基督的心
我们今天所读的圣经经文，可能是来自一首早期诗歌。那时候，没有人有圣经或任何印刷品。人们需要将重要的东西背熟。因此早期基督徒编写了歌曲和一些言简意赅的信仰告白，来帮助他们记住基督信仰中的核心教导。他们便把这些真理记在心上。
这首歌抓住了核心：耶稣是谁，祂做了什么，以及祂是如何透过谦卑来成就了救恩。祂是神的儿子。祂拥有一切的能力、知识。我们大多数人都不愿放弃这样的地位。
但是耶稣确实放弃了。祂撇下自己优越的地位，成为了人。而且在祂成为人之后，祂甚至又更近一步，成为众人的仆人。祂不是什么强大的政治领袖。在祂那个时代，祂甚至都没有在既有的宗教体制中占得一席之地。
耶稣来是要服事人。祂来受死；祂来为要羞辱地死去，像一些罪犯一样 – 尽管祂从未犯罪。保罗用这些话来挑战腓立比信徒，不要让骄傲毁坏他们的团契。如果神的儿子为了我们的缘故，能放弃祂所放弃的一切，包括祂自己的生命，那么当然我们这些人也能放弃我们愚蠢的骄傲，将我们的生命献给祂。这是很简单的福音之道。
主啊，在我们跟随耶稣走福音之路时，请帮助我们跟上祢的圣灵。使我们成为祢和平的管道，服事众人。阿们。
腓立比书 2:5-8
5 你们当以基督耶稣的心为心。
6 他本有神的形象，不以自己与神同等为强夺的，
7 反倒虚己，取了奴仆的形象，成为人的样式；
8 既有人的样子，就自己卑微，存心顺服以至于死，且死在十字架上。
The Mind Of Christ
"In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: . . ." — Philippians 2:5
The verses in our Bible reading today may have come from an early hymn. Back then no one had a Bible or anything in print. People had to memorize whatever was important to know. So the early Christians composed songs and brief sayings that helped them remember the core teachings of their faith in Christ. They carried these truths in their hearts.
This song gets at the essence of who Jesus was, what he did, and how he accomplished salvation: he did it through humility. He was the Son of God. He had all power, all knowledge. It was the kind of position that most of us would not want to give up.
But Jesus did give it all up. He set aside his privileged place and became a human being. And once he became human, he went even further and made himself everyone’s servant. He was not some powerful political leader. He did not even have a position in the religious establishment of his day.
Jesus came to serve. He came to die. He came to die shamefully, like some criminal—though he never sinned. Paul uses these words to challenge the Philippians not to let pride ruin their community. If the Son of God could give up all that he gave up, including his own life for our sake, surely the rest of us can give up our foolish pride and offer our lives to him. It is very simply the gospel way.
Lord, help us to keep in step with your Spirit as we follow Jesus down the pathways of the gospel. Make us channels of your peace and servants to all. Amen.
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