1. 1 Christian Humility Philippians 2:1-11 1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves.. 4do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name10so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2. 2 Christian Humility Philippians’ Backdrop Written by Apostle Paul: 60-62AD Purpose:  Paul wanted the church to know how things were going for him in his imprisonment and what his plans were should he be released.  There was discord and division in the church and so the apostle writes to encourage humility with a view toward unity.

3. Christian Humility Philippians 2:1 Philip:1:27,28 - 27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. 28and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that too from God. Phil 2:1 1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of (agape) love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection (tenderheartedness) and compassion,  Any encouragement in Christ: Who He is and what He has accomplished. Being one with the divine calling.  Encourage- parakaleo- Prefix –Para- along side of. Support-Confidence- Development of something in them. The remainder of the Greek word means "calling."  Affection (tenderheartedness) and Compassion- This comes from within….followed by fellowship of the Spirit. 3

4. Christian Humility Philippians 2:2 2make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in Spirit, intent on one purpose. 4

5. Christian Humility Philippians 2:3-4 3Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves. 4do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Acts16:19-21,23,24 19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.” 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 5

6. Christian Humility Philippians 2:3-4 3Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves. 4do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Acts16:25-34 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household. 6

7. Christian Humility Philippians 2:5-8 5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: Isaiah 14: 13,14 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 7

8. Christian Humility Philippians 2:7-9 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name10so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth Mat:26-52-54 52“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword. 53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? 54But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?” 8

9. Christian Humility Philippians 2: 9,10 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name10so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth. 9

10. Christian Humility Philippians 2:11 11and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 10