The Mindset of Christ
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. 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 2:1-11
The only way to get eternal life is for the One who has it to give it to you.
The one mindset that is to be in us, which is also the mindself of Christ Jesus had a mindset of giving. Jesus, who is equally in the form of God, took on the form of a bondservant, not to gain glory, but to give life to us. Like Christ, we gain when we give, not when we hoard to ourselves. Christ demonstrated obedience to Himself when He gave up His life on the cross, despising its shame for the sake of giving. You demonstrate obedience by giving away what has been given to you—eternal life. You cannot hoard eternal life to yourself because it was not yours to begin with.
He gave away His eternal life but did not lose it for Himself.
Because Jesus’ mindset was to give in order to increase God’s glory, he submitted Himself to the dominion of death. He gave up His life, but He lost nothing by giving it away. Since in God’s economy giving increases the supply, life was gained by Jesus giving His life away so we could receive eternal life.
Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Romans 6:9-10
The steward in Luke 16 was rewarded because he increased the honor and reputation of his master by reducing the amount his master's debtors owed him. The steward acted with a kingdom mindset and gained prestige for his master by leveraging his master's debtors.
He took on weakness and became no weaker.
When Jesus was born as a human under the curse of sin (Hebrews 4), He took on something He didn’t have before (flesh). Yet Jesus is eternal, so there is no “before” or “after” to Him. In the timed universe we live in, Jesus took on fleshly weakness at a point of time; but in the realm God lives in outside of our timed universe, He always had and always will have taken on human form. Also, because He is omnipotent, He can take on weakness without becoming weaker. If God is your strength, you don’t have to worry about your weakness because His grace is sufficient to cover all your weakness. Put on the mind of Christ and use your weakness to proclaim His strength.