WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.199 Who is the GOAT? 00:00:02.859 --> 00:00:06.980 It's this sports term for greatest of all time. 00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:11.240 Tom Brady, five-time Super Bowl winning quarterback 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:12.560 of the New England Patriots, 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:15.460 often called the GOAT the greatest of all time 00:00:15.460 --> 00:00:19.219 by many of his peers and many fans around the country and world. 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:23.400 Usain Bolt, perhaps the fastest man who ever lived. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:27.019 No one ran a 200-meter sprint like him. 00:00:27.019 --> 00:00:32.240 Some athletes are even nicknamed the Great One, 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:34.859 like former hockey player Wayne Gretzky, 00:00:35.579 --> 00:00:40.379 or self-proclaimed it as they're preparing for a heavyweight boxing fight 00:00:40.379 --> 00:00:44.579 like Muhammad Ali, who called himself the greatest in the world, 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:46.760 the greatest fighter the world had ever known. 00:00:47.879 --> 00:00:53.219 In other circles, of course, celebrities are valued for their social greatness, 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:56.960 their status amongst mere mortals like us, 00:00:57.020 --> 00:01:00.100 who, unlike them, don't get the red carpet treatment, 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:02.600 don't have paparazzi taking photographs 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:05.980 when we're eating dinner at the local restaurants. 00:01:06.500 --> 00:01:09.859 We're not ending up on the late-night TV shows like they are. 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:11.719 We're not getting book deals. 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.640 We're not the front-page news and the gossip columns. 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:25.340 It's hard to imagine American life apart from ranking almost everything, isn't it? 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.480 We want to know what the best burger joint in Kenosha is. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:36.420 We sort of argue even over the best Christian preachers, 00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:38.460 the best smartphone. 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:40.040 Are you an Android person? 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:41.359 Are you an Apple person? 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.480 And that sort of defines your worth in our culture. 00:01:44.939 --> 00:01:46.359 And then once you've got the phone, 00:01:46.459 --> 00:01:50.900 what service provider is going to provide the best coverage for your network? 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:53.459 We want quality products. 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:54.879 We want great products. 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.140 We want to feel important ourselves. 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:00.900 We want to be well thought of. 00:02:02.739 --> 00:02:04.120 We want to be great. 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:05.620 We aspire to be great, 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:09.840 even if it's in our own sort of self-defined ways. 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:11.900 We want to be great. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:12.879 We want to be recognized. 00:02:13.219 --> 00:02:14.060 We want to be important. 00:02:16.920 --> 00:02:18.139 Before we know it, 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.080 the world's way of defining greatness 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:27.140 and status and importance has crept into our Christian experience. 00:02:28.420 --> 00:02:30.120 It skews our worldview. 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.020 It bends how we think. 00:02:33.380 --> 00:02:35.540 And it messes with our value system. 00:02:37.540 --> 00:02:38.120 Well, 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:42.200 we recognize our need to be reoriented 00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:46.020 around a different understanding of how things work, 00:02:46.820 --> 00:02:48.580 a different understanding of status, 00:02:48.580 --> 00:02:51.060 a different understanding of greatness. 00:02:52.780 --> 00:02:58.260 We need to redefine and pursue greatness 00:02:58.260 --> 00:03:03.320 as defined and exampled by Jesus Christ 00:03:03.320 --> 00:03:05.340 and no one and nothing else. 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.920 If we embrace our culture's definition of greatness, 00:03:10.100 --> 00:03:13.800 which is found through success and ladder climbing, 00:03:15.040 --> 00:03:17.520 our kingdom usefulness plummets. 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:21.180 But if we listen to Jesus' definition, 00:03:21.640 --> 00:03:23.560 we can pursue true greatness. 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:26.640 We can find real value 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:31.540 and true esteem in what God says is great. 00:03:32.820 --> 00:03:34.740 So let's read this text together 00:03:34.740 --> 00:03:36.000 and consider this morning 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.760 what Jesus exactly is calling us to as his disciples. 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.439 This is Matthew chapter 20, 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.040 starting in verse 17. 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:51.679 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, 00:03:51.959 --> 00:03:53.599 he took the 12 disciples aside 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:54.919 and on the way he said to them, 00:03:55.579 --> 00:03:57.799 See, we are going up to Jerusalem 00:03:57.799 --> 00:04:00.659 and the Son of Man will be delivered over 00:04:00.659 --> 00:04:02.840 to the chief priests and the scribes 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.459 and they will condemn him to death 00:04:05.459 --> 00:04:08.379 and deliver him over to the Gentiles 00:04:08.379 --> 00:04:11.500 to be mocked and flogged and crucified 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:14.879 and he will be raised on the third day. 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:17.560 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.040 came up to him with her sons 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.120 and kneeling before him, 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:22.519 she asked him for something. 00:04:23.300 --> 00:04:24.180 And he said to her, 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:25.360 What do you want? 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:27.060 She said to him, 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.100 Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:31.279 one at your right hand 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:33.100 and one at your left in your kingdom. 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:35.080 Jesus answered, 00:04:35.700 --> 00:04:38.000 You do not know what you are asking. 00:04:39.060 --> 00:04:41.140 Are you able to drink the cup 00:04:41.140 --> 00:04:42.460 that I am to drink? 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:44.180 They said to him, 00:04:44.460 --> 00:04:45.260 We are able. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:47.600 He said to them, 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:49.939 You will drink my cup, 00:04:50.660 --> 00:04:52.120 but to sit at my right hand 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:53.900 and at my left is not mine to grant, 00:04:54.780 --> 00:04:55.980 but it is for those 00:04:55.980 --> 00:04:58.240 for whom it has been prepared by my Father. 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.439 And when the ten heard it, 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:02.819 they were indignant at the two brothers. 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.420 But Jesus called them to him and said, 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:09.860 You know that the rulers of the Gentiles 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:10.920 lord it over them, 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:14.660 and their great ones exercise authority over them. 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.780 It shall not be so among you. 