Mark 9:33-38 – The Greatest and the For You statements of Jesus
- These two stories are connected. One is a manifestation of the other,
- In the first an underlying attitude of the disciples is revealed; they are jockeying for position.
- They are asking the question; Who will be the greatest in this new Kingdom that our leader will inevitably bring about when He other throws the Romans?
- Jesus reveals their heart to them. And tells them they need instead to become each other’s servants.
- This pride however in their hearts leads them to other sins of control and insecurity. Someone else is successfully serving Jesus but they rebuke him because he is not one of them.
- Its one of the biggest challenges of western Christian leadership!
- So many of us are more concerned about our position than the Kingdom being advanced and the horrendous crime is being committed on a daily basis where Christian leaders stop other advancing God’s Kingdom because it does not suit their personal situation and jockeying for position.
- Am I like that?
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