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Philippians 2: ⁵.... think the same way that Christ Jesus thought: ⁶Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God. ⁷He gave up everything and became a slave, when he became like one of us. ⁸Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross. ⁹Then God gave Christ the highest place and honored his name above all others. ¹⁰So at the name of Jesus everyone will bow down, those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. ¹¹And to the glory of God the Father everyone will openly agree, "Jesus Christ is Lord!" (CEV)
1. What are some of the things that Christ gave up to become a slave and like us?

Mark 10: ⁴³.... If you want to be great, you must be the servant of all the others. ⁴⁴And if you want to be first, you must be everyone's slave. ⁴⁵The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people. (CEV)
2. Why did Jesus become a slave and why does He expect us to serve everyone just as He did?

Matthew 16: ²⁵If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it. ²⁶What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul? (CEV)
3. How do we save our lives and everything important by being willing to give up our lives?

James 1: ²My friends, be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble. ³You know that you learn to endure by having your faith tested. ⁴But you must learn to endure everything, so that you will be completely mature and not lacking in anything. (CEV)
4. When we experience difficult troubles, how do this make us completely mature?

Hebrews 4: ¹⁵Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin! ¹⁶So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and we will find help. (CEV)
5. How do you find help when you take the time to think of God's love and pray to Him?

John 3: ¹⁶God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.(CEV)
6. Who are some people that we may overlook but God loves them just as much as He does us?

2 Corinthians 5: ¹⁷Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. ¹⁸God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others. ¹⁹What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world. And he has given us the work of sharing his message about peace.(CEV)
7. Describe how it is that God can actually turn someone into a new person.

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