Jesus' Opinion of Himself

Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human ! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion. Philippians 2:5‭-‬8 MSG

Jesus Himself said He could claim special privileges, legions of angels, but He chose the cross, willingly, knowing the pain that awaited Him. Scripture says: He endured the cross for He looked beyond it, to us. (My paraphrase)

Us humans do not understand such devotion to people He did not know. Yet He knew we were on the way and wanted us to choose Him. Why? He was confident that we would love Him back just as He loves us.

Such crazy love!