{"id":297,"date":"2007-12-14T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2007\/12\/christ-before-2.html"},"modified":"2007-12-14T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-14T17:00:00","slug":"christ-before-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2007\/12\/christ-before-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Christ Before the manger (p4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus&#8230;&quot; (Phil. 2)&nbsp; Those words take on more significance after we read Isaiah 6 and John 12.41 and make the connection:&nbsp; The magnificent vision that Isaiah had was none other than Christ before the manger.&nbsp; Isaiah not only foresaw Jesus, he saw Jesus!<\/p>\n<p>What did it feel like to be Jesus in the flesh.&nbsp; I think that followers should have personal answers to that for our attitudes are the same as our Savior; therefore, we also take all we have and bring it to bear upon the suffering of this world&#8211;Incarnation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/12\/15\/johnsmith_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Johnsmith_2\" src=\"https:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/images\/2007\/12\/15\/johnsmith_2.jpg\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> John Smith is a member of CCC who is following in the footsteps of Christ and living incarnationally.&nbsp; He&#8217;s the Grandfather who uses his garden to teach kids.&nbsp; Channel 7 named him an Everyday Hero (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedenverchannel.com\/7everydayhero\/14651744\/detail.html\">click here to see the video<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, let us take stock of all that God has placed in our possession and then ask, &quot;What would it look like for me to use it so that I too can love up close and in the flesh as Jesus did.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n<p>robert (aka&#8211;Jazz Theologian)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus&#8230;&quot; (Phil. 2)&nbsp; Those words take on more significance after we read Isaiah 6 and John 12.41 and make the connection:&nbsp; The magnificent vision that Isaiah had was none other than Christ before the manger.&nbsp; Isaiah not only foresaw Jesus, he saw Jesus! 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