Imagine your favorite baseball player came to watch you play in a big tournament game. That feeling of both excitement and nervousness at the same time is a lot like what today’s Bible passage is describing.
Akigawa Baptist Church
Sermons from July 2020
Last week we saw how low Jesus was willing to go in humbling himself. Jesus’ descent of humility was massive. Today, we’re going to see that it didn’t end there. It’s followed by his soaring ascent of glory. How is that ascension described and how are we connected to it?
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” This phrase unites the connection we have with Jesus and the connection we have with one another. The more we can uncover the depth and magnitude of its meaning, the more amazing this phrase becomes.
Matthew, a disciple of Jesus, describes the essence of the ministry of Jesus in three simple phrases. Those three essences of ministry can carry over into our lives as well.
