Thoughts From Philippians 2 - Part 2

 Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father  Phil. 2:6-11

          I've been visited by Jehovah Witnesses before, There were 3 of them the last time, two younger apprentices and one older who was there for support and to defend for the faith. She was obviously more trained. On a side note, just saw Michael and at one point his mom encourages him with a line about Jehovah. Anyway, their argument is that Jesus isn't God and to treat him as such, i.e. worship, pray to, etc. is offensive to Jehovah who is the one true God. In other words to pray in the name of Jesus. They also don't believe in hell, so it eventually ended with, "If I'm wrong, I will cease to exist. If you are wrong, you will spend eternity in hell. You better be sure you're right." They never came back.

           Paul says in these verses, and it's probably a creed that the early church quoted because of the way it's written, the following about Jesus;

   1. "Christ" isn't Jesus first name. He's called "Christ" because He was the Messiah

   2. His very nature was God and by right had equality that He chose not to grasp

   3. God exalted Him above all others

   4. Every knee in Heaven and Earth shall bow to Him (so much for not worshipping Him)

   5. This worship doesn't bother Jehovah but pleases Him and gives Him glory

           Every cult and false religion has a wrong view of Jesus often because they refuse to acknowledge the trinity because it doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense to me either because my mind is limited. I'm glad that the God I worship is bigger than my comprehension. The Bible teaches it, so either I can choose to reinterpret the Bible to say what it doesn't to satisfy my understanding, or I can choose to submit to its authority and say someday I will understand it when God expands my brain.

       Jesus is God! I worship Him because He saved me. What about you?