Lesson 7 Washing at the Cross Produces Humility and Sets us Free

Questions 3, 4 and 5

In Isaiah 9:6, Jesus is both the “child who was born” (humanity) and the “Son who was given” (Deity--John 3:16). He is fully God in every way (Colossians 2:9), equal with the Father (John 10:30). He is both the Son of God and the “Everlasting Father” (Isaiah 9:6).
Question 3. According to Philippians 2:7 NIV, what did Jesus, who was fully God, make Himself? “Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself .”Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.
Here we see that God took Himself very low to raise you very high. Almighty God, the most important Being in the universe, made Himself nothing for you.
Question 4. According to Philippians 2:7 NIV, Jesus who is in very nature God, took on the nature of what? “he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a .”Log in / create an account to enroll or continue where you left off.
Again, see the depths to which God is lowering Himself for you. He has become as nothing, taking the nature of a servant. He came to this earth to serve you, to minister to you by dying to pay the ransom price of your freedom. “...the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28).
Question 5. Philippians 2:8 shows the culmination of Jesus’ humbling Himself. How far did Jesus go in His humility?
Jesus’ humility culminated when He became a man.
Jesus’ humility evidenced itself fully when He became a servant.
Jesus’ love and humility culminated in His death on a cross.
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