Part 6: Ultimate Humility, Ultimate Glory
To a congregation who were experiencing some conflict, Paul quoted this ancient hymn about how Jesus gave up all His rights to save us, and will someday receive the praise of the whole earth. It’s a reminder to us of the lesson Christ taught His disciples over and over again: Humility is the way to glory.
If we are the Temple where redemption happens, what is our plan to draw people to Him? The answer is to relearn an ancient, almost forgotten practice: Hospitality. In a time when loneliness is an epidemic, when few people know their neighbors, something as simple as a meal together can be the starting place for something beautiful to happen.
When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.
