The Power and Necessity of Empty

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2021 November 28th Streaming

We trust you all had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate this holiday. This week in Sunday Fellowship we will look at Phil 2:5-8. These verses are some of the most powerful verses in our Bible! They are “the answer” to “the question” no one has really asked. Everyday millions of people ask millions of questions and get millions of answers. Many ask a question and many get a answer. Keep in mind, if you don’t ask the right question, you can’t get the right answer. These verses have their beginning before God created anything and provided “the question” and “the answer” all at once. It is here in these verses God reveals the power and necessity of “empty”! But does “empty” mean dead? Or, does “empty” mean death? Please remember death “DID NOT” start with man! Death is a God idea and began with Him, the whole Godhead. I was told once by my dear brother and father in Christ, Dr. Warren Litzman, “the strongest principle in God, is that life comes out of death.” These verses cover this God idea as well as the emptying. Paul gives us what the Spirit gave him. He didn’t explain the meaning of a lot of the revelations he received. That wasn’t his responsibility, but was the responsibility of Holy Spirit, who revealed these marvelous revelations and insights to the mystery in Christ. Paul even told us there were things he was shown that were “unspeakable”. And, he also said the “things of God” are revealed by the Spirit of God. So, let’s talk about it…