1.0Aletheia Baptist Ministrieshttp://aletheiabaptistministries.org/BlogRick Shraderhttp://aletheiabaptistministries.org/Blog/author/rick/The Humility of Incarnation - Aletheia Baptist Ministriesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YwfedVIus9"><a href="http://aletheiabaptistministries.org/Blog/the-humility-of-incarnation/">The Humility of Incarnation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://aletheiabaptistministries.org/Blog/the-humility-of-incarnation/embed/#?secret=YwfedVIus9" width="600" height="338" title="“The Humility of Incarnation” — Aletheia Baptist Ministries" data-secret="YwfedVIus9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://aletheiabaptistministries.org/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Let-us-adore-Him.jpg402537A summation of the Christmas message is captured in this “kenosis” passage by the expression “made himself of no reputation.” One of the most difficult things with which humans wrestle is the thought of having no reputation, of being found more as a servant than as a person of great fame and notoriety. Yet as Christians we are specifically instructed in this great passage to let this same attribute of the incarnate Christ be in us, to actually think that to be humble and obedient is good.