Philippians 2:5-11
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
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.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

I. Humility isn’t unwilling to let go (vv. 5-6)
• We need to set our minds on the heavenly character trait of

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• We set our hearts on humility by choosing hope over

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, and valuing the

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of others over our own.
•

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are to help one another develop Christlike humility.
• Humility is willing to let go of

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,

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, and being

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for the sake of relationship.
• Humility understands that we only love those who we release

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,

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, and

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to.
II. Humility isn’t unwilling to be second (vv. 7-8)
• Humility is willing to

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to an alternative perspective.
• Humility waits to be

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or asks for

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to speak. (Jn. 4:1-26)
• Jesus did not empty himself of

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but rather emptied “self”.
• The Incarnation is Jesus taking on 100%

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in addition to his 100%

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.
• Humility understands that power doesn’t need to force things,

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does.
• Humility understands

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you are right doesn’t make you right, being right does.
• Humility understands that being

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is not the same as being Christlike. (Jn. 5:39-40)
III. Humility isn’t unwilling to yield before it has to (vv. 9-11)
• Jesus did not have to

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to the cross, he chose to out of humility.
• Humility understands that everything we have was given by God,
and still what we yield will be

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in heaven.
• Humility understands in order to yield heaven from Jesus as

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, we must also yield to Jesus as

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.
• Every

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will yield to Jesus Christ as Lord.
• Yielding to Jesus in life means redemption as

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, but yielding at death means defeat as an

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TAKE OFF
Who is the humblest person you’ve ever met? Share an example of his or her humility.
TEXT
Philippians 2:5-11
1. What thoughts or feelings did you have during this week’s sermon?
2. By way of review, how does the apostle Paul define humility (vv. 3-4)? Now look at verses six through eight and discuss how Jesus personifies humility.
3. How did God respond to Jesus’ humility (vv. 9-11)? Have you ever been in a situation where you chose to act humbly but were not treated well in return? How does Jesus’ example of humility strengthen, comfort, and encourage you?
4. Jesus was fully God yet chose to become human. Give practical examples of ways we can choose to value others more than ourselves in our interactions with others and in the choices that we make.

TAKE AWAY
Is there an area in your life where you need to humble yourself and yield to God?