Philippians 2:8 - The Humanity of Christ

As Christians we confess that we believe certain things about Jesus. We believe that he was God--fully God--and eternally so. We believe that he took on flesh and became human--fully human--and that this incarnation (as we call it) was essential for our salvation.

In Philippians chapter two Paul is describing this as the 'emptying' of Christ. As God he had every right to demand everything that God has a right to demand. But he didn't. He laid that aside and instead became flesh and blood. Then, as a man, he humbled himself further by submitting and being obedient. His obedience was a complete obedience. It led him to die the most humiliating of deaths. He completely forsook self to live for the Father's glory.

Paul describes Jesus as the second Adam. In this lesson we considered a few other passages from Paul's epistles where he describes Jesus as the second Adam and shows how his humanity was vital in order for him to represent us and redeem us from all that we lost through the first Adam. Take a listen to the MP3 recording at the link below. I hope it will be a blessing to you.

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