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Requested to save unity

Dr. Roberto Miranda

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: In Philippians 2:1-11, the Apostle Paul calls for unity and harmony within the church. He urges the congregation to be of one mind, one heart, and one attitude, and to put aside all quarrels and divisions. He asks them to do nothing out of vainglory or contention, but rather with humility and to estimate each other as superior to themselves. Paul uses Jesus Christ as an example of someone who exemplified these qualities to the maximum level. Despite being in the form of God, Jesus did not cling to his divinity, but rather emptied himself, taking the form of a servant and becoming obedient to death on a cross. God exalted Jesus to the highest and gave him a name above every name, so that one day every knee and tongue would confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. The passage is believed to be a hymn that was sung in the church and serves as a call for believers to model and exemplify Christ's way of living.

If Jesus walked the streets today, we wouldn't even notice him because he was humble and ordinary. True authority in the Kingdom of God comes from humility and letting God lift you up. Let's strive to be like Christ this Holy Week, and come to worship on Friday ready to give even more to the Lord. Let go of fear and negative expectations, and believe that God has good plans for your life. Claim blessings and confess virtue in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Philippians 2:1 says: “…Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the spirit, if any tender affection, if any mercy, complete my joy, feeling the same…”

There's that passage. How nice. That is like the heart of the passage, it is like the Holy Spirit of the Father says, complete my joy, fill me with the blessing that I need. I love you, I rejoice in you, but make that joy totally full and manifest when you feel the same.

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