THE CHRIST-LIKE ATTITUDE

Philippians 2:4-8
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Have the Attitude of Christ

4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

6 Though he was God,
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to. 7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,
8 he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.


Christ ‘took the humble position of a slave’. Christ ‘humbled himself in obedience to God’.

Where does humility fit in your personal list of character qualities? When others observe you … hear you … interact with you, does your pride blind them or does your humility glow through? Christ has many positive character qualities … compassion … empathy … courage … boldness … to name a few. We should purpose to develop all these positive qualities in our own character. It seems that the Apostle Paul puts humility at the top of the list. Why? Because humility will enhance the worlds view (the glow) of all the other qualities and humility leaves no room for the blinding light of pride.