Jesus knew the life of the poor (as seen in His parables of sowing and reaping, sparrows, children at weddings and funerals, women grinding at the mill, etc.). Jesus experienced the fullness of human life and society. He was not sheltered in some rich ivory tower, protected from the ‘dross of society’. He lived in the midst of it all, and He carried it as His label.[1]
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When I first read this chapter, the truth of Jesus being Jesus of Nazareth gripped me. The depth of what that meant, what it said of Jesus, who He is, why He came, His relation to His people… it captivated my mind!
I’ve written about this before, and you can find it here: Introducing… The Gospel!
Right now, I just want to share a song that goes perfectly with this chapter and video. Michael Card’s The Nazarene:
The Nazarene had come to live
The life of every man
And He felt the fascination of the stars
And as He wandered through
This weary world
He wondered and He wept
For there were so few
Who’d listened to His call
He came, He saw
He surrendered all
So that we might be born again
And the fact of His humanity
Was there for all to see
For He was unlike any other man
And yet so much like me
The Nazarene could hunger
And the Nazarene could cry
And He could laugh
With all the fullness of His heart
And those who hardly knew Him
And those who knew Him well
Could feel the contradiction
From the start
He came, He saw
He surrendered all
So that we might be born again
And the fact of His humanity
Was there for all to see
For He was unlike any other man
And yet so much like me
He came, He saw
He surrendered all
So that we might be born again
And the fact of His humanity
Was there for all to see
For He was unlike any other man
And yet so much like me
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[1] Peter Mead, Pleased to Dwell,
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