Prodigal Son, Prodigal Father Luke 15:11-32

prodigal ˈ pr ɒ d ɪɡ (ə)l/ adjective 1. spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant 2. having or giving something on a lavish scale

Spring: The Cross February Sun 7AtonementLeviticus 16 Sun 14Take up crossMark 8 Sun 21Lifted upJohn 3 Sun 28Laying downJohn 10 March Sun 6Dying to SinRomans 6 Sun 13ObediencePhilippians 2 Sun 20Suffering ServantLuke 22 Thu 24The Lamb of GodExodus 12 Fri 25Words from the crossLuke/John

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus : 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. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 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. Philippians 2 Thank God for his written Word to us

Humility and the Cross Philippians 2:5-11

Humility of Christ Requires intention

‘Adam, in arrogance, thought to become like God; Christ, in humility, became man.’ —N. T. Wright

Humiliation of Christ Requires intention Requires submission Requires the cross

Exaltation of Christ The highest place The highest title

‘The real humiliation of the incarnation and the cross is that one who was himself God, and who never in the whole process stopped being God, could embrace becoming man.’

‘After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; he will be given a portion among the great.’ (Isaiah 53)

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