Evenfall; The Humility of the Logos; Phil. 2:5-8

Delivered during the Evenfall; Sunday Evening Worship, 4/7/2024. After spelling out both the reasons and methods that lead to church unity, Paul gives the ultimate example-- the Humiliation and Incarnation of Jesus Christ. We will carefully analyze virtually every word of this short hymn that Paul uses to describe the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Humiliation of Christ. In a beautiful melding of poetry and Christology, Paul tells the story of the pre-existence, the humility, the Incarnation, and the Crucifixion of Christ to establish and emphasize the essential formula for unity with the church. Ultimately we will realize how important humility was (and is) to God when He revealed Himself through Christ. And therefore, we will realize that in the Humility of the Logos, we have the model for the Christian life-- both individually and corporately as the church.