The deity of Jesus“Being in very nature God”• (John 5:18) For this reason the Jews tried all

the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

• (John 10:33) “…blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”

• (Colossians 2:9) For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,

•What rights, positions or privileges do I have, or think I should have, or just long for ?

•How can I practice giving up my rights or privileges for the benefit and enjoyment of others?

(Luke 20:46) "Beware of the teachers of the law.

They like to walk around in flowing robes and love

to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the

most important seats in the synagogues and the

places of honor at banquets.

Relinquishing Rights

The Incarnation –Jesus became truly human

• (John 1:14) The Word [Jesus] became flesh and made his dwelling among us…

• (Galatians 4:4) But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman…

• (Luke 2:7) and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.

• (Luke 2:52) And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

• (1 Timothy 2:5) For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

A servant•(Mark 10:45) For even the Son of Man

did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

•How do I treat people who serve?•How well do I serve when I’m not getting

paid for it?•“The best test of servanthood is how we

act when we are treated like one.”

Christ submitted to the Father’s will•(John 4:34) “…to do the will of him who

sent me and to finish his work.•(John 5:30) …I seek not to please myself

but him who sent me.•(John 6:38) For I have come down from

heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.

•(Luke 22:42) "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."