MEMORY VERSE FOR JUNE 13-19 - Philippians 2:9

(Comments on this week’s memory verse at Ringwood Baptist Church)


Philippians 2:9 - Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Who is high on your “esteem list”? Who is it that you have a high regard for? Is it a music celebrity, a sports star, an actor, a preacher, or a good friend? Perhaps it’s a statesman, a family member, or a Christian friend.

Some of the people we have revered have really not done anything really worthy of our esteem. Some celebrities that we have held in high esteem have ended up doing nothing for us in a practical sense, and have actually disappointed us when we discovered some surly things about them.

Last week’s memory verse taught us that Jesus became “…obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” In doing so, God the Father has placed the Lord Jesus Christ in a place of high esteem. God has “highly exalted” our Lord Jesus, and rightly so. There is nobody more worthy of high esteem than the One who gave His life for sins as an act of obedience to His Father.

Note that God has given Jesus “a name which is above every name”. In doing so, God has placed the Lord Jesus above everyone in this world and the next. His name is superior because Jesus Christ is superior as God the Son. His name is superior because there is nobody who has been more obedient to His Father than Jesus was.

As we’ll see next time, all will bow at the name of Jesus. Nobody is esteemed more highly than God the Son.