Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant ( Phil 2:5-7) This term "bond-servant" literally means "slave" in the original Greek. Rather a strong term isn't it? The Apostle Paul took this challenge seriously and often called himself a "slave of Jesus Christ". ( Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 4:5; Gal 1:10; Phil 1:1; Titus 1:1) How many of us have taken Paul's exhortation to heart? How many have adopted the attitude of Jesus when He took the form of a bond-servant? I would imagine quite a few of us. There was probably a time when we said to Christ, "I want You to be Lord of my life. I am willing for You to be my Master, and I your servant." It's one thing to declare Christ as Lord, ourselves and His servant. It's quite another thing to actually live li...
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