"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility, consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing..."
Phillipians 2:3-5,7a

Christ made Himself NOTHING.

The KJV says in verse 7 that Christ made Himself 'of no reputation'.

Let's look into that. I shall eagerly reach for my dictionary:

reputation: the general estimation in which a person is held by the public; The state of being held in high esteem.
esteem:to regard with respect
respect: admiration, politeness rising from this respect
politeness: socially correct
refine: remove impurities or defects from; make elegant or cultured
cultured: develop understanding of litereature, art and music

This may all seem rather disconnected, but here is what I'm getting at.

Christ's example to us to to make Himself nothing, of no reputation in the eyes of the world:

Therefore
-He had no esteem in the public's eyes
-He was not regarded with 'respect'
-He was not held captive by 'social correctness' and politeness
-He did not receive the what the world deems refinement
-He was not made elegant or 'cultured' to sway the hearts of men

We are not called to be a socially correct, polite, publicly adored Army.
We must choose to leave our vainglorious pursuit of world estimation and turn instead to world domination for Christ's sake, through His example. Phillipians 2: 5-8

What do you choose?