Responsibilities Inherent From Following Christ

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DEVOTIONAL SERIES ON “THE LOVE OF GOD.” (03012013)

Pastor Glen Aycock

SCRIPTURE: PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11

·        1 ¶  If you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care—
·        2 then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends.
·        3 Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead.
·        4 Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.
·        5 Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself.
·        6  He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what.
·        7  Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human!
·        8  Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion.
·        9  Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever,
·        10  so that all created beings in heaven and on earth—even those long ago dead and buried—will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ,
·        11  and call out in praise that he is the Master of all, to the glorious honor of God the Father.

DEVOTIONAL:  “RESPONSIBILITIES INHERENT FROM FOLLOWING CHRIST”

Dear Child of God . Has following Christ made a difference in your life? Has Living in a community of Spirit filled followers of Christ given you new meaning and purpose? What actions does your heart dictate toward care of others?  This scripture gives ways to show your love for Christ

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1.      Agree with each other. As believers we should be of one Spirit which will validate God in us.
2.      Love each other as God loves us.
3.      Serve God first, others second, and yourself last. This is the pattern of the Life of Christ on earth.

4.      Don’t be impressed with yourself but rather with the opportunity to share the love of Christ toward sinners. There is no greater pursuit
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5.      Look forward to the greatest praise service ever when you will join with the prophets of old and the children of God who will call out in praise that “He is Master of all”. Wow I have my ticket reservation, how about you?

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