Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name – HYMN He Has Come For Us – Meredith Andrews – Behold the Savior O Come All Ye Faithful – Traditional Carol Christmas Offering – Paul Baloche – Songs 4 Worship: Christmas Joy Jesus is the Lord – Travis Cottrell – Jesus Saves (Live) Special: O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Steven Curtis Chapman – The Music of Christmas

A Life of Downward Mobility

Series: The Life of Christ (part 2) Philippians 2:5-11

Review

• Is it worth taking another look at the

life of Jesus Christ

• Jesus is the most influential person

in all of history

• Jesus claimed to be God
• Jesus promised to transform your

life

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Philippians 2:5-7

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain

• conceit. Rather, in humility value others

above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

5 In your relationships with one another,

have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Philippians 2:5-7

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.

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• The Christmas Story

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• The Christmas Story
• Luke 2:1-7 (ESV)

1 In those days a decree went out from

Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor

• f Syria. 3 And all went to be registered,

each to his own town.

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• The Christmas Story
• Luke 2:1-7 (ESV)

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee,

from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• The Christmas Story
• Luke 2:1-7 (ESV)

6 And while they were there, the time came

for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Some Biblical Adjustments to the

Popular Christmas story

• We don’t really know how many

Magi there were

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Some Biblical Adjustments to the Popular

Christmas story

• The Magi did not arrive on Christmas

night − Matthew 2:1-2

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Some Biblical Adjustments to the Popular

Christmas story

• The Bible does not say that baby Jesus

did not cry

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Some Biblical Adjustments to the Popular

Christmas story

• Was Jesus born in a stable?

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• Some Biblical Adjustments to the Popular

Christmas story

• Was Jesus born in a stable?

− Luke 2:1-7 (ESV)

7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son

and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Typical village home in Palestine from the side

Typical village home in Palestine from the side Typical village home in Palestine from the above

Typical village home in Palestine with a guest room

7 ”and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She

wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” Luke 2:7 (NIV)

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• The incarnation was the most spectacular,

supernatural birth that outwardly seemed so ordinary!

Crib: The eternal God became incarnate (vv.5-7)

• The incarnation was the downward

mobility of Jesus as God took on human flesh

• Philippians 2:6-7

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.

Cross: The incarnate God became despised (v.8)

• Philippians 2:8

8 And being found in appearance as a man,

he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

Crown: The despised Christ becomes exalted (vv.9-11)

• Philippians 2:9-11

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.

conclusion

A life of downward mobility— the way up is the way down