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:21.960 But whoever would be great among you 00:05:21.960 --> 00:05:22.920 must be your servant, 00:05:23.620 --> 00:05:25.460 and whoever would be first among you 00:05:25.460 --> 00:05:26.519 must be your slave. 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.299 Even as the Son of Man came, 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:31.279 not to be served, 00:05:31.979 --> 00:05:33.000 but to serve, 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:36.099 and to give his life as a ransom for many. 00:05:36.979 --> 00:05:38.500 And as they went out of Jericho, 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:40.019 a great crowd followed him. 00:05:40.859 --> 00:05:41.379 And behold, 00:05:42.159 --> 00:05:43.399 there were two blind men 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:44.579 sitting by the roadside, 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:46.779 and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:47.539 they cried out, 00:05:47.659 --> 00:05:49.680 Lord, have mercy on us, son of David. 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:52.560 The crowd rebuked them, 00:05:53.159 --> 00:05:54.120 telling them to be silent. 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:55.419 But they cried out all the more, 00:05:55.420 --> 00:05:57.460 Lord, Lord, have mercy on us, son of David. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:05:59.439 And stopping, 00:06:00.520 --> 00:06:02.000 Jesus called them and said, 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:04.439 What do you want me to do for you? 00:06:05.400 --> 00:06:06.199 They said to him, 00:06:06.259 --> 00:06:08.400 Lord, let our eyes be opened. 00:06:09.780 --> 00:06:11.660 And Jesus, in pity, 00:06:12.520 --> 00:06:13.620 touched their eyes, 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.600 and immediately they recovered their sight 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:18.180 and followed him. 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:24.800 Well, we can think of our text this morning 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:26.100 kind of like a sandwich. 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:28.760 Any good sandwich has two parts. 00:06:29.140 --> 00:06:30.560 It's got the bread on the outside 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:32.680 and the fixings on the inside. 00:06:33.700 --> 00:06:34.860 So we're going to look at this passage 00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:36.800 just like we would examine a sandwich. 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:38.860 We're going to first look at the bread. 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:42.120 There's a slice in verses 17 to 19. 00:06:42.780 --> 00:06:45.680 And then the other slice is in 29 to 34. 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:47.460 We're going to see specifically 00:06:47.460 --> 00:06:49.100 what that has to say about Jesus. 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:51.420 And then we're going to look at the fixings. 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:52.300 We're going to see how, 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:54.240 in light of who he is, 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:55.920 and in light of his character, 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:57.420 and in light of what he's done, 00:06:57.960 --> 00:07:00.520 what that calls us to as his people, 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:01.439 and his followers. 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:05.959 So first, the bread. 00:07:07.300 --> 00:07:08.560 Here's the main idea 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.319 in 17 to 19 and 29 to 34. 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:15.279 Our king, Jesus Christ, 00:07:15.379 --> 00:07:17.000 is a suffering servant. 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:20.839 Our king is a suffering servant. 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:24.600 From the outset of Matthew's gospel, 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:26.899 he wants to set the record straight 00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:27.740 about this guy. 00:07:28.899 --> 00:07:30.439 We see in the very first verse, 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.199 Jesus the Christ, 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:33.759 the son of David, 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:35.500 the son of Abraham. 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:36.959 A little bit later, 00:07:37.339 --> 00:07:38.279 he's Emmanuel. 00:07:38.939 --> 00:07:40.180 He's God with us. 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:43.319 As the story has progressed, 00:07:43.660 --> 00:07:46.100 we've seen Jesus' power on display 00:07:46.100 --> 00:07:48.699 and miraculous healings 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:51.920 and the exercising of authority 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:52.680 over creation, 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:53.779 calming seas, 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:55.420 healing paralytics, 00:07:55.420 --> 00:07:56.699 giving sight to the blind 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:59.399 as we see even in our passage today. 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.240 Matthew is asking 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.000 and getting us to ask the question, 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:05.459 who is this guy 00:08:05.459 --> 00:08:07.579 that is calling us 00:08:07.579 --> 00:08:08.459 to follow him? 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:11.219 What's his identity? 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:13.939 What's his character like? 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:15.839 What's his mission 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:17.879 on planet Earth? 00:08:19.339 --> 00:08:20.420 Well, his identity, of course, 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:21.319 is the Christ, 00:08:21.579 --> 00:08:23.139 the anointed one of God, 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:25.480 the one who is inaugurating 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:26.879 the saving reign of God 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:28.019 throughout all of the world. 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:29.699 His character, 00:08:30.219 --> 00:08:32.240 we've seen time and time again 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:34.039 that he's full of compassion. 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:36.159 He's full of mercy. 00:08:36.939 --> 00:08:38.799 He reaches out to those in need. 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:40.639 For those who cry for help, 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:41.519 he answers. 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:43.639 In his mission, 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.000 we can summarize it as 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.240 destination, 00:08:48.100 --> 00:08:48.579 Calvary. 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:51.079 He's headed to the cross. 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:51.840 He's on a mission 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:53.659 to die in the place of sinners. 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:58.919 Well, this passage in Matthew 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.779 is perhaps the clearest 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:02.600 statements yet 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.199 where Jesus' identity 00:09:05.199 --> 00:09:06.519 and his compassion 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:07.959 and his mission 00:09:07.959 --> 00:09:08.819 sort of align. 00:09:09.079 --> 00:09:09.860 And they come together 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:11.759 and Matthew really focuses in 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.579 in these verses. 00:09:15.019 --> 00:09:17.159 And it's the close proximity 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:18.559 of this identity 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.059 and character and mission 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:21.159 that's going to bring clarity 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:22.740 to who this guy is. 00:09:24.779 --> 00:09:25.480 So first, 00:09:25.579 --> 00:09:26.199 we look at, 00:09:26.579 --> 00:09:27.620 there's two titles 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:28.939 that we can see. 