Philippians 2:5-6  Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped...

There is great cause for joy for the whole community of Christ to "be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind" (Philippians 2:2). Even in cases of division within the community of faith, we are likewise encouraged in Christ to be of the same mind - to regard Christ as our one source of unity and life together.

Pride leads us down a path of competition with one another. It denies not only the truth of our sinful humility but the humility that Christ bore for us all and encourages us all to have for one another. That is what it means to be of the same mind.

Christ Jesus was not simply an example for us in his humility, but he came humbly to bring us back into peace and unity with God. He didn't stay above the fray of our pride-filled humanity, grasping his advantaged equality with God in order to keep some heavenly distance from us. Instead, he entered into our very torn and divisive world, with all its self-righteous pride. He took all that to the cross to cancel out our sin so that we might be God's own loved, forgiven and healed children. This Gospel of Christ is the root of our same-minded status.

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