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Selfless
Living
Philippians
2:1-11
Mother Teresa, Billy Graham & Mr. Rogers
Mike Zimmer
Unity, Humility and a Christ-Like Attitude
1. Paul’s appeal to be like-minded (vs. 1-2)
2. Paul’s appeal to selfless living (vs. 3-4)
3. Paul’s appeal to embrace the attitude of
Christ (vs. 5-8)
4. Paul’s appeal to worship Christ (vs. 9-11)
DISCUSSION GUIDE
1. Paul notes four incentives for Christian unity.
What are they? (Philippians 2:1)
Paul’s four incentives for Christian unity are the facts
that:
a. There is encouragement in being united in Christ.
b. There is comfort from his love for us.
c. There is fellowship in the Spirit.
d. There is tenderness and compassion.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
2. What would make Paul’s joy complete?
(Philippians 2:2)
Paul’s joy would be made complete if the
Christians in Philippi were like-minded and if they
were one in spirit and purpose.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
3. What can happen when a group
of people are one in attitude and
purpose?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
4. For the sake of Christian unity,
what petty squabbles with other
believers do you need to put to
rest today?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
5. According to Paul, what should not motivate
our actions? What should motivate our
actions? (Philippians 2:3)
Paul says that our actions should not be
motivated out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Instead, we should be humble and consider
others better than ourselves.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
6. What are some actions that you have
observed in others that indicate that
they are motivated by selfish
ambition and vain conceit? Are you
guilty of any of these kinds of
actions?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
7. What should be our attitude concerning our
own interests? What should be our attitude
concerning the interests of others? (Philippians
2:4)
Paul says that we should carefully examine our
own interests as well as the interests of others.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
8. What do you think this means?
Give some examples.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
9. What attitude does Paul call for the church to
have? (Philippians 2:5)
Paul calls for the church to have the attitude that
was in Christ Jesus.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
10. What is the difference between
a “good attitude” and an
attitude that is “the same as
that of Christ Jesus?”
DISCUSSION GUIDE
11.How did Jesus limit himself? (Philippians 2:6-8)
Jesus was in his very nature God but he chose to
make himself nothing and become a human and a
servant.
DISCUSSION GUIDE
12. How does Christ’s example of
humility challenge our selfish
ambition and vain conceit?
DISCUSSION GUIDE
13.
What is the result of Christ’s example of
humility? (Philippians 2:9-11)
As a result of Jesus humbling himself, God exalted
him to the highest place and gave him a name
above every name. He is to be worshipped by all
the earth.
Henri Nouwen