The document discusses the elevation of Jesus to the highest honor and the significance of His name, which embodies glory and authority. It emphasizes humility as essential in the kingdom of God and stresses the importance of obedience to Jesus as Lord. The text encourages personal reflection on areas of life that resist submission to Jesus' lordship.

2. I. 9Therefore, God elevated him
to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above
all other names, NLT

3. “Therefore”
Jesus’ humility
depicted in Philippians 2:6-8

4. In God’s Kingdom the path to
elevation is humility

5. Hebrews 12:1-2
… . Now he is seated in the place
of honor beside God's throne. NLT

6. 1 Peter 5:5-6
serve each
other in
humility,
"God opposes
the proud but
favors the
humble."
6So humble yourselves under the
mighty power of God,… NLT

7. John 5:21-23
22 …absolute authority to judge, …
NLT

8. II. gave him the name above all
other names, 10that at the name
of Jesus

9. Hebrews 1:3-4
3… he sat down in the place of honor
4… just as the name God gave him is
greater than their names. NLT

10. Matthew 1:21 - And she will
have a son, and you are to name
him Jesus, for he will save his
people from their sins." NLT

11. Jesus (Hebrew is Joshua) means
Jehovah or Yahweh Saves.
Christ (Hebrew is Messiah) means
Anointed One.

12. ABOVE all other names.
This name exemplifies the glory
and majesty due Jesus regarding
his salvific work on the cross.

13. The one who was completely
obedient must now be completely
obeyed.
Bonnard (Martin, R. P. (2004). Vol. 43: Word Biblical Commentary, Philippians p. 49)
The supreme name that the Father
gave Jesus is -> Lord.

14. Romans 14:9 - Christ died and
rose again for this very purpose—
to be Lord both of the living and of
the dead. NLT

15. The first duty of every soul is to
find not its freedom but its
Master.
Peter Forsythe

16. Matthew 7:21 - Not everyone who
calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will
enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only
those who actually do the will of my
Father in heaven will enter. NLT
.

17. III. 10every knee should bow in
heaven and on earth and
under the earth,

18. By Choice or Force
Heaven
Angels &
Saints of
Heaven
Earth
Christians &
Unredeemed
Under the
Earth
Satan,
Demons &
Unredeemed
Dead

19. IV. 11and every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.

20. Romans 8:22 - For we know that
all creation has been groaning as
in the pains of childbirth right up to
the present time. NLT

21. There is not one square inch of
the entire creation about which
Jesus Christ does not cry
out,‘This is mine! This belongs to
me!
Abraham Kuyper

22. Revelation 5:13 - And then I
heard every creature in heaven
and on earth and under the earth
and in the sea. They sang:
Blessing and honor and glory and
power belong to the one sitting on
the throne and to the Lamb
forever and ever. NLT

23. To call Jesus Lord (Master) and
not obey Him is a contradiction.

24. Luke 6:46 - So why do you keep
calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you
don’t do what I say? NLT

25. God is ready to assume full
responsibility for the life wholly
yielded to Him.
Andrew Murray

26. John 17:4-5 - I brought glory to
you here on earth by completing
the work you gave me to do. 5Now,
Father, bring me into the glory we
shared before the world began. NLT

27. V. Meditation
&
Application

28. Is there an area of your life that
you are unwilling to submit to
Jesus’ Lordship?

29. If so, confess this sin to Jesus
and ask Him to enable you to
willingly bow before Him.