(5)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, (6) who being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God (7) but made Himself of no reputation,taking the form of a bondservant and coming in the likeness of men. (8) 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. (9) Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name.

The letter was to the Philippians was written by the apostle Paul while he was imprisoned in Rome for preaching the gospel. Some people think that doctrine is divisive and we need unity, often built by common experience. We tend to think of theology as impractical accademic stuff that we like to debate. But we forget it doesn’t have everything to do with how we live.

We must grow in humility – not a single verse in the Bible is telling us we need to grow in self esteem. To grow in humility we must understand Christ’s incarnation. That the Son of God left His glory to take on human flesh. The form of God refers to that which is intrinsic divine and essential. Jesus existed in intrinsic divine form as human. He left the highest priority in the universe and went to grow in humility. We must understand the incarnation and death of Jesus. The crucified, risen Christ is now the place of supremacy. His deity was not diminished or laid aside as man. Jesus willing aside the glory that He had with theFather before the foundation of the world

We will never begin to know what glory Jesus, gave up or suffered on our behalf until we are with Him in glory