1. Historical Context
Roman magistrate and statesman, Cicero said, “By nature we yearn for ___________, and once we have glimpsed, as it were, some part of its radiance, there is nothing we are not prepared to bear and suffer in order to secure it.”
2. Main Point: In self-sacrifice, Jesus became like us in order that we might become like Him.
3. Humility creates opportunities for self-sacrifice (v. 1-4)
4. Jesus is more than our example (v. 5-8)
5. The glory in Christ's self-sacrifice (v. 9-11)
6. Applications: