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- To be emptied as Christ was is a work of grace. The reality of grace is that it has a cost. For God’s transaction with grace cost Him Christ; Christ’s transaction with this grace cost Him death on the cross. Our transaction with grace costs us our pride. In both extending and receiving this undeserved favor, we are emptied.
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Jun 13, 2021 · Even more, it’s in opposition to the very active way the Bible teaches us to meditate by filling our minds with the Word of God (Joshua 1:8). Instead, the Bible tells us to empty ourselves in the same way that Jesus emptied Himself at His incarnation.
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46 Bible Verses about emptiness. Most Relevant Verses. Isaiah 45:18. Verse Concepts. For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), “I am the Lord, and there is none else. Habakkuk 2:14. Verse Concepts.
- 1 John 2:1-29 ESV / 23 helpful votes. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 ESV / 22 helpful votes. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
- Matthew 6:7 ESV / 22 helpful votes. “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
- John 16:13 ESV / 17 helpful votes. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
We are to empty ourselves, ‘looking not to our own interests, but to the interests of others’ (Phil. 2:4). This costly discipleship should transform our homes, energise our mission, celebrate our gifts and inform our hermeneutical practice as well.
Jan 22, 2024 · What does the Bible teach about emptying oneself to be filled with God’s presence? The Bible teaches that in order to be filled with God’s presence, one must first empty oneself. This concept is expressed in Philippians 2:7, where it says that Jesus “made himself nothing” (emptied Himself) in order to take on the form of a servant.
Sep 5, 2024 · Often in allowing the Spirit to fill oneself, there will be an immediate desire to dine on God’s daily bread—the Bible. “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). It is also helpful to know where to turn for encouragement.
God loves us and wants to come into our lives and fill our empty hearts with Himself. Can you imagine anything greater or more fulfilling? And He has made this possible by sending Jesus Christ into the world to bridge the gap between us and God — a gap caused by our sin.
