<p>2:11 <i>And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father</i>- The whole process of Christ&rsquo;s humbling of himself and subsequent exaltation by God was to be &ldquo;to the glory of God the Father&rdquo;. God the Father is not, therefore, co-equal with the Son. Is. 45:20-24 speaks of how &ldquo;all the ends of the earth&quot; will look unto &ldquo;a just God and a Saviour Jesus&quot; and be saved- evident reference back to the brazen serpent lifted up for salvation. The result of this is that to Him &ldquo;every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess&quot; his moral failures, rejoicing that &ldquo;in the Lord have I righteousness and strength...in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory&quot;. These words are quoted in Phil. 2:11 in description of the believer&rsquo;s response to the suffering Saviour. And yet they are quoted again in Rom. 14:10-12 regarding our confession of sin before the Lord at judgment day. The connections mean simply this: before the Lord&rsquo;s cross, we bow our knee and confess our failures, knowing the imputation of His righteousness, in anticipation of how we will bow before Him and give our miserable account at the judgment. And both processes are wonderfully natural. We must simply allow the power of a true faith in His cross to work out its own way in us. At the judgment, no flesh will glory in himself, but only in the Lord Jesus (1 Cor. 1:29). And even now, we glory in His cross (Gal. 6:14).</p><div align=center><table border=1 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 width=847>    <tbody>        <tr>            <td width=408 valign=top>            <p><b>Is.   45:23-25 cp. Rom. 14:11,12, about our reaction at the judgment seat</b></p>            </td>            <td width=439 valign=top>            <p><b>Phil.   2, about our reaction to the cross of Christ today</b></p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=408 valign=top>            <p>:23   every knee shall bow</p>            </td>            <td width=439 valign=top>            <p>:10   every knee shall bow</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=408 valign=top>            <p>:23   every tongue shall swear</p>            </td>            <td width=439 valign=top>            <p>:11 every   tongue shall confess</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=408 valign=top>            <p>:24 in   the Lord</p>            </td>            <td width=439 valign=top>            <p>:11   Jesus Christ is Lord</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=408 valign=top>            <p>:25   shall glory</p>            </td>            <td width=439 valign=top>            <p>:11 to   the glory of God</p>            </td>        </tr>    </tbody></table></div><p>Clearly our response to the cross is a foretaste of our response to the judgment experience.</p>