The Inevitable
Today's Three-minute Bible Study
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Title:
The Inevitable -------------------------------------- Date: 12/28/1999
Keywords:
"confess" "Lordship" "repent" "worship"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage: Philippians 2:5-11*
5. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6. Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped,
7. but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and
became obedient to death -- even death on a cross!
9. Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the
name that is above every name,
10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and
on earth and under the earth,
11. and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of God the Father.
Questions
1. Does it seem impossible to think that you can ever escape the
grasp of your sinful addictions?
2. Is there something else inevitable according to V. 10 and 11?
3. What did Jesus do that made his Lordship inevitable?
4. What can you do to imitate Jesus, and thereby make your position
with him inevitable?
Practical help
As you read this, you may be already a Christian, having confessed
the name of Jesus as Lord of your life. Or, you may be an interested observer or curious
seeker of truth, trying to learn more about who Jesus is and about why life doesn't always
work right. In either case, if you only take one thing from today's study, take with you
the knowledge that you will someday know in your own heart without a shred of doubt that
Jesus is who he said he is, and that you will bow the knee to him. Our prayer for you is
that that day will be soon, certainly before you see him face to face.
If you are caught up in sin and addictions like pornography, there is one solution offered
in this passage, whether you have already confessed his name or not. The solution is the
road of death. There are no easy answers (I'm sorry to say). Whatever you consider of
value in this life, whether it be sexual fulfillment, financial reward, family and
friends, toys and games, you have to be ready to throw it all away for the one gem of
value that is Jesus. Whatever you're holding onto so tightly, take a good hard look at it
and see if it stacks up in measure against the Son of God. When you finally let go of it
(whether today or at the final day) it will feel like you died. But don't despair -- it
will feel like you died and went to heaven! And the reward, like Jesus' reward, will be
far richer than that which was cast aside.
This passage gives us a glimpse of our future. The clock is ticking toward the year 2000.
We all assume that it will keep ticking past midnight December 31, but in reality we may
have a far bigger Y2K problem than anyone anticipated. Who knows when that final hour will
pass? Only God. But, as part of your prudent Y2K readiness plan, consider making some
programming changes in your heart. For the next three days as we close out this millenium,
our 3-minute studies will be focused on prayer, repentance and confession, as a fitting
recipe to being ready for whatever comes.
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*Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973,
1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.