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โข Think of a fictional character or a well-known person that you admire. What are the qualities you admire about him or her?
โข How do you usually respond when you make a mistake? Recall an instance explaining this.ย
โข Share a moment when you were awarded or recognized for your work. What was the experience like?
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๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด.ย ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ฑ-๐ด
(Read also ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ต-๐ญ๐ญ.)
Jesus is divine and human, being fully God and fully man. This is not just a matter of factโit is essential to our faith. The dual nature of Jesus Christ is a big part of why the redemption of mankind was possible. Paul, the writer of the letter to the Philippians, explains the dual nature of Jesus and how Jesus Himself is the example by which we can live in humility. Let us discover truths about Jesus and how believing in Him can shape our lives.
๐ญ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ.
๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ช๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐ค, ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ. . . ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ฑ-๐ฒ
When Paul wrote this, the Philippians were facing conflicts and challenges among the community. So he encouraged them to remember who Jesus is and to follow His example. Jesus is one person with two natures. Jesus is God and equal to God the Father. He is not just โpartโ GodโHe is fully God, uncreated and existed before time (John 1:1). In fact, it is through Him that all things were created (Colossians 1:16). How does Hebrews 1:10โ12 describe Jesusโ divinity?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป.
. . . ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด.ย ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ณโ๐ด
While Jesus is equal with God, He did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped or held on to. He humbled Himself by living on earth as a man, who like us was capable of experiencing all the limitations of being human. But unlike other humans, Jesus lived the way we should have livedโa perfect, sinless life in obedience to God the Father and in service of others. Jesus became the perfect sacrifice to atone for the sins of mankind. How can you follow Jesusโ example of service in your daily life?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ต-๐ญ๐ญ
(Study ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ.)
In His humility and obedience to die on the cross, Jesus was exalted. God exalted Him in the heavens and the earth. By serving others and living in humility, Jesus was given glory and honor by God the Father. Because of what Jesus has done and how the Father exalted Him, He deserves all our obedience, worship, and adoration. How will this truth affect the way you live?
As God, Jesus humbled Himself by serving others. As humans, we tend to seek glory and honor for ourselves. But unlike us, Jesus came to serve. The apostle Paul encourages us to ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏย (Philippians 2:3) and instead to follow the humble example of Jesusโ life, giving glory to the Father. We can respond in humility by serving others, too.ย
๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
โข Ask God to reveal an area in your life where you seek glory and honor for yourself. Pray that God would help you surrender this area to Him. Share this with a trusted friend or mentor, as you are comfortable.ย
โข This week, what is one thing you can start doing to serve others more?ย
โข Through your words and actions, how can you demonstrate humility in your church community?ย
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โข Ask God to grow a heart of humility in youโa heart that is ready to serve, receive correction, and obey God.ย
โข Thank God that Jesus walked in perfect humility. Pray that like Jesus, you would have a desire to serve others more.
โข Pray that as a church community, we would serve those outside the church, too.