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:30.419 The first is in verse 18. 00:09:31.459 --> 00:09:32.019 See it there? 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:33.299 The Son of Man. 00:09:34.179 --> 00:09:34.360 Right? 00:09:34.439 --> 00:09:35.379 And this is Jesus' 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:37.980 self-proclaimed title. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:39.839 This is how he references himself 00:09:39.839 --> 00:09:41.120 time and time again 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:42.079 in Matthew's Gospel. 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:45.060 We see that this comes 00:09:45.060 --> 00:09:46.520 from Daniel chapter 7 00:09:46.520 --> 00:09:48.139 verses 13 and 14 00:09:48.139 --> 00:09:50.759 where one like the Son of Man 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:51.980 is brought before 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:52.900 the Ancient of Days, 00:09:53.020 --> 00:09:54.360 before the throne of God. 00:09:55.340 --> 00:09:55.960 And interestingly, 00:09:56.139 --> 00:09:58.620 he's given an everlasting dominion, 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:01.700 an indestructible kingdom 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:03.639 that all nations 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.740 should come and serve him. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:08.379 That's the first title, 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:09.240 the Son of Man. 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.100 But then also, 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:12.820 if you notice 00:10:12.820 --> 00:10:14.639 in verses 30 and 31, 00:10:14.820 --> 00:10:16.320 there's a different title, 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:17.620 similar, 00:10:19.379 --> 00:10:21.340 but it's on the mouths 00:10:21.340 --> 00:10:22.940 and lips of the blind men. 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:25.159 Son of David. 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:27.399 Son of David, 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:28.500 have mercy on us. 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:29.940 Interestingly, 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:31.659 every time that this title 00:10:31.659 --> 00:10:33.399 occurs in Matthew's Gospel, 00:10:33.580 --> 00:10:36.320 it's in context of healing. 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.900 people are imploring Jesus 00:10:38.900 --> 00:10:39.840 to heal them, 00:10:40.260 --> 00:10:41.860 to relieve their suffering 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:42.640 or their pain 00:10:42.640 --> 00:10:44.360 or their physical needs. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.700 And so they call out 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:46.600 Son of David. 00:10:48.540 --> 00:10:50.080 Well, this is, of course, 00:10:51.160 --> 00:10:54.480 a title that is seen 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.800 as the fulfillment 00:10:55.800 --> 00:10:56.760 of a prophecy 00:10:56.760 --> 00:10:59.080 from 2 Samuel chapter 7, 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:01.420 specifically verse 16 00:11:01.420 --> 00:11:03.240 where the prophet Nathan 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:04.340 comes to David 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:04.980 and says, 00:11:05.540 --> 00:11:07.120 your offspring 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:07.820 is going to be 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:09.180 on your throne forever. 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:13.360 These blind guys 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:14.040 in our passage 00:11:14.040 --> 00:11:15.259 seem to realize 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:16.840 a little bit 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:17.519 of the extent 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:18.940 of what this title means. 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.320 Here's the one, 00:11:22.180 --> 00:11:23.759 the prophesied king, 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:24.740 the son of David 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:25.420 who would come 00:11:25.420 --> 00:11:26.820 and take the throne 00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:28.879 forever and ever and ever. 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:31.500 He's the son of man. 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:32.740 He's the son of David. 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:34.220 He's an eternal king. 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:35.320 His kingdom 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:36.419 and his dominion 00:11:36.419 --> 00:11:37.340 have no end 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:40.060 and cannot be destroyed. 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:43.399 These titles 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.680 in our text 00:11:44.680 --> 00:11:45.320 show us 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:46.139 that Jesus 00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:47.960 is the legit heir 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:48.779 of King David 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:50.139 and that he is 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.919 the divine, 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:52.019 eternal king 00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:53.940 who will rule 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:54.680 all people 00:11:54.680 --> 00:11:55.500 forever. 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:55.600 forever. 00:11:58.740 --> 00:11:59.399 But we don't 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:00.139 just see titles, 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:00.399 right? 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:02.019 We see his character 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:03.720 displayed especially 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.820 in verses 29 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:05.500 to 34. 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:07.960 He's on the way 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:08.480 to Jerusalem. 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:09.279 He's already pointed 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:09.820 this out. 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:11.159 He's from the beginning 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:11.740 said, 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:11.919 hey, 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:12.919 I'm going to Jerusalem. 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:15.279 There's all this commotion. 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.220 There's all this energy. 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:16.940 It's the time 00:12:16.940 --> 00:12:17.559 of the Passover. 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:18.720 So all the Jews 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.000 are converging 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:20.879 on this city. 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:23.320 Energy is maxed out 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.840 and especially 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:26.600 this time 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:28.160 because the prophet's 00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:28.400 coming. 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:30.800 The promised Messiah 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:31.340 is coming. 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:32.360 He's going to 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:33.360 take his throne. 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:35.980 So everybody's 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:36.820 worked up 00:12:36.820 --> 00:12:37.460 and excited 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:39.920 and here come 00:12:39.920 --> 00:12:41.440 two pesky nobodies 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:44.080 and they start 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:45.000 killing the vibe. 00:12:46.020 --> 00:12:46.680 That's how the world 00:12:46.680 --> 00:12:47.260 sees them, right? 