Please read the second and third chapters of Philippians, and the first chapter of Colossians. There are lessons there that we all should study. Paul writes, “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name.... Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.” “I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints: to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” {TM 221.1}

Læs venligst det andet og tredje kapitel i Filipperne, og det første kapitel i Kolossenserne. Der er lektier der som vi alle skulle studere. Paulus skriver, »Gør intet af egennytte eller lyst til tom ære, men agt i ydmyghed hverandre højere end jer selv, og se ikke hver på sit eget, men også på andres. Lad det samme sindelag være i jer som var i Kristus Jesus: Da han var i guddomsskikkelse, holdt han det ej for et røvet bytte at være Gud lig, men han gav afkald og tog tjernerskikkelse på og blev mennesker lig. Og da han i fremtræden fandtes som et menneske, ydmygede han sig selv og blev lydig til døden, ja, døden på et kors. Derfor har også Gud højt ophøjet navnet over alle navne,... arbejd... på jeres frelse med frygt og bæven; thi Gud er den, som virker i jer både i at ville og at virke, for at hans gode vilje kan ske. Alt skal I gøre uden knurren og betænkeligheder, for at I må blive ulastelige og uden svig, Guds dadelfrie børn (222) midt i en vanartet og forvildet slægt, hvor I skinner som himmellys i verden, medens I holder fast ved livets ord, og derved skaffer mig den ros på Kristi dag, at jeg ikke har løbet forgæves, ej heller slidt forgæves.« »Dens tjener er jeg blevet ifølge den husholdergerning fra Gud, som blev mig givet, at jeg overalt skal forkynde jer Guds ord, den hemmelighed, der har været skjult igennem alle tider og slægter, men nu er blevet åbenbaret for Hans hellige; for dem ville Gud kundgøre, hvilken rigdom på herlighed denne hemmelighed rummer blandt hedningerne, nemlig Kristus i jer, herlighedens håb. Ham forkynder vi, idet vi påminder ethvert menneske og lærer ethvert menneske med al visdom, for at vi kan fremstille ethvert menneske som fuldkomment i Kristus.«