God-centered resources from the ministry of John Piper

This week's sermon: "The Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others"

Wisdom doesn't develop in isolation. It is a corporate, relational attainment. It rises in relationships of humility, love, and servanthood and forged in the fires of a committed, corporate context.

Philippians 2 provides four examples of people who prioritized the interests of others and made this kind of wisdom-producing relational culture possible.

Epaphroditus was concerned about others even while he himself was sick, almost to the point of death. Timothy stood out as one who sought the interests of others. Paul himself was pleased to pour out his life for the interests of the churches.

And Jesus gave us the supreme example of attending to others' interests when he took on our humanity, came as a servant, emptied himself of divine privilege, and became obedient to the point, even a death as terrible as the cross.