Jesus assumed the form of a slave even though he was equal to God

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SUMMARY: The idea of being servants and slaves to God is a fundamental aspect of the Gospel. The apostle Paul always considered himself a servant and slave of the Lord Jesus Christ, emphasizing his complete surrender to God's will. This posture of complete service and subjection to God's will should be the stance of every servant of God, recognizing that ultimately we do nothing except what God allows us to do. Even after doing great things for the Kingdom of God, we should maintain a healthy recognition that we have not done much compared to what God has done for us. The attitude of dispossession and surrender to God's will was exemplified by Jesus Christ himself, who became a slave of God even though he was equal to God. As members of God's family and inner circle of friends, we must also understand that we are ultimately God's servants and slaves.

The idea that we are servants, we are slaves, we are totally dependent on the Will of God, is part of the whole context of the Gospel. And that is why the apostle Paul always considered himself precisely as a servant and as a slave of the Lord Jesus Christ. In almost all of his epistles the apostle Paul identified himself as Paul the servant, doulos of Jesus Christ.

For example in Philippians chapter 1 verse 1, Paul introduces himself this way: "Paul and Timothy, servants, doulos" right? which is the Greek word for slave, "doulos of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, etc. Paul at all times considered himself a mere slave of the Lord because he wanted to emphasize that idea that his life was Totally at the Father's disposal for whatever God wanted to do with him, he saw himself as a mere instrument.