WWJD | 2020
October 4, 2020WWJD? What would Jesus do?
Philippians 2
Phil 2:1-4 MSG
1-4 If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.
Phil 2:5 MSG- “Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.”
NLT- “You should have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”
Jesus showed us how to…
[1] selflessly!
Phil 2:6-7 NIV
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.
Question- How can I live selflessly right now?
Jesus showed us how to…
[2] humility!
Phil 2:8 NIV
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
Humility opens the door for grace and healing to flow when there’s a relational standoff because of hurt and pride.
Question- How can I embrace humility right now?
Jesus showed us how to…
[3] sacrificially!
Phil. 2:8 NIV
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
MSG
“he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.”
Ephesians 5:1-2 NLT
“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. 2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.”
Question- How can I love sacrificially right now?
* Imagine…how attractive the love and hope of Jesus would become to our hurting world, if the people who follow Him look, talk, respond, and love more and more…like Him!