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:47.960 That's how the crowd 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:49.340 sees these two blind guys. 00:12:49.520 --> 00:12:49.960 We see that 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:51.040 from the rebuke. 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:55.140 In verse 31, 00:12:55.800 --> 00:12:56.240 they say, 00:12:56.340 --> 00:12:56.900 shut up. 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:58.180 King doesn't have 00:12:58.180 --> 00:12:58.740 time for you. 00:12:58.860 --> 00:12:59.920 He's on the way 00:12:59.920 --> 00:13:00.540 to his throne. 00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:01.620 Leave him alone. 00:13:02.300 --> 00:13:02.920 Get out of here. 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.840 He has no time 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:08.700 for these blind men, 00:13:08.760 --> 00:13:09.160 doesn't he? 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:10.860 Thankfully, 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:11.400 the crowd's there 00:13:11.400 --> 00:13:12.120 to help him out, right? 00:13:12.760 --> 00:13:13.420 They rebuke him 00:13:13.420 --> 00:13:13.879 for begging. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:14.760 King has more 00:13:14.760 --> 00:13:15.360 important duties. 00:13:15.560 --> 00:13:17.080 Just keep quiet here. 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:18.920 Well, 00:13:18.920 --> 00:13:19.460 thank God 00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:19.920 that Jesus 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:21.180 does not respond 00:13:21.180 --> 00:13:22.680 to these two blind men 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:23.479 the way that 00:13:23.479 --> 00:13:24.500 the crowds do. 00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:26.899 See in verse 32, 00:13:28.579 --> 00:13:31.079 stop it. 00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.639 He takes time 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.679 out of this procession 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.599 that's all about him. 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:36.019 It's all about 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:37.039 his movement 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.899 towards Jerusalem, 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:39.500 his kingly arrival. 00:13:40.359 --> 00:13:41.139 He stops. 00:13:41.719 --> 00:13:42.620 He calls them 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.259 and he says, 00:13:43.839 --> 00:13:45.599 what would you like 00:13:45.599 --> 00:13:46.439 me to do for you? 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:50.440 He listens 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.420 to their request 00:13:51.420 --> 00:13:53.040 and notice 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:53.860 in verse 34, 00:13:54.020 --> 00:13:55.400 he has pity 00:13:55.400 --> 00:13:55.920 on them, 00:13:57.660 --> 00:13:58.200 compassion, 00:13:58.640 --> 00:13:59.020 mercy. 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:01.920 He stops 00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:03.100 the procession 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:03.680 that's all about 00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:04.680 him to serve 00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:05.700 two guys 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:06.240 that everybody 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:06.960 in that crowd 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.300 has deemed 00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:08.080 to be no one, 00:14:08.520 --> 00:14:09.540 of no consequence, 00:14:09.780 --> 00:14:10.580 of no value 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.920 to the king 00:14:11.920 --> 00:14:13.520 and yet the king 00:14:13.520 --> 00:14:14.640 stops and serves them. 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.679 He heals them. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.679 He gives them sight. 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.659 Merciful power 00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:20.639 on display. 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.220 It's amazing. 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:25.600 Jesus is eager 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.159 and able 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:26.899 to stop 00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:27.559 what he's doing 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:28.639 to care for 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.299 these two men. 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.240 Friends, 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:32.199 you and I 00:14:32.199 --> 00:14:33.299 are never, 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:33.840 ever, 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.080 ever going to meet 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:36.279 anyone as consistently 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:36.919 compassionate 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.779 as King Jesus. 00:14:39.319 --> 00:14:40.379 He's amazing. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.960 He has time 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:42.960 for even the little guy. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:45.400 He's a merciful king. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.620 But this king, 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:49.320 the son of man, 00:14:49.400 --> 00:14:50.080 the son of David 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:50.940 who has compassion, 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:51.680 he's on a mission. 00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:52.700 Right? 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.360 We jump back 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:54.139 to that first slice 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.780 of bread now, 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.240 verses 17 to 19. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.720 We see what 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.580 that mission is. 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:00.720 Destination, 00:15:00.900 --> 00:15:01.379 Calvary. 00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:04.680 He's got a one-way ticket 00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:06.019 to suffer and die 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.879 on the cross. 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:09.519 This king, 00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:11.200 the son of man 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.080 who gives mercy 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:13.320 to blind guys, 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:15.360 will be delivered 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.259 to the high priests 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:17.019 and scribes, 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.399 verse 18. 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:21.179 They will condemn 00:15:21.179 --> 00:15:22.299 him to death. 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:24.600 They will hand him 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:25.580 over to pagans 00:15:25.580 --> 00:15:27.620 because these Jewish 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:29.320 rulers don't have 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:29.860 the authority 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.460 themselves 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.740 to put Jesus 00:15:31.740 --> 00:15:32.240 to death. 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:32.840 So they'll 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.279 bypass that 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:34.940 by handing him 00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:36.000 over to the Romans 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.020 where he will be 00:15:39.020 --> 00:15:39.640 mocked 00:15:39.640 --> 00:15:41.580 and flogged 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:43.760 and crucified. 