Monday
Apr132009
Passion Week
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 2:18 PM
I hope everyone had a good Easter.
What is Passion Week?
It is the week in which God opened the floodgates for salvation to come to everyone. Some people did no want ia dn other did not think that it was relevant. However, it is the week in which Christians remember for what Jesus Christ has done.
Philippians 2:1-18
Paul is mindful of the church in Philippians. He speaks about joy while he is in prison. He mentions that Joy does not come from comparing ourselves to others. We don't always want to try to be better then others or not to be as bad as others. There is no joy in that striving to out do another person. In effect doesn't that give us pride over the other when we are "better"? Then right after Paul states that we should be humble and consider others before ourselves. Paul teaches us to not be selfish and comparing ourselves to others makes us think where we are rather then where the other person is.
In this way Jesus had put aside everything that made him equal to God. He made himself less then God even though he had the same traits as God (verse 6-8). Paul really wants us to think about what that means. Often times people are blamed for things they did not do, and Jesus certainly did nothing that deserved death. He not only accepted the blame, bue he went out and saught to take it from other people.
What does it mean that Jesus humbled himself to be put on the cross and take the sins of others with him?
What is Passion Week?
It is the week in which God opened the floodgates for salvation to come to everyone. Some people did no want ia dn other did not think that it was relevant. However, it is the week in which Christians remember for what Jesus Christ has done.
Philippians 2:1-18
Paul is mindful of the church in Philippians. He speaks about joy while he is in prison. He mentions that Joy does not come from comparing ourselves to others. We don't always want to try to be better then others or not to be as bad as others. There is no joy in that striving to out do another person. In effect doesn't that give us pride over the other when we are "better"? Then right after Paul states that we should be humble and consider others before ourselves. Paul teaches us to not be selfish and comparing ourselves to others makes us think where we are rather then where the other person is.
In this way Jesus had put aside everything that made him equal to God. He made himself less then God even though he had the same traits as God (verse 6-8). Paul really wants us to think about what that means. Often times people are blamed for things they did not do, and Jesus certainly did nothing that deserved death. He not only accepted the blame, bue he went out and saught to take it from other people.
What does it mean that Jesus humbled himself to be put on the cross and take the sins of others with him?
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