{"id": "card_n_152adfad178f", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Pride status", "body": "The Son of God, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God — but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was found in fashion as a man. The highest reputation was held by the one who refused it.\n\nAsk yourself: What reputation are you defending that the highest gave up?\n\nFLOOR — protect what cannot recover, but not status. The mind of Christ is downward (Phil 2:5-8).\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_phil_2_6", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "authority_trust", "conservation_balance", "FLOOR"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "c95ef413c7ea9c4c845dfb0ce32416a93b9b53d7e902e97cda9dacf5db44997d"}