The self-emptying of Christ for us to imitate
" Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of an enslaved person, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:5–11) This Christological hymn from the Letter to the Philippians is a towering statement of the mystery of the Incarnation, revealing the depths of Christ’s humility and the heights of His glorification. The Apostle Paul presents the self-emptying (kenosis) of Christ not merely as an abstract theological truth but as ...