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Celebrating Obscurity: Lessons from Jesus' Choice in Bethlehem

Explore Isaiah 53:1-6 to learn about Jesus' humble beginnings in Bethlehem, contrasted with worldly celebrity culture. Discover how Jesus embraced obscurity, humility, and service, choosing an unremarkable body, unpopular life, and selfless death. Reflect on the anti-Kardashian nature of Jesus and the beauty found in simplicity.

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Celebrating Obscurity: Lessons from Jesus' Choice in Bethlehem

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  1. Celebrating Obscurity Isaiah 53:1-6

  2. What do we learn about Jesus from His choice to be born in Bethlehem?

  3. He came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by a peasant girl and a sleepy carpenter. The hands that first held him were unmanicured, calloused, and dirty. No silk. No ivory. No hype. No party. No hoopla. Max Lucado

  4. We’re all a little more Kardashian than we’d like to admit

  5. Jesus is the anti-Kardashian He found peace in OBSCURITY joy in HUMILITY and strength in SERVICE

  6. Jesus Chose… • An unremarkable body (53:1-2) • An unpopular life (53:3)

  7. Philippians 2:7 …but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

  8. Jesus Chose… • An unremarkable body (53:1-2) • An unpopular life (53:3) • A selfless death (53:4-6)

  9. Kardashian culture puts SELF above ALL Jesus put ALL above SELF

  10. Jesus Chose… • An unremarkable body (53:1-2) • An unpopular life (53:3) • A selfless death (53:4-6)

  11. Celebrating Obscurity Isaiah 53:1-6

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