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The sovereignty of God and doctrines of grace
What has God decreed and accomplished?
The Christ hymn reveals the Son's eternal equality with the Father and his voluntary condescension in the covenant of redemption. The kenosis was not loss of divine attributes but addition of human nature and voluntary non-use of glory. His exaltation is the Father's reward for covenant faithfulness.
He emptied himself of glory, not deity
The Father sent, the Son went—covenant love
Your exaltation is secured by his
μορφῇ refers to essential nature, not mere appearance
ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν (emptied himself) is kenosis doctrine foundation
κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (Lord Jesus Christ) in v.11 echoes YHWH in Isaiah 45:23
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