Jesus Exalted by God

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Jesus Exalted by God

• What
• Must
• Every
• Person
• Do? Phil. 29-11

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Knee Every knee should bow

• Tongue Every Tongue should
• Confess
• Phil. 29-11

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Phil. 29-11 NKJV Exalted Christ!

• 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and
  given Him the name which is above every name, 10
  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
  of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of
  those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue
  should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
  glory of God the Father.

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Therefore.in view of what has just been said
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Phil. 21-4 NASV Be Likeminded!

• Therefore if there is any consolation in
  Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship
  of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2
  fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the
  same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3
  Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or
  conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem
  others better than himself. 4 Let each of you
  look out not only for his own interests, but also
  for the interests of others.

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Be Like-minded

• Phil. 21-4 v. 2 That you be likeminded..
• a) Same love
• b) Being of one accord
• c) Of one mind
• v.3 Nothing be done through strife or
• Vainglory, but in lowliness of mind, let each
  esteem others better than themselves
• v.4 Look out not only for your own
  interest,, but also for the interests of others.

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Phil.25-8 NKJV Christ Mind!Look what Christ
did.

• 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in
  Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God,
  did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
  7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the
  form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness
  of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man,
  He humbled Himself and became obedient to the
  point of death, even the death of the cross.

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Consider what Jesus did!

• 1. He was in the form of God He existed as
  essentially one with God (Vincents word
  studies)
• John 11-3
• 2. He thought it not robbery to be equal with
  God. He was equal with God. Cf. John 11
• Literally,
• a thing to be grasped something to be laid
  hold of, and retained jealously. He did not
  feel He had to cling on to this equality.

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Consider what Jesus did..

• 3. He made himself of no reputation ,
• Or he emptied himself
• ..He divested Himself of the glory He had
  with the Father.
• ( John 175 And now, O Father, glorify
  thou me with thine own self with the glory which
  I had with thee before the world was.)
• 4. He took upon himself the form of a servant
• He did not come as an earthly King or Prince
• Or some royalty position..
• He came simply as a son of a carpenter.

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5. He was made in the likeness of men

• Heb.2 14 Inasmuch then as the children
  have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself
  likewise shared in the same, that through death
  He might destroy him who had the power of death,
  that is, the devil, 15 and release those who
  through fear of death were all their lifetime
  subject to bondage. 16 For indeed He does not
  give aid to angels, but He does give aid to the
  seed of Abraham. 17 Therefore, in all things He
  had to be made like His brethren, that He might
  be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things
  pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the
  sins of the people. 18 For in that He Himself has
  suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those
  who are tempted. And..

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• Heb. 414 Seeing then that we have a great High
  Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus
  the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
  ( Heb . 58,9 )

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• 6. He was found in fashion as a man.. He was
  truly man. He had flesh and bone as a man.
• 7. He humbled himself. Heb. 57,8
• who, in the days of His flesh, when He had
  offered up prayers and supplications, with
  vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to
  save Him from death, and was heard because of His
  godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned
  obedience by the things which He suffered.
• 8. He became obedient unto deatheven the death
  of the cross.

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Thus.. Jesus became a man
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• Though in every way a man like you or me
• (while still the Son of God!! Matt.171-5)
  He humbled Himself and obeyed Godobediently
  suffering and dying on the cruel cross..
• WHY DID HE DO ALL OF THIS?
• He did it all for the sake of othersfor YOU and
  for ME! John 316 Rom. 58,9

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Phil. 29-11 NKJV Exalted Christ!

• 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and
  given Him the name which is above every name, 10
  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
  of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of
  those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue
  should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
  glory of God the Father.

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What God hath Done!

• Every knee shall bow
• Every tongue shall confess

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Rev. 511-14

• 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of
  many angels around the throne, the living
  creatures, and the elders and the number of them
  was ten thousand times ten thousand, and
  thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud
  voice
• Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
  To receive power and riches and wisdom,
  And strength and honor and glory and blessing!
• 13 And every creature which is in heaven and on
  the earth and under the earth and such as are in
  the sea, and all that are in them, I heard
  saying
• Blessing and honor and glory and power
  Be to Him who sits on the throne,
  And to the Lamb, forever and ever!a
• 14 Then the four living creatures said, Amen!
  And the twenty-fourb elders fell down and
  worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.c

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• Those in heaven,
• and of those on earth,
• and of those under the earth
• This conveys the absolute totality of all
  creation recognizing the superiority of Jesus
  Christ.

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Phil. 212-13 NKJV

• 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always
  obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much
  more in my absence, work out your own salvation
  with fear and trembling 13 for it is God who
  works in you both to will and to do for His good
  pleasure.

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To All Christians

• Work Out Your
• Own Salvation
• Jas. 122
• Eph. 28-10
• I Cor. 1558
• Jas. 127

• With fear and
• Trembling
• Matt. 721-23
• Acts 96
• Heb. 1031 fearful thing to fall
• Heb. 1229 for our
• God is a consuming
• Fire..Mtt.1028

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2 Kinds of Obedience

• 2 Kinds of
• Obedience

• 1. Done in the Presence of Others .Col.322
  ..not with eyeservice,as men-pleasers,but in
  singleness of heart,fearing God.
• 2. Done in the Absence of
• Others. Done to please God. Faithful no matter
  what others do or think.Gal.220

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What will every personal being do..?

• Confess Jesus as Lord!..
• .. Every personal being will ultimately
  confess Christ's lordship, either with joyful
  faith or with resentment and despair.
• 1. Confess Christ. Mtt. 1032,33
• 2. Confess I am a sinner. Rom. 323
• Rom. 623

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In the Old Testament we read

• In Isaiah, it is to the Lord that all knees
  bow and tongues confess
• Isaiah 4523 I have sworn by Myself the
  word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
  and shall not return, that to Me every knee shall
  bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
• In Philippians it is to Jesus, showing that
  Jesus is Lord
• Phil. 210 That at the name of Jesus every
  knee should bow, of things in heaven,and things
  in earth, and things under the earth and that
  every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
  Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Conclusion

• 1. Every person shall confess Christ
• Here on earth - to his own salvation
• Mtt. 1032,33
• 2. In EternityTo his own condemnation.
• Mtt. 1032,33

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Which will it be with you?

• Which
• Will
• It
• Be
• With
• You?