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The Way Down Is the Way Up

Philippians 2 / Jesus’ teaching

Jesus did not grasp at equality with God but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant. The pattern is the pattern of the gospel itself: the way up is the way down. Humility is not self-hatred. It is the refusal to demand the center, modeled by the One who already possessed it and laid it down.

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Core kingdom reversal. True greatness moves toward lowliness, not away from it.

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Philippians 2

Philippians 2:5-11

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