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:46.740 Well, 00:15:46.780 --> 00:15:47.320 what happened, 00:15:47.400 --> 00:15:47.920 you may ask, 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.880 to the throne 00:15:48.880 --> 00:15:49.540 of glory 00:15:49.540 --> 00:15:50.560 and the throngs 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.340 of angels 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.220 that he's been 00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:53.000 talking about 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.140 upon his return? 00:15:54.780 --> 00:15:56.260 We see as recently 00:15:56.260 --> 00:15:57.760 as chapter 19, 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.680 verse 28. 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:01.900 Jesus says, 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.820 Truly I say to you 00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.500 in the new world, 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.400 when the son of man 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.500 will sit on his 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.620 glorious throne, 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:10.939 he's coming into 00:16:10.939 --> 00:16:11.439 a kingdom, 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.120 and yet now he's 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.699 talking about 00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:15.539 suffering and a 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.840 brutal death 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:18.679 on a cross, 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:19.600 condemned to die 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.259 as a criminal. 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.100 Well, right, 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.100 there's a reason 00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.899 that this is now 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:26.740 the third prediction 00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.220 of Jesus' death 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:29.299 in Matthew's gospel. 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:32.500 how hard it is 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.479 for our human 00:16:33.479 --> 00:16:34.019 thinking 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:35.859 to see 00:16:35.859 --> 00:16:36.679 and conceive 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:38.139 of suffering 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:39.559 and crucifixion 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.459 as the pathway 00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.240 to the throne. 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.199 It's folly 00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:45.919 to us 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:47.759 unless God 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.319 gives us 00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:49.199 ears to hear 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:50.299 and eyes 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.779 to see. 00:16:53.219 --> 00:16:54.099 We're never 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:55.120 going to grasp it 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.859 apart from 00:16:55.859 --> 00:16:56.479 his grace. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.580 It's a despised 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.460 and rejected 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:00.960 notion. 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.879 One that the world 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.880 stumbles upon 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:06.120 over and over. 00:17:07.120 --> 00:17:08.099 I will not 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.759 bend the knee 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.559 to a crucified 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.559 Messiah. 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:12.779 But it's the path 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.839 our king traveled. 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.539 Jesus' mission 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.460 ended in a death 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:18.920 deserved 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.960 by criminals, 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.440 not by the innocent 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.299 lamb of God. 00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:25.319 it's not because 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.980 of his guilt 00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:27.099 but because of ours. 00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:28.539 The sin of the world 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.440 took him 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.119 on that mission. 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.539 A mission 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.519 of sacrifice 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.159 and ultimate 00:17:35.159 --> 00:17:35.740 suffering. 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:38.039 A unique 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:39.960 and lonely 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.359 mission. 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.299 Our king 00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:44.180 is a suffering 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:45.059 servant. 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.619 Matthew 00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:50.139 has brought 00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:51.319 this identity 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:52.200 and this 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:53.200 character 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.159 and this 00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.559 mission 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.159 together 00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:56.559 to speak 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.039 of the guy 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.599 who you and I 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.980 follow. 00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.220 Who is this guy? 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.939 He's our king. 00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.939 He suffered 00:18:03.939 --> 00:18:04.839 for us. 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.200 His path 00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:08.000 of sacrificial 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.500 service 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.200 brings us 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.899 life. 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.039 He is the one 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.619 we orient 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.460 our lives around 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.139 and we gladly 00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:14.559 worship. 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.579 He's the suffering 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.399 servant king 00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:20.259 who reaches out 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:21.259 to us in mercy. 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.839 That's who he is. 00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.539 But he also 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.379 calls us 00:18:26.379 --> 00:18:27.319 to follow 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:28.099 in his footsteps 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:28.500 right? 00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:30.220 Matthew doesn't 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:31.119 just tell us 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:31.599 this stuff 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.179 about Jesus 00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:32.819 so we can go 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.419 yep that's 00:18:33.419 --> 00:18:34.139 who he is 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:36.259 but so that 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.019 we would follow 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:37.339 him. 