of loving service, the incarnation should become the motivation for our demonstration of loving service.

As we mentioned last week, you are never more like Satan than when you are selfish you are never more like Jesus.

And when you humbly serve choices. Let this mind be in you because that always begins there with the Outlook Outlook determines outcome right attitude determines aftermath and the idea of let this mind be in you is that. Let this attitude be and you have the same attitude toward people that Jesus had four people.

So if my Outlook is selfish, my actions will be divisive and disruptive. If my Outlook is self-sacrificing, then the outcome will be edifying unified let this mind be in you, but I did. I need to tie one more ball on the end of this as we close humility doesn't stay in the mind.

It has to move to the hands and feet before it's true humility. Jesus didn't just think good thoughts up and have a go.

Yeah, that's good that's that's humble and that's serving under state or from the mind. He did something about he came he came in he served so that bracelet doesn't say what would Jesus think says what would Jesus do, because once Jesus had it in his mind he moved it into action was in the mind move to action. What is the right attitude should become the right action so my wife will buy groceries and bring them home and she has this little thing that we do work she's about five, three or five minutes out. You gets me on the phone calls me she was are you home that I'm home is as good as I have a bunch of groceries I want you to take and so that's the deal. She buys them.

I take MMI can do that I should so I show up. Roger opens I go to the packages out or the grocery bags of the car so what if she comes home pulls in the garage and I'm standing there with his dopey smile.

She was you help me take the groceries and what if I said well I'm thinking helpful thoughts in my heart. I'm helping you right now and I feel good about my attitude with Debbie of any value at all. None. It would be of value. If I thought helpful thoughts and them like move my feet over the car use my hands actually carry them in. Now I'm putting my mind into action.

So sink like Jesus thought, and he started way up here and went way down here to the point of death. You're never going to be able to follow Jesus and his deity, but you can follow him and humility. Whatever position in life, you are whatever place you have in the home in the family and the business among people in their group to humble yourself. Think like Jesus and effigies here is the paradox I love a paradox, the more you give the more you receive. If you're the type of person Saddam and I'm actually to put this sermon into practice after the date, to figure out ways to serve people, look at how I can esteem people better than myself something happening your joys in a go up guaranteed is the epistle of joy. Remember Paul's in jail since I have joy. People talk about about them. I have joy I might live.

I might die. I have joy discussed all that the more you pour out to discover the more you get in the love of God will be shed abroad in your and you're going to be a joyful person doing the chances that concludes its message series technical.

Now let's go in the studio as they share how you can have the mind of Christ at your job. Jesus had an attitude of service and if we want to be like him. Then we said humbly serve other people that sometimes humiliation here is an and I like them and asked you to do something like this in our you the body a lot kids do that and we do that. Yeah, this attitude is very uncommon and especially in the workplace.

Humility, it said, not very often that you find that's us get how can we cultivate an attitude of service, especially in the workplace. Well we can do that by serving our coworkers and and and what I mean by that is, you tell them that you care. You do things for them. Jesus was the serpent but he was not an enabler. So he served people, but he also confronted people on and Celeste going to the workplace. Serving somebody in the workplace isn't doing their work for them. In fact, let's say you have somebody who's a slacker. We have to confront them or confront the boss because you are there hired by a company to serve the greater good, not yours or another employees, but the companies greater good and so your call to God's company gets his kingdom and if if you have a brother or sister or a coworker. Let's go back to the workplace.

You want to deal with that. So I'm thinking back to a time when I had a coworker who was a brother and really on fire, but he was on fire that he took company time to witness to people in town the gospel in the Bible studies, so he wasn't a good worker and a new complaints were flying around about him so I decode get this grill and say brother you want to be honoring to Christ. You will not tell these people all the stuff and you will do your job, because we not told the Goss was not told the gospel on your own time at 430 when you clock out go up to their rooms and go talk to them a good deal with.

Invite them to lunch Eric but not be not while you're called to do this because the word is is that Christians don't work hard so you know Jesus served, but he didn't enable siliceous kind of put that to one side and then you can serve somebody independent in like in this situation, but by working hard as a role model big lick, a bag all that's how it's done I can be honoring to Christ doing that and I think when we serve other people. It's a way of showing them. We value them you and it can be a multitude of different things just remembering their birthday. Are they like doughnuts and bringing a doughnut are whatever it is you can come alongside and serve them or get 10 enough EC that the workloads happy for that particular day and say let me help you out. I think there are plenty of ways he can find to serve someone that will not bring donuts make sure that the millennia's conversation with get the salmon stay to keep pursuing battle history now share. That way you can help encourage others by keeping teachings like today's broadcast going strong. Just call 819 CI think hundred 19 to 18 or to connect with get.com/Downing connect with get.com/Downing you tune into my looks at a price to Skip presentation of connection communication to go changing truth