The Silent Years of Jesus What can we

The Silent Years of Jesus What can we learn?

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in THE FORM OF GOD, did not count EQUALITY WITH GOD a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the FORM OF A SERVANT, being born IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN, and being found IN HUMAN FORM, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Phil 5: 5 -8 ESV

"Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was I AM". Jn 8: 58 "Say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me. " Ex 3: 14

”Amazing love how can it be, that Thou my God shouldst die for me. ” Charles Wesley

He humbled himself conception “…. . closely knit Jewish community…. . pregnant…. . adulteress……death by stoning…. . Mary felt the Son of God kicking against her uterus. Joseph……hot shame of living amongst villagers who could plainly see the changing shape of his fiancé. ” - PHILIP YANCY

He humbled himself - birth “The infant God……. . his new born flesh is smacked to elicit the first breath. A mess of mucus, blood and wriggling limbs. ” - Glen Scrivener

He humbled himself - teens Nazareth in May 1997

He humbled himself - twenties

He humbled himself “He’s just a carpenter, Mary’s boy. We’ve know – ministry years him since he was a kid…. . who does he think he is? ” Mark 6: 3 ”Foxes have holes, the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. ” Matt 8: 20

He humbled himself – even death on a cross “My brothers shun me like a bum in the street; My family treats me like an unwanted guest”. Psalm 69: 8 MSG