How To Be the Same Mind in the Lord

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 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. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 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, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11 NKJV

This is demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ and shows how we get along among brothers and sisters in the congregations in the midst of differences. The letter to the Philippians was written to admonish two women who were in quarrel each other. "I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord." (Philippians 4:2) 

What our Lord Jesus Christ did two things - renunciation and submission. He was God and yet he renounced all of His rights as King of kings and Lord of lords. He emptied Himself and became a human being just like us. It doesn't mean that He denied the Lordship as God. He was still God and yet he denied the rights of God. That was the first step. He stepped down from the highest to the lowest because our Lord knew it was the will of the Father. 

Next our Lord Jesus Christ did give His life in order to meet the need of the Law of God. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23a). The Son obeyed the Father to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Although He was born as a human, He didn't have to die because there was no sin in Him. He was transfigured into a glorious image which He was in the beginning (Matthew 17:2). It indicates that He could enter into glory without death. But Jesus died not because of the devil's plot, nor by the Romans' power, but because He loved the Father. He said to His disciples during the Upper Room Discourse. "I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do." (John 14:30-31 NKJV) 

Then God the Father exalted the Son Jesus Christ and gave Him the name which above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. He received all power and authority in heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18) and seated at the right hand of God. 

This is the way to be of the same mind in the Lord among brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus said to the followers of Him so plainly, which exactly complies what He did to the Father. "Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." (Matthew 16:24-25 NKJV)