2. Identify Stars

3. Always be yourself Unless you can be Batman Then be Batman Always be Batman

4. i·den·ti·fy: Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is To associate closely with

5. We present ourselves To our world based on… How we primarily identify

6. And our world identifies us Based on how we Present ourselves It's the power of influence Rather than pursuit of power

7. If you indentify with Christ You lose everything Only to find that you've gained The only thing that matters

8. Philippians 2 Context

9. …to live is Christ, to die is gain… Identification- it's all Jesus!

10. Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ…

11. …standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel…

12. Creation- Live/Give Respect Fall- Humble Redemption- Thankful Restoration- Seeking to live out Forms the basis of unity

13. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake…

14. …engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have

15. Identify with Jesus: Live worthy in unity Knowing you will suffer For Christ’s sake and You'll need one another

16. So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy

17. …complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind

18. When we love Jesus first… When we identify with him What gives Jesus joy Gives us joy

19. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full

20. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you - John 15:11-12

21. "This is what Jesus commanded And it’ll give me great joy If you do this…"

22. …complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind

23. Phroneo- seek after same thing Agape- same moral preference of love Sumpsuchos- united in soul, closely identified with

24. When we identify with One another…we lose unity When we identify with Jesus We are unified because Of Jesus

25. Plea for Unity Based on what we have In Christ

26. The very thing Jesus prayed for Because it tells our world That he is real

27. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me Completely Identified With

28. …that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me - John 17:22-23

29. Paul is pleading for Calling believers to What Jesus prayed for and Promised would identify us As his followers

30. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves

31. Oh! Pick me, pick me! I wanted to hear my name

32. Oh! Pick me, pick me! I wanted to hear my name And I was very defensive When it came to criticism

33. I want this… I just need… I gotta have… I’ll get ahead, it's all about me I'll project/protect ego

34. If you indentify with Christ You lose everything Only to find that you've gained The only thing that matters

35. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves

36. Humility: I trust You to meet my needs As I serve them And put them first

37. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others This is what unity looks like…

38. Unity: so identifying with Christ That we die to self Count others more important Than ourselves and commit to Looking out for their needs

39. That's great, really… But we can't do it Unless we identify with Jesus And make following him The primary pursuit of our lives

40. If you indentify with Christ You lose everything Only to find that you've gained The only thing that matters

41. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus (ESV)

42. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus (NIV)

43. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus (KJV) Identify with Jesus

44. …who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped… Essential Nature: Outside Agrees with who he is

45. but emptied himself… Kenoo- render void, lose value Give up independent exercise of divine attributes

46. …by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men Outside agrees with Who he is= Kenosis Doulos- slaves exist to…?

47. "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does- John 5:19-20

48. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross Schema- exterior appearance

49. Human form= Schema- Exterior appearance He's human, but not exactly like us…untouched by sin

50. Completely identified with us As a human being…pain, hunger, thirst, sun on his skin Temptation

51. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses…

52. …but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin - Hebrews 4:16

53. Jesus died as one of us To free us He became a curse for us to Save us from the curse of Law

54. If you indentify with Christ You lose everything Only to find that you've gained The only thing that matters

55. Before ever asking us To die to self And identify with him He identified with us and died As one of us for all of us

56. Why did Jesus go to the cross? Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves

57. Why did Jesus do it? Why did he go to the cross? Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others

58. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…

59. …in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father

60. That's where unity comes from We identify with Christ So we die to self, live worthy of The gospel and put others first By the power Christ supplies

61. Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence…

62. …work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure

63. Identify: To adjust so as to bring into Alignment with Work out- bring to completion Works in you- step-by-step

64. …for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure

65. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him (NLT)

66. I work out my salvation By so identifying with Jesus That what he wants for me Becomes what I want for Myself= new desires & power

67. Death to self brings power From God to become each day A little more of What he created you to be As part of his Church

68. If you indentify with Christ You lose everything Only to find that you've gained The only thing that matters

69. Questions, Comments Disagreements

70. Pray

71. 10:30 Group Game Night