THE COST TO GOD FOR OUR DISCIPLESHIP

LUKE 22: 7-8; PHILLIPPIANS 2:5-11

7THEN THE DAY OF UNLEAVENED BREAD CAME WHEN THE PASSOVER LAMB HAD TO BE SACRIFICED. 8 JESUS SENT PETER AND JOHN, SAYING, “GO AND

PREPARE THE PASSOVER MEAL FOR US, SO WE CAN EAT IT.”

Luke 22:7-8

5MAKE YOUR OWN ATTITUDE THAT OF CHRIST JESUS, 6 WHO, EXISTING IN THE FORM OF GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD AS

SOMETHING TO BE USED FOR HIS OWN ADVANTAGE.

Philippians 2:5-6

7 INSTEAD HE EMPTIED HIMSELF BY ASSUMING THE FORM OF A SLAVE, TAKING ON THE LIKENESS OF MEN. AND WHEN HE HAD COME AS A MAN IN HIS EXTERNAL FORM, 8 HE HUMBLED

HIMSELF BY BECOMING OBEDIENT TO THE POINT OF DEATH—EVEN TO DEATH ON A CROSS.

Philippians 2:7-8

9 FOR THIS REASON GOD ALSO HIGHLY EXALTED HIM AND GAVE HIM THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME, 10 SO THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW— OF THOSE WHO ARE

IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH— 11 AND EVERY TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.

Philippians 2:9-11

CHRISTMAS PAST—REMEMBER THE LORD’S

DEATH• THIS DEATH WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY

HIS BIRTH.• THIS DEATH WAS MADE MEANINGFUL

BY HIS LIFE.• THIS DEATH WAS MADE

MONUMENTAL BY HIS RESURRECTION!

CHRISTMAS PRESENT—REMEMBER THE LORD’S

STEPS• HE TOOK ON THE LIFE OF A SERVANT.• HE WANTED COMMUNION WITH HIS

DISCIPLES.• HE WANTED US TO LIVE AS HE LIVED.• HE WANTED US TO COMMUNE WITH

HIM.

CHRISTMAS FUTURE—REMEMBER HIS RETURN

• ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL BOW AND CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD.

• WHEN WE PARTAKE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER, WE ARE TO REMEMBER THE PROMISE OF HIS RETURN.