Reading Phil. 2:6-11 we glimpse the praise & worship offered to Jesus by the earliest Christians. Paul adapts this ‘hymn’ as his ‘Master Story.’ It’s breathtaking in scope–from the eternal past before all time, to eternal future when every creature worships Jesus as cosmic Lord. It covers Christ’s descent from the heights of equality with God down to the depths of human suffering, climaxing in the cross, yet followed by God’s exaltation of him far above all. Some scholars adamantly refuse to recognize Christ’s preexistence and incarnation here; they see only a sinless ‘Second Adam,’ succeeding where the First Adam failed, promoted as God’s ‘Adopted Son’ worthy only of admiration and imitation. Rejecting this prejudicial view, we ought to see God’s pre-existing Son, equal with God the Father, actively renouncing divine privilege, emptying himself to participate in humanity. Now, through his cross, we participate in our Savior’s benefits, confess Jesus as Lord, & worship him to God’s glory.