The Name Which Is Above Every Name

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

who, although He existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

but emptied Himself, talking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.

Being found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

For this reason also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2: 5-11  NAS

There are two sure thoughts that we can get from the above passage. The first is that there will come a time when every single person who ever lived, good or bad, believer or non-believer, Jew or Gentile, will bow their knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. This will not be for His benefit or glory but ultimately for the glory of God the Father who is and will be all in all.

The second is that this Jesus Christ, the one to be proclaimed by all creation as LORD, who was God before He became man and who will reign in heaven and on earth as LORD, did not desire to be considered equal to the Father. Rather, for us, for all mankind, for the sake of our salvation and as an example for us of being obedient to the Father, He humbled Himself, becoming flesh like us and died on a cross of shame so that we could gain eternal life with Him and the Father.

Our goal friends is not to get freedom from the problems and conflicts of this life by someday going to heaven and living in a mansion. Instead it should be to give glory to the Father by humbling ourselves, truly making Jesus Lord of our lives now and truly showing through our lives the love of both the Father and Jesus to those around us. Do this, let the chips fall where they may, and you will be blessed.