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Philippians 2:5-11   
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Jesus was God’s word made man who also laid aside His rights and form of God to walk with us as Emmanuel.  We are to consider ourselves empty of our rights in a similar sense, as a slave servant of Christ, not demanding heavenly rights as His children.  Jesus as a man was humble to the point of obedience that led to suffering for us without retaliation, and He died on a cursed tree (cross) in our place to buy us rights of reconciliation and forgiving mercy to the point of eternal adoption as His children.  Because Jesus did these things, our Father in heaven requires us to worship at Jesus’s feet and proclaim He is Lord of all.  We all will confess He is Lord and God, either now or after death; only confessing and trusting before death will save us from our sentence of judgment after death, however.