Philippians by Scott Risley (2021)

The Emptying of the Son of God

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Scott Risley

Philippians 2:5-11

Summary

We often minimize the humanity of Jesus. it is tempting to focus upon Jesus' divinity, his omniscience, his omnipotence, his omnipresence rather than his humanness. But it is these very divine attributes that make his action of coming down to earth as a mere human so unimaginably off the charts amazing. He truly was human while here on earth accomplishing his mission to save us. He emptied himself, or set aside, the use of his divine attributes so that he could be fully human and thus experience all the things humans experience in life on earth. If we minimize his humanity, we detract something from the enormity of his sacrifice for us. Someday his divinity will be recognized when every knew bows and every tongue confesses that Jesus is Lord.

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