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Philippians Class Schedule
3/25/2012
4/1/2012
4/8/2012
4/15/2012
4/22/2012
4/29/2012
5/6/2012
5/13/2012
Phil 2:1-2
Phil 2:3-4
Phil 2:5-7
Phil 2:8-11
Phil 2:8-11
Phil 2:12-13
Phil 2:14-16
Phil 2:17-18
Being of the same mind
Humility of mind
Christ's attitude
Christ's humiliation and exaltation #1
Christ's humiliation and exaltation #2
Work out your salvation
No grumbling or disputing
Poured out as an offering
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Christ's humiliation and exaltation #2
9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him,
and bestowed on Him the name which is above
every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will
bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and
under the earth,
11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Philippians 2:5 to 8
5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in
Christ Jesus,
6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did
not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of men.
8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,
even death on a cross.
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Philippians 2:6 to 8
Christ Jesus did not regard equality with God a
thing to be grasped
- existing in the form of God
Christ Jesus emptied Himself
- taking the form of a bond servant
- having been born in the likeness of men
Christ Jesus humbled Himself
- having been found in appearance as a man
- having become obedient unto death and
that on a cross
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9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and
bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
For this reason - dio - for which cause
God highly exalted Him
highly exalted – hyperypsoō – over + to heighten,
raise high, elevate, lift up.
bestowed on Him the name
which is above every name
the name vs. every name
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10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow,
of those who are in heaven and on earth and
under the earth,
so that – hina - with a purpose that
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every knee will (should) bow
knee - gony – from the word to fall on the knees
bow – kamptō - to bend, such as the knees
see Isa 45:22-24, Rom 14:10-11
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10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow,
of those who are in heaven and on earth and
under the earth,
at (in) the name of Jesus
What else happens in the name of Jesus ?
those who are in heaven- on earth- under the earth
see Ex. 20:4, Rev 5:3 and Rev 5:13
Can we identify those in each place ?
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11 and that every tongue will confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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every tongue will confess
tongue – glōssa - the tongue, as an organ of speech
Why is “just the knee bowing” not enough ?
confess – exomologeō - to agree openly, to acknowledge
outwardly, or fully
see Rom 14:11, Rom 15:9 & James 5:16
Jesus Christ is Lord
What does this imply ?
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11 and that every tongue will confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
to the glory of God the Father
glory – doxa - of the nature and acts of God in
self-manifestation, i.e., what He essentially is and does,
as exhibited in whatever way he reveals Himself in these
respects, and particularly in the person of Christ
Vine
see Rom 15:7, 1 Cor 10:31 & 2 Cor 1:20
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Summary
For this reason also
- God highly exalted Him
- Bestowed on Him “the name” which is above every name
So that (or with a purpose that)
- every knee will (should) bow of those
- who are in heaven
- on earth
- under the earth
- at (in) the name of Jesus
- every tongue will (should) confess
- that Jesus Christ is Lord
- to the glory of God the Father
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