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5 In your lives you must ·think and act just like Christ Jesus.
How they know how to act just like Christ Jesus? Paul taught them some. 2nd missionary journey...Humans have bad memories. Paul's been gone...
50AD visit Philippi est church; wrote Philippians 60AD; 10 year separation?
How supposed to think and act just like Christ Jesus????

Early church used the Old Testament.
attend bible study every week? read their bible for 15 minutes every day?
study NT? No. Not exist yet. Philippian letter not written until 10 years later.
only 1/3 point. 2/3's NT not even written yet. 30 more years to go.
1. work with what knowledge do have and
2. sincerely seek guidance of Holy Spirit
3. Jesus was fully committed to promoting the glory of God; we should be also in pointing the lost to the only Savior: Jesus

[Balance of this lesson may be from an early Christian hymn. Many believe was sung at celebration of Lord's Supper
quite possible not originate with Paul except that he perhaps included this hymn because it so well fit his message.

6 ·Christ himself was like God in everything, but he did not think that being equal with God was something to be desperately held...
"was something to be used for his own benefit" NOT!
GK term pictures grasping desperately. Jesus not going to be grasping desperately; gladly gave up...
Jesus already equal to God the Father, so what's to grasp? Clearly he knew who he was.

Hebrews 1:3 The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.

Greek word for equal - exactly same in size, quantity, quality, character and number. So exactly same as God in Heaven; our Father.