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.319 That we would 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.039 obey him. 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.579 So we got to 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.399 look at the fixings 00:18:41.399 --> 00:18:41.960 now of our 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.480 sandwich. 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.220 Verses 20 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.919 to 28. 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:49.580 to calling us 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.080 to embrace 00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:50.600 a different 00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.300 pathway to 00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:51.620 greatness. 00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.340 Not calling us 00:18:52.340 --> 00:18:52.840 to reject 00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.600 greatness as 00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:53.960 some 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.100 substandard 00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:57.320 sort of 00:18:57.320 --> 00:18:58.560 worldly thing 00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.539 but to 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.119 reorient 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.700 our minds 00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.359 around how 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.359 God defines 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.779 greatness. 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.519 And to spend 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.179 all of our 00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:06.319 days seeking 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.099 that which 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.899 God says is 00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.579 truly great. 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:10.940 Servanthood. 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:14.779 verses 20 00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:16.039 to 28 can be 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.620 summed up 00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:17.420 in this point. 00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.120 For the 00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:19.660 Christian 00:19:19.660 --> 00:19:21.519 servanthood 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.299 is the true 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:22.840 measure of 00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:23.220 greatness. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.940 For you and 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.720 I if we 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.820 follow Jesus 00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:27.779 faithfully and 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.500 obediently 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:30.080 then we define 00:19:30.080 --> 00:19:30.580 our greatness 00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:31.299 by serving 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:31.920 other people. 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.840 So we 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.380 remember the 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.880 context as we 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.500 get into these 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.480 verses into our 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.620 sandwich fixings. 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.599 In verse 28 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.799 Jesus has told 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.579 his 12 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.160 disciples 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.819 verse 28 of 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.620 chapter 19 00:19:49.620 --> 00:19:50.640 excuse me 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.640 he's told his 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.539 disciples that he's 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.360 coming to sit on a 00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.079 throne of glory 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.460 and these 12 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.440 original guys who 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:56.940 have been with 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.099 him first 00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:59.160 from the 00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.539 beginning 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:01.319 are going to 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.759 get 12 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.380 thrones too. 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.400 That's a pretty 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.079 good deal for 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.960 James and John 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.599 and Andrew and 00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.059 Peter and the 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.599 rest of them. 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.380 But what we 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.220 see immediately 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.579 in verses 20 00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.319 to 28 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.079 right up front 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:14.059 is there's 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.900 another blindness 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.640 at work in our 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.120 passage. 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.500 Not a physical 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.900 blindness that 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.740 causes these guys 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.400 to cry out for 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.940 mercy but a 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:23.000 blind ambition 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.559 that causes the 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.519 disciples to 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:27.000 seek glory and 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.000 honor and 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.559 recognition. 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.960 Unfortunately this 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.960 blind ambition has 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:34.400 caused quite the 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:35.640 selective hearing 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.500 children for 00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.560 James and John 00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.259 the sons of 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.680 Zebedee. 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:40.800 They get their 00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:42.500 mom to come 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.560 ask Jesus a 00:20:43.560 --> 00:20:43.980 question. 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.600 They're so 00:20:46.600 --> 00:20:48.160 fixated on 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:50.020 these seats of 00:20:50.020 --> 00:20:50.740 power and 00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:53.320 influence that 00:20:53.320 --> 00:20:54.780 the best way I 00:20:54.780 --> 00:20:55.500 can describe them 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.100 is like that 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.640 cartoon wolf 00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:59.320 right who's so 00:20:59.320 --> 00:21:00.000 hungry that he 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.820 sees every sheep 00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.600 not as a sheep 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.600 but like a steak 00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.100 on a plate. 