all things in subjection under him (1 Corinthians 15:28). Jesus draws men and women to himself that he may draw them to God. In the Philippian church, there were some whose aim was to gratify a selfish ambition; the aim of Jesus was to serve others, no matter what depths of self-renunciation that service might involve. In the Philippian church, there were those whose aim was to focus people’s eyes upon themselves; the aim of Jesus was to focus people’s eyes upon God.

      So the followers of Christ must think always not of themselves but of others, not of their own glory but of the glory of God.

CO-OPERATION IN SALVATION

      Philippians 2:12–18