Learn Humbly Like Jesus
Tony Thomas
Philippians 2:8
We’re in a series called, ‘‘Borrowed Time,’’ and it’s based on a couple of verses. Psalms 90:12, ‘‘Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.’’ Psalms 31:14, ‘‘You are my God, and my time is in your hands.’’
Last weeks’ theme was, ‘‘Learn Humbly.’’ The analogy I used was a roller-coaster that came equipped with a steering wheel. We express our humility by releasing the grip and turning the wheel over to Jesus.
But life isn’t lived in a vacuum and our problems have a way of derailing our good intentions. So we say, ‘‘Someday.’’ Someday when I get over this disappointment I’ll really live. Someday when I get past this problem I’ll really live. Someday when my stress subsides I’ll really live. Years go by and we’re stuck in the Someday Syndrome.
But God wants to use our setbacks to teach us humility. When we’re in what Anne Shirley called the ‘‘depths of despair,’’ God does His best work! If you’re there Jesus has some things to teach you using his words on the cross.
We’re gonna look at the words that fell from his lips on his worst day. His worst day, by the way, became our best day! Jesus made seven statements on the cross and his pain did not derail Him from fulfilling the purpose for which He was sent.
So let’s start where we ended last week (Philippians 2):
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!
Most of us understand some of the pain that Jesus endured at the cross. We understand nails and thorns because that’s physical pain. But I’m not sure we understand the spiritual pain - the separation that Jesus endured at Calvary. In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul describes the spiritual pain: 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
The perfect Son of God took on himself all the sins of the world. Think of ...
Tony Thomas
Philippians 2:8
We’re in a series called, ‘‘Borrowed Time,’’ and it’s based on a couple of verses. Psalms 90:12, ‘‘Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.’’ Psalms 31:14, ‘‘You are my God, and my time is in your hands.’’
Last weeks’ theme was, ‘‘Learn Humbly.’’ The analogy I used was a roller-coaster that came equipped with a steering wheel. We express our humility by releasing the grip and turning the wheel over to Jesus.
But life isn’t lived in a vacuum and our problems have a way of derailing our good intentions. So we say, ‘‘Someday.’’ Someday when I get over this disappointment I’ll really live. Someday when I get past this problem I’ll really live. Someday when my stress subsides I’ll really live. Years go by and we’re stuck in the Someday Syndrome.
But God wants to use our setbacks to teach us humility. When we’re in what Anne Shirley called the ‘‘depths of despair,’’ God does His best work! If you’re there Jesus has some things to teach you using his words on the cross.
We’re gonna look at the words that fell from his lips on his worst day. His worst day, by the way, became our best day! Jesus made seven statements on the cross and his pain did not derail Him from fulfilling the purpose for which He was sent.
So let’s start where we ended last week (Philippians 2):
8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-even death on a cross!
Most of us understand some of the pain that Jesus endured at the cross. We understand nails and thorns because that’s physical pain. But I’m not sure we understand the spiritual pain - the separation that Jesus endured at Calvary. In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul describes the spiritual pain: 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
The perfect Son of God took on himself all the sins of the world. Think of ...
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