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who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not robbery to be equal to God,
but did empty himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,
and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death -- death even of a cross,
wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that [is] above every name,
that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth --
and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Many who read this passage in Philippians chapter 2 are so engrossed with the Humility of the Anointed One that they do not see the Hand of God, the Father of our Master Yeshua. Some of us are so preoccupied with this "Jesus" that we want to adore and worship nothing else.
Just give me Jesus, as the sign above says.
However, if we take a closer look at the passage, we can see much more than Jesus. We see the actions carried out by the Hand of God:
It was God who exalted him to the highest place.
It was God who gave him the highest name.
It was God who made him Lord.
This act of love, it was an act of God.
When every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Yeshua Messiah is Lord, it is done to the glory of God the Father.
Many Christians are taught in church today to praise Jesus, thank Jesus, love Jesus, magnify Jesus' name, bow to Jesus, confess Jesus etc etc so much so that this Greek Name "Jesus" has virtually taken the place of the Only True God, the God who is called many times in the NT as the "God and Father of our Master Yeshua the Messiah".
(see 2 Cor.1:3, Eph.1:3, Col.1:3, 1 Pet.1:3)
Dear brothers and sisters, why is there so little praise for our Father in Heaven? Why are so few giving glory to the Only True God?
Let us do all things to the glory of God our Father in Heaven.