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.399 That's how they 00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:04.859 are with his 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.279 glory. 00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.219 That's how they 00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:06.659 are with the 00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:06.959 honor. 00:21:07.199 --> 00:21:07.619 They're like that 00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.719 wolf that just 00:21:08.719 --> 00:21:09.679 looks out over the 00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.459 flock of sheep and 00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.099 goes steak, 00:21:11.679 --> 00:21:12.339 lamb chops, 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.579 pot roast. 00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:16.980 They're blinded to 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.539 what they're even 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.939 asking. 00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.639 And it's amazing 00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.559 right? 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:23.519 It's amazing that 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.879 so close to 00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.839 Jesus telling 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.839 them what his 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.519 mission was going 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.679 to be and why 00:21:28.679 --> 00:21:30.460 he was nearly at 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:30.919 Jerusalem. 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.379 Jericho, a day's 00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.799 walk. 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.839 He's almost 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.220 there. 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.919 He's almost 00:21:35.919 --> 00:21:36.319 there. 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.619 And in 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.440 earshot of that 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.740 and in complete 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:41.099 abandonment of 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.779 what Jesus has 00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.519 just said, these 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.259 two sons and 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.879 their mom come 00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.119 up. 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.259 They want their 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:48.559 glory and they 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.339 want Jesus to 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.019 secure it for 00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.299 them. 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.519 Now it makes 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.299 sense maybe that 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.859 James and John 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.480 would do this, 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:54.679 right? 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.639 They're two of the 00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.539 first disciples 00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:56.980 chosen. 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.399 Peter and Andrew 00:21:58.399 --> 00:22:00.279 first and second, 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:01.220 James and John 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.960 third and fourth. 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.179 They must be super 00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.740 important, right? 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.240 They've been there 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.839 from the beginning 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.960 and they've walked 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.500 with Jesus. 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:10.000 They've helped him 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.759 out on his mission. 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.700 He sent them out 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.339 and they've probably 00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.700 even maybe cast out 00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.279 some demons 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.859 themselves. 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:17.179 These two guys 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.639 were on the 00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.579 mountain when Jesus 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.679 was transfigured 00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.299 before them. 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.720 Moses and Elijah 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.379 showed up. 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.399 They're kind of a 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.859 big deal. 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.240 Plus their mommy 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.879 thinks they're the 00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.720 best two sons in 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.039 the world. 00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:33.200 Well she starts 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:34.139 out somewhat 00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.740 okay, right? 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.559 She goes low. 00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.240 She takes this 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.539 humble position, 00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:40.740 at least body 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:42.720 position, but of 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.659 course we can see 00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.700 through that humble 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.399 knee bending 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.759 posture because 00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:49.080 this request 00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.780 comes from a 00:22:49.780 --> 00:22:51.400 heart full of 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.820 pride. 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:54.259 In fact, it 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.500 comes from three 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.560 hearts full of 00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:56.800 pride. 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.980 We see that in 00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.540 verse 22 when 00:22:59.540 --> 00:23:01.660 Jesus answers the 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:03.140 request of the 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:05.040 mom with a 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:07.540 address directed 00:23:07.540 --> 00:23:08.280 at James and 00:23:08.280 --> 00:23:08.620 John. 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:10.400 You too do not 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.080 know what you are 00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:11.519 asking. 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:14.119 And they said to 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.720 him, we are 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.019 able. 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.579 Three arrogant 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:20.559 hearts wanting a 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.779 position of power 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.559 and prominence in 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.000 the kingdom. 