Three Subjects Below
1. Writing of Jesus’s Birth gives more thick skin to those who are in Christ.
2. Two Paintings and one Video.
3. Comment on an Important Scripture.
1. Jesus’s Birth gives more thick skin to those who are in Christ
If you cannot belittle Jesus as a baby at any point in his life then why would a child of God feel belittled if they are falsely called a baby? Do not belittle one’s self and do not allow others to belittle you. If Christ’s birth cannot be belittled than why should anyone feel belittled if they are doing their best? At Jesus’s birth it was revealed to Simeon that he had seen salvation. Why do people belittle salvation? Life is hard yet heaven is easy. Salvation is the greatest gift of all. Salvation is like the purest form of thick skin, not like narcissism to help someone have thick skin and not like belittling Jesus being born of a virgin and more importantly born of the Holy Spirt. The Purest form of thick skin is Christmas Emmanuel coming as God’s Son. Even when Jesus was a minor age wise, God always has major plans for him. The Birth of Christ is more majestic than the cross in the aspect of thick skin. Maybe sometimes people should simply start with the happy, joyful Birth of Christ before even thinking of denying self. Why? Because having thick skin and feeling valued in the hierarchy of life and having humility helps make people more receptive to denying self. Denying self is important but I am making the case people should start witnessing for Jesus about his love for them before witnessing about the cross although both are equally important. Incarnate Jesus is fully Human and fully God. But what does that make him at his birth? Jesus at birth was reliant on people yet one cannot belittle Him because he is God.
2. The first painting is chalkboard that says All Writing to Jesus under Modern Lessons from the Parable of the Sower, a blog under Ubiquitous Admin Blogs. The second is a short video, about Jesus’s Birth gives more thick skin to those who are in Christ.
The third is a painting of Holy Spirt Fire under Spiritual Blogs in How to Say the Trinity in 5 Languages. Scroll side to side to see all 3 Images.
3. ''Philippians 2:5-11
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.''
My comment about this scripture:
The “nothing” that Christ is referring to is low on the hierarchy of society, but Jesus did not become nothing for nothing. He already understands that in order to reach everyone He had to be low on the earthly hierarchy in order to reach everyone. For human leaders it is better to say I study the low on the hierarchy, people with disabilities, and all the disadvantaged, to make everyone feel valued. Where is the Value no matter where someone is in the hierarchy of society?
Jesus started out small like a mustard seed even though He is much bigger than a mustard seed. Jesus King of the universe came to earth as a humble baby not from a privileged family. NOW in John chapter 16 a mother gives birth and forgets the anguish of birth pains because a Baby is born into the world. Someone Greater than a baby being born is among you and is the love of the Father and the Power of Salvation. Plug in Value in Hierarchy.
Josh Hochstedler