Irony of Jesus Outline (will be deleted soon)

Recap of Old Testament (Stephen)

Recap of New Testament (Andrew)

People during the time of Jesus believed that He was coming as this all-powerful King who would be kingly and rule all king-like (fragments will be revised) and, but it was the opposite he came in the form of man, as a baby, to love, and to encourage greater love and humility, as found in Philippians 2:1-11

- “ 1So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

(I am thinking of splitting up how I talk about this passage, meaning, I split it up in one of two ways, one being reading the passage as a whole, then talking about it, or reading a few verses, then talk, few verses, then talk, etc)(This will now be played out in the lines below)

Path 1: Humility. Verses 3-4 say, “But in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Why do you think this was so important to God? For us to put other’s interests above our own? Because in Verses 6-8 say, “Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” It is because of what Jesus did on the cross. It is because He was obedient to what God’s plans. God put us above His son. God killed His son, so that we could spend eternity with Him. And Jesus was obedient to his plans, humbly, becoming a servant to do His works. Referencing 2 Corinthians 8:9, “9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.” He was in a position of power, but his love for us drove him to a position of weakness for the sake of sinful mankind. Imagine that. That position of weakness is human form. And it was because of His love for us that he came down to become a servant. To serve us. The last people who deserve this. Because we don’t deserve it, but he still loves us. This could only be done humbly. This is where the term bondservant comes from. (That whole paragraph is extremely rough but it will be refined and smoothed out, hopefully you can help me with that and I will have mom look at it as well, plus I don’t expect to say this word for word either but I like to have it all written out to give me a good idea of what to say, you know?)

Path 2:  pretty much the same as path 1 except the verses individually will be placed in between my talk, example:
verses
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etc.
(what do you think?)

Some personal story (I’m working on it, sorry)

Jesus came to earth in the form of man, and in doing so, completely shifted what the people of this time were thinking He would be. The irony is that they thought He would be an all-powerful King who was just coming to rule over them and be king-like. But instead, He came to be a servant.

What has God done in your life that could be considered ironic? What is something that has happened in your life/or is happening right now that God has used in a completely different way/or might use in a different way then what you think and how does that affect the way you are going to live when you leave here today?



(so obviously there are some places that need work but what are you comments/concerns/whatevs?)