Philippians chapter 2 is one of the bedrocks of orthodox Christology, providing for the reader an amazing summation of the eternal existence, essence/nature and work of the divine Son from eternity past into the present. This text allows the reader to roll back the eternal history of the Son (to a limited degree) and His…
Last Sunday School we did an exegesis of Phil 2:6-11. This section of Scripture is perhaps the strongest proclamation of the deity and timeless and eternal nature of the Lord Jesus Christ and it is filled with amazing theological gems that glorify the Triune God of the Bible. Enjoy and here’s the study along with…
For the sunrise service, I preached on Phil 2:6-11, a text better known as the Carmen Christi. In it, I gave the big picture view of Christ’s nature, life, death and exaltation. Here’s the sermon and Blessed Resurrection Day. Sunrise Sermon Phil 2:6-11 (03/31/13)
INTRODUCTION When the entirety of the Pauline Corpus is considered, perhaps the pinnacle of Paul’s theological thought in relation to the nature of the divine Son is found in his Epistle to the Philippians. In chapter two of the Epistle, the apostle engages in a theological testimonial of the Son via his use of…
Philippians 2:10 Verse 10, a subordinate clause of verse 9, notes Jesus’ vindication with a citation from Isaiah 45:23 and also includes three sub-points. The verse reads; “so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth” (NASB). The conjunction ἵνα…
Philippians 2:8 Verse 8 begins with a reiteration of Paul’s previous statement about the incarnation; “Being found in appearance as a man” (Phil. 2:8a, NASB, emphasis added).[9] Paul, a faithful Jew, seemingly uses a form of parallelism to stress the essential point of Jesus’ “self addition” of humanity; thus qualifying further his use of morphe…
Philippians 2:7 The apostle goes on to explain the nature of true and absolute humility when he qualifies Jesus’ “form” and forfeited “equality” in verse 7 when he states; “but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men” (NASB). The word “emptied” (κενόω > kenow) in verse…
Philippians 2:6 Verse 6, which begins with a “relative clause” proclaims; “who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped” (NASB). Paul begins verse 6 via a discussion of the Son’s “existence,” though it is better contextually to view Paul’s words as “preexistence.”…
As of this evening, I will be posting a seven part series on the text of Philippians 2:5-11, based on my recently completed essay on this subject in my Greek class . This wonderful section of Scripture, better known as the “Carmen Christi” (vs. 6-11), have been for years understood as a short, 6 verse…
Today’s sermon on Philippians 2:1-11 can be found HERE and HERE for download.
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