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(Date Posted:11/07/2009 00:49 AM)
John 15:11-13 (King James Version)
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Philippians 2
1If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Jesus humbled himself and died on the cross because he esteemed us being more valuable than his own earthly life!
This is the definition of Love: Love is putting the interest of others before my
own! Flesh is always tempted to do what self wants and self doesn’t
care about anybody at all – but SELF!
Yet Jesus taught us to love one another the way He loved us. – Love your neighbor as yourself. How many times a day do we have an opportunity to put someone’s interests before our own and we selfishly turn a blind eye…
The King James Bible says, "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Philippians 2:3
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It wasn't nails that held Him to the cross, But His love for you and me. | 
