I’m studying for my New Testament final, and a disturbing thought crossed my mind. I figure that if I have to be disturbed, you should be, too! So, I’m just gonna leave this right here:
The same king who ordered the brutal massacre of male children to protect his power is the very same king who gets the credit for expanding the temple in Jerusalem.
The contrast is striking. Some kings pursue power, prestige, and glory. Then there’s my King. Jesus didn’t see equality with God as something to be grasped. The greatest became a child.
"Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy, complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose. Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself. Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well. You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death —even death on a cross!" Philippians 2:1-8
