Ping to read later
I think this is one of those statement that come up to the line of heresy and crosses it:
Phl 2:5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Phl 2:6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, Phl 2:7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. Phl 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death– even death on a cross! Phl 2:9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, Phl 2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, Phl 2:11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
This is not to "blast"- but as Christians were are to test all things, and hold on to the true, throw out the rest. Even well intentioned statements need to be tested. Church history is well documented with Staints that fought and died for the truth.
So it is with a humble heart that I submit that these passages in Phil. makes it clear that Jesus Christ is GOD in very nature, with the Father before the incarnation. But he humbled (emptied) himself to teach us how to live as a servant. For this He and only He was exalted. Since we are not God to begin with, some unknown programming can't be activated by being good servants so we can become like God. Christ came for our salvation only, not some we can become a deity.