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2 Corinthians 5:17, Philippians 2:13, Philippians 2:5
Episode Handout
Philippians 2:5 (NASB)
5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
Philippians 2:13 (NASB)
13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
He Thinks of Others, Not Himself (Phil. 2:5-6)
The “mind” of Christ means the “attitude” Christ exhibited. “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5, niv). After all, outlook determines outcome. If the outlook is selfish, the actions will be devisive and destructive. James says the same thing (see James 4:1-10).
These verses in Philippians take us to eternity past. “Form of God” has nothing to do with shape or size. God is Spirit (John 4:24), and as such is not to be thought of in human terms. When the Bible refers to “the eyes of the Lord” or “the hand of the Lord,” it is not claiming that God has a human shape. Rather, it is using human terms to describe divine attributes (the characteristics of God) and activities. The word “form” means “the outward expression of the inward nature.” This means that in eternity past, Jesus Christ was God. In fact, Paul states that He was “equal with God.” Other verses such as John 1:1-4; Colossians 1:15; and Hebrews 1:1-3 also state that Jesus Christ is God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.