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Always be yourself

Unless you can be BatmanThen be Batman Always be Batman

i·den·ti·fy:Establish or indicate who or

what (someone or something) is

To associate closely with

We present ourselvesTo our world based on…

How we primarily identify

And our world identifies usBased on how we

Present ourselvesIt's the power of influence

Rather than pursuit of power

If you indentify with ChristYou lose everything

Only to find that you've gainedThe only thing that matters

Philippians 2 Context

…to live is Christ, to die is gain…

Identification- it's all Jesus!

Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel

of Christ…

…standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel…

Creation- Live/Give RespectFall- HumbleRedemption- ThankfulRestoration- Seeking to live out

Forms the basis of unity

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake…

…engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now

hear that I still have

Identify with Jesus:Live worthy in unity

Knowing you will sufferFor Christ’s sake and

You'll need one another

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy

…complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the

same love, being in full accord and of one mind

When we love Jesus first…When we identify with him

What gives Jesus joyGives us joy

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full

This is my commandment, that you love one another

as I have loved you- John 15:11-12

"This is what Jesus commandedAnd it’ll give me great joy

If you do this…"

…complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the

same love, being in full accord and of one mind

Phroneo- seek after same thing

Agape- same moral preferenceof love

Sumpsuchos- united in soul, closely identified with

When we identify withOne another…we lose unity

When we identify with JesusWe are unified because Of Jesus

Plea for Unity

Based on what we haveIn Christ

The very thingJesus prayed for

Because it tells our worldThat he is real

The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in meCompletely Identified With

…that they may become perfectly one, so that the world

may know that you sent me and loved them even

as you loved me- John 17:22-23

Paul is pleading forCalling believers to

What Jesus prayed for andPromised would identify usAs his followers

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves

Oh! Pick me, pick me!I wanted to hear my name

Oh! Pick me, pick me!I wanted to hear my name

And I was very defensiveWhen it came to criticism

I want this…I just need…

I gotta have…

I’ll get ahead, it's all about meI'll project/protect ego

If you indentify with ChristYou lose everything

Only to find that you've gainedThe only thing that matters

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves

Humility:I trust You to meet my needs

As I serve them

And put them first

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to

the interests of others

This is what unity looks like…

Unity: so identifying with Christ That we die to selfCount others more importantThan ourselves and commit toLooking out for their needs

That's great, really…But we can't do it

Unless we identify with JesusAnd make following him

The primary pursuit of our lives

If you indentify with ChristYou lose everything

Only to find that you've gainedThe only thing that matters

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus(ESV)

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus (NIV)

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus(KJV)

Identify with Jesus

…who, though he was in the form of God, did not count

equality with God a thing to be grasped…

Essential Nature: Outside Agrees with who he is

but emptied himself…

Kenoo- render void, lose valueGive up independent exercise of divine attributes

…by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of menOutside agrees with Who he is= KenosisDoulos- slaves exist to…?

"I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his

Father doing, because whatever the Father does the

Son also does- John 5:19-20

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross

Schema- exterior appearance

Human form= Schema- Exterior appearance

He's human, but not exactly like us…untouched by sin

Completely identified with us

As a human being…pain, hunger, thirst, sun on his skin

Temptation

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses…

…but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,

yet without sin- Hebrews 4:16

Jesus died as one of us To free us

He became a curse for us toSave us from the curse of Law

If you indentify with ChristYou lose everything

Only to find that you've gainedThe only thing that matters

Before ever asking usTo die to self

And identify with himHe identified with us and died

As one of us for all of us

Why did Jesus go to the cross?

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves

Why did Jesus do it? Why did he go to the cross?

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…

…in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every

tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God

the Father

That's where unity comes fromWe identify with Christ

So we die to self, live worthy of The gospel and put others firstBy the power Christ supplies

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now,

not only as in my presence but much more in my absence…

…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure

Identify: To adjust so as to bring into

Alignment with

Work out- bring to completionWorks in you- step-by-step

…for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the

power to do what pleases him(NLT)

I work out my salvationBy so identifying with Jesus

That what he wants for meBecomes what I want forMyself= new desires & power

Death to self brings powerFrom God to become each day

A little more of What he created you to be

As part of his Church

If you indentify with ChristYou lose everything

Only to find that you've gainedThe only thing that matters

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