Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:]
6 Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,
7 But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.
8 And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!
9 Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,
10 That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 And every tongue [frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5–11
“Have this attitude in you, which was in Christ Jesus, who emptied himself.” That's the attitude we're supposed to have. We're not supposed to be full of ourselves. “Though he was in the form of God he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.” He came as a servant, To serve.
Roman emperors Were the exact opposite. They wanted to grasp, seize, "harpazō" divinity. They wanted to be worshiped like God. A lot of kings and emperors were like that throughout history.
Now Jesus emptied himself and did this:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because of which He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth in deliverance the oppressed, Luke 4:18
Satan fell into the same trap, he wanted to exalt himself. And I believe it's what everyone wants to do that's not saved. They want to be their own God and in charge of their own destiny. They want to be full of themselves.
But to go back to Phil 2:7, “But Jesus emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of humans, and being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.”
Did you know that the Romans referred to crucifixion as "servile supplicium", slave’s death? Isn’t that interesting? I thought it was. In Philippians 2 Paul is talking about Jesus who played the role, took on the form of a servant, and died a servant’s death on the cross. I can see how Phil 2 would be very meaningful to Christian slaves in the first and second centuries. And it's important to us today because we're called to be imitators of Christ, in other words to be a servant. To empty ourselves of all of our self-righteousness.
Jesus who emptied Himself of the very honors that the Roman emperors desired so to have, including equality with God Himself. Jesus empties Himself, takes on the form of a servant, even to the point of dying a servant’s death on the cross.
YIKES. did you not READ? John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. "AND THE "WORD" WAS MADE FLESH? LET SEE. John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." 
