Philippians 2:1 says, If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,  These were not really questions, but statements of fact.  If the followers of Christ at Philippi really believed these things to be true, then what Paul asked next would easy to do.  If we today believe that we find consolation in Christ, comfort in His love, fellowship of the Holy Spirit and have the mercy of God in our soul, then nothing that we are asked to do for God and our fellow Christians will be too hard.  Verse two states, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.  Paul did not say if they wanted to fulfill his joy that they should come and set him free.  He said that they were to be likeminded about those things just mentioned and to be of one accord and of one mind.  We often hear the expression that nobody is going to tell me what to think, but as Christians, the word of God should tell us what to think, and it should be consistent  with what our fellow believers think. Verse three declares, Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.  God tells us through Paul that we are to do nothing through strife and vainglory.  If we are being obedient to Christ, we cannot brag on how great we are and we should not do things that are simply done to bring strife with others in order to glorify ourselves.  We are to have an attitude of humbleness, so that we will not esteem ourselves better than others.  If anyone at that time could have felt morally superior to others, it would have been Paul, but he warned against such an attitude.  Verse four adds, Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.  I believe that this means that we are not to just seek what is good for us individually, but we are to seek what is good for everyone, our fellow believers and maybe more importantly those who do not believe.  The souls of nonbelievers are at stake.  Paul was willing to bear all kinds of abuse to reach out to the lost, and he did so without becoming bitter toward them.  We today need that same attitude.  Verse five says, Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  As followers of Christ, we are to have the mind of Christ.  As long as we ask what would Jesus do in a situation, and act accordingly to the best of our ability, we will never go wrong.  Verse six states, Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:  Christ was willing to give up His heavenly home and come to earth to die for the sins of rebellious people.  We are to have this same mindset.  No, we cannot die for the salvation of others, but we should be willing to die to reach them with God's word.  Verse seven adds, But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:  If Jesus gave up everything for us, becoming a lowly servant of no reputation, and we are to be likeminded with Him, we should also be willing to give up everything in order for others to come to know Him.  Verse eight continues, And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.  Some people today, who profess to be Christians, would seem to be unable to be humble in the world, and would certainly not be willing to die that someone else might be saved.  We, as followers of Christ, are called upon to take up our cross daily, and that means to die to self will and desires.  Verse nine declares, Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  Jesus Christ is exalted above all by God, because He willingly gave up everything to die for the lowest of individual.  Verse ten adds, That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  Every knee bowing to Jesus did not happen in Paul's lifetime, and may not happen in ours, but it is already an accomplished fact that when God says the time is right that it will happen.  Verse eleven concludes,  And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  For some, bowing to Jesus and confessing that He is Lord to God's glory will come to late.  This must be done while we are still alive and awaiting the return of Jesus Christ.  It will be a terrible day for those who fail to acknowledge Christ, since they rejected redemption through His sacrifice.