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Originally Posted by Ezekiel16  This has been an interesting thread. I don't have a dog in this fight, but I would like to hear some thoughts on Philippians 2:5-6... |
John Murray (Collected Writings, 3:236) captures the sense: "There is also the dignity of his station, 'equal with God.' He was on an equality with God. This equality is not an accession either by robbery or attainment. He did not consider his being on an equality with God something he had gained or was to gain. It was not something of precarious tenure; it was the consequence of his being and continuing to be in the form of God and, therefore, his natively, essentially, and immutably. The thought of the clauses may be paraphrased thus: being in the form of God and, therefore, not considering his being on an equality with God a prize or booty but an inalienable possession, he made himself of no reputation."
The emphasis falls upon the fact that equality is something in rightful possession, not something to be posessed.