Faith Bible Church Singapore

Philippians 2:8

8 And after He [Jesus] had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further ] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross! AMP

First Jesus humbled Himself by appearing in human form. This, in itself, was already very humbling because He is God and yet He submitted to the Almighty God lowering Himself to be like man and lived amongst man.

Then He had to further humble Himself to submit to God to go beyond human suffering to suffer the separation from God which had never occurred before. He had to further humble Himself in order to further submit Himself to the very purpose He came to earth. (more…)

Ezekiel 28:17

17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. KJV

The first sin ever committed was the sin of pride. Lucifer (now known as Satan) was lifted up in pride with what God had created him with – BEAUTY. He was corrupted with the perfect wisdom he had. Pride is a very subtle thing. Lucifer was perfect and was living in a perfect environment, he felt good and he looked good. But his mind began to be lifted up in pride. Pride caused him to strive and rebel against God. (more…)