The Humble King
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 17 December 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
As we end our week looking to Jesus, today we’ll explore one of my favorite aspects of his nature: his humility. Jesus, the King of all the earth, the one who has every reason to boast and show his power, chooses the path of humility, of submission, of lowering himself. We have so much to learn from this beautiful King. It is my hope that you are encouraged and challenged today. But also that your heart is burst open and flooded with worship at the beauty of our Jesus.
Our Scripture for today comes from Philippians 2:5-7. Today's worship is Humble King by Vineyard Worship.
Thank you so much for listening to today’s podcast, the last in our week-long series focusing on Jesus our King.
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Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.
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| 0:00.0 | As we end our week looking to Jesus, today we'll explore one of my favorite aspects of his nature, his humility. |
| 0:12.7 | Jesus, king of the earth, the one who has every reason to boast and show his power, chooses |
| 0:18.6 | the path of humility, of submission, of lowering himself. |
| 0:22.9 | We have so much to learn from this beautiful king. It's my hope that you're encouraged and challenged |
| 0:28.3 | today, but also that your heart is burst open and flooded with worship at the beauty of our |
| 0:34.3 | Jesus. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. There has never been a greater |
| 0:40.8 | depth of humility than what we find in Jesus. He was a man marked by astonishing sacrifice. He lived |
| 0:48.4 | in utter devotion to God the Father and us, his undeserving people. Philippians 2, 5 through 7 says, |
| 0:56.0 | Have this mind among yourselves, |
| 0:58.3 | which is yours in Christ Jesus, |
| 1:00.0 | who, though he was in the form of God, |
| 1:02.3 | did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, |
| 1:05.4 | but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, |
| 1:08.9 | being born in the likeness of men. |
| 1:11.7 | Jesus became a servant so we could be made sons and daughters. |
| 1:15.8 | He took on flesh that our flesh might find true redemption. |
| 1:19.9 | He emptied himself of that which he was rightfully owed, |
| 1:23.5 | that we might receive grace upon grace, which we've done nothing to deserve. The coming of Christ |
| 1:29.3 | we celebrate at Christmas is entirely descriptive of the heart of God. Just as Jesus came to make |
| 1:36.0 | a way for us, he comes still. Just as Jesus came that fateful day millennia ago, he comes to meet |
| 1:42.7 | with us still. And just as the world received its greatest |
| 1:46.8 | gift in Jesus, we still find in the presence of God our greatest gift on a daily basis. We can |
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