Note: Ken also taught a version of this lesson during his Wednesday Morning Study. The summary description below was originally published there. Text: Philippians 3 What really matters in your life? When you survey your life’s accomplishments, what would you boast about and be proud of? Some might
Paul writes to the believers at Philippi, exhorting them to be of one mind in Christ and to pursue humility and service.
Paul, who was previously a Pharisee, counts his accomplishments, his zeal, and his holiness as “rubbish” compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Jesus Christ our Lord.
In this famous section of Scripture, Paul describes the “emptying” of the Son of God who became a man—known as the doctrine of kenosis. While it is interesting to investigate the theological concepts regarding the nature of Christ’s “emptying,” to be fixated on that phrase from this passage
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