Humility Like Jesus - Phi 2:1-11 - Summit View Church

Introduction 

Have you ever played sports on a team where one player would hog the
ball? Have you ever been a part of a choir or band where one person
would sing off key? Have you ever been a part of a team at work or a study
group at school and there was one person that just wouldn’t work with
everyone else?
Pride is one of the most destructive forces imaginable. Pride can destroy
marriages, separate families, split churches, ruin businesses, divide teams,
and end friendships.
While pride is one of the most dangerous forces in our lives and it’s also
one of the most elusive. We see pride’s destruction but rarely see its
origins; we see pride in others but not in our own heart.
This week we will look at the key ingredient to spiritual growth, humility.
Humility is the antithesis to pride, it is the foundation for spiritual growth
and the heartbeat of the Christian life. To see and understand Christian
humility clearly, we must look to Christ. 

Read Philippians 2:1-11 

Discussion Questions 

Engage 

1. As you think back on your week, what situations or conversations
made you joyful? 

2. What sorts of relationships, situations or circumstances in your own life
provoke your sense of entitlement? When and how do you recognize a
feeling of entitlement in your heart? 

Explore 

3. What steps does Paul encourage the Philippians to take to complete
his joy ( Philippians 2:3-4)? 

4. How would you describe the mindset Paul encourages Christians to
have in Philippians 2:5? 

5. Philippians 2:8 speaks of how Jesus humbled himself; what are some
scriptures and stories that highlight different ways Jesus was an example of humility? According to Philippians 2:9-11, what were Jesus’
rewards for walking in humility all the way to the cross?

Apply 

6. What does pride look like most often in your own life? What are
some of the effects of pride in our lives? Since pride is almost always
masquerading as self-justification, how can we open ourselves up to
receiving correction and recognize the pride in our own hearts? 

7. Think of a recent time you became defensive when someone
disagreed with you. What may have been the underlying emotions in
that moment? Do you feel insecure when others disagree with you? Do
you feel like you need to hide past errors in your thinking? 

8. In what ways have we missed or minimized thankfulness to God for
all the blessings, opportunities and relationships in our lives? What
are some practical ways we can break the sense of entitlement in our
hearts?

Memory Verse - Philippians 2:3 

"Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more
significant than yourselves."