Attitude, Perception, and Yielding

All Christians face many problems and dangers in their walk with Christ, and probably some of the hardest ground to walk is concerning our attitudes, our perception, and our willingness to yield to each other. Let us examine the proper Christian attitude, the way that he ought to deal with differing perspectives, and his responsibility in yielding to others.

Attitude

Paul said in Philippians 2:5-12:

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

We see here that we are to have the attitudes of humility and servitude, chief among the attributes of the Christian. These, when combined with the sentiment of love expressed in Matthew 22:36-40,

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

And He said to him,"' You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets,"