Blessings in the Mighty Name of Yeshua Hamashiach!
ANNOUNCEMENT
God is truly blessing us in this revival! I believe this is just the beginning.
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
Philippians 2:5-7
The above passage is from the ESV. The KJV renders the phrase “made himself of no reputation.” In the Strong’s Concordance, the Greek phrase is ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν, and it means “emptied Himself.” Commentators call Philippians 2:5-11 “the kenosis passage.” Kenosis is the idea that Jesus renounced the divine privileges that He had always known. He chose the humble form of not just a man but a servant to man. We must note that Jesus did not give up being God in any way. Jesus was always fully God and fully man, retaining all the faculties of both. Instead, he gave up the outward glory and majesty of God, choosing to repose His divine nature in order to humble Himself to the point of death.
In John 8:29, Jesus says, “And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.” (That’s exactly the way I want to be; don’t you?) In all things Jesus sought to do what God wanted Him to do, what God sent Him to do. In fact, in the previous verse, He says, “I do nothing of Myself.” He not only submitted Himself to God’s will, but He made it the center of His focus. Hallelujah!
Shalom
Pastor Williams