Philippians 2:8-11

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:1-11

Philippians 2:1-11 I. "If" is not in this case a sign of doubt or hesitation, but, on the contrary, a sign of the most assured certainty. As employed by Paul, it is equivalent to "If there is any water in the sea," or "If there is any light in the sun." II. This appeal of the Apostle is a burst of tenderness. Affection delights in repetition; love amplifies its expressions to the utmost. III. Paul having laid his basis in the very heart of Christ, makes an appeal: "Fulfil ye my joy." It is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:5-8

Philippians 2:5-8 The Humiliation of the Eternal Son. I. In looking into these words, we observe (1) that St. Paul clearly asserts Jesus Christ to have existed before His birth into the world. By saying that Jesus Christ existed in the form of God before He took on Him the form of a servant, St. Paul would have been understood by any one who read him in his own language to mean that, when as yet Christ had no human body or human soul, He was properly and literally God, because He existed in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:5-11

Philippians 2:5-11 These delineations of Christ reveal the true method of rendering moral service to man. Human deliverance and progress will remain a theory only until men come to work upon the method here stated. Great philanthropic programmes must begin at Bethlehem and comprehend the mysteries of Golgotha if ever they would ascend from Bethany into the heavens. To serve man, Christ became man; so in serving others we must identify ourselves with them. I. This identification of Himself with... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:8

Philippians 2:8 The Humility of Christ. I. Among the virtues of Christ's humanity brought to dwell among men was humility, a virtue which lies at the foundation of the Christian character, a virtue unknown to the moral philosophy of the ancient world. "Being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself." The Apostle is not now speaking of the infinite condescension whereby He as God left the glory that He had with the Father before the worlds were made, but rather he is speaking of the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:10

Philippians 2:10 I. Even angels are to worship in the name of Jesus. It is, however, more to the purpose for us to remember that God desires men, all men, so to worship. And it is a thought at once solemnising and comforting that not only living men, but the dead also, are required to call upon God in the name of Jesus. It is assumed in the words of our text that all God's creatures will bend the knee somehow. Prayer is an instinct of nature. God has so made us that we feel a power above us,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 2:5-8

DISCOURSE: 2145CHRIST’S HUMILIATIONPhilippians 2:5-8. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [Note: This subject might well be treated thus:–1. What the Lord Jesus Christ has... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 2:9-11

DISCOURSE: 2146THE EXALTATION OF CHRISTPhilippians 2:9-11. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.WE are told by an inspired Apostle, that the great scope of the prophecies related to “the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Philippians 2:9-11

The Exaltation of Christ A Sermon (No. 98) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 2, 1856, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This sermon was Spurgeon's first message following the disaster at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens in which seven people lost their lives when some miscreants purposely started a panic while Mr. Spurgeon was preaching. "Wherefore God also hath highly... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:1-30

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if [there is] any comfort of love, if [there is] any fellowship of the Spirit, if [there is] any bowels [compassion] and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind ( Philippians 2:1-2 ).And so Paul's appeal to them now, a very powerful appeal: if there is any consolation in Christ, if there is any comfort in love, and surely there is consolation in Christ, how we are consoled by Him,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 2:1-30

Philippians 2:1-2 . If there be therefore any consolation in Christ. Brethren who are joined in the Lord, professing the same faith, and despised of the world, are expected to comfort and encourage one another. If there be any comfort of brotherly love, in the common warfare and hope of salvation; if there be any fellowship of the Spirit, in the tender sympathies of the heart, in all the afflictions of the saints, who live and die in the same faith; if any bowels and mercies, ... read more

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