00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.660 She wants her sons 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.240 to have the top 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.839 spots. 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.599 Humbly at least 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.819 she lets Jesus 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:32.039 decide which sits on 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.839 which side, right? 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.579 Well at least, 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.500 Jesus, you can figure 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.059 that one out. 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:39.200 But here's what 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.139 this request is. 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.259 It's an audacious, 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.819 self-centered, 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.980 heartless display of 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.399 pride. 00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.960 Jesus has just 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:50.200 told them about the 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.779 horrific fate that 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.919 awaits him in 00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.399 Jerusalem. 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.539 And these two are 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.639 only concerned about 00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:58.419 where they sit in 00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.819 glory. 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.419 But we're not 00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:03.279 surprised at this 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.919 point in the 00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.879 gospel, are we? 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:06.300 Because time and 00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:07.280 time again, we've 00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:08.220 seen the disciples 00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.800 stumbling over this 00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.300 same way of 00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:10.620 thinking. 00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.820 Peter confesses 00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.920 Jesus as the 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.820 Messiah, the 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.860 Christ, the Holy 00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.540 One of God. 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.520 And then immediately 00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:19.500 Jesus says, yeah, I'm 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.520 going to Jerusalem and 00:24:20.520 --> 00:24:21.120 I'm going to suffer 00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.660 and die. 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:23.380 And then Peter goes, 00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:25.280 no way, Jose, not 00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:25.580 you. 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.740 To which Jesus 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.740 says, get behind 00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.200 me, Satan. 00:24:29.760 --> 00:24:30.620 You're setting your 00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.500 mind on things of 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:33.220 men, not things of 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.520 God. 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:38.460 chapter 18, verse 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:40.020 1, Billy preached 00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:40.540 on this. 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.520 They want to know 00:24:42.520 --> 00:24:43.600 who's the greatest in 00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.240 the kingdom of 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.560 heaven. 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.520 They're sitting there 00:24:46.520 --> 00:24:47.720 when Jesus is kind of 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.440 maybe just out of 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.900 earshot going, man, 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.080 how do we get great? 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.380 How do we get Jesus 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.160 to say, you're great? 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.560 And so they ask 00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.400 Jesus, well, how do 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.280 we become great in 00:24:56.280 --> 00:24:56.780 your eyes? 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.640 He says, well, hold 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.080 on, folks. 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:01.260 Unless you turn and 00:25:01.260 --> 00:25:02.100 humble yourself like a 00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.659 child, you're not 00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.219 even going to get in 00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.699 my kingdom. 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.379 Whoa. 00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.699 And then we see 00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:08.679 these same disciples 00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.959 rebuking people for 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:11.719 bringing kids to be 00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.459 near Jesus. 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.819 You don't have time 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.639 for them, little guys. 00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.539 Get them out of here. 00:25:17.719 --> 00:25:18.779 Just like the crowd 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.859 rebukes these blind 00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:21.139 guys in our text. 00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:28.140 Well, friends, it's 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.300 easy for us to look 00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:30.400 on the disciples' 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.380 folly as if through 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.840 pharisaical eyes. 00:25:36.520 --> 00:25:37.920 We sit back kind of 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:39.259 arms folded, jeering 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.460 and scoffing at their 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.300 pride and their 00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:41.759 arrogance. 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.560 But we in our human 00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:46.640 nature are exactly the 00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:46.960 same. 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:50.680 we all want the 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.200 celebrity. 00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.620 We all want the 00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.079 glory. 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.340 We all want the 00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.299 mountaintop experience 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.100 of everybody just 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:57.180 celebrating us and 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.160 patting us on the back 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.740 and telling us how 00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.680 wonderful we are. 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:04.079 And we all tend to be 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:06.240 blind to the road that 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.840 must be traveled to 00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.460 true greatness. 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:11.200 But the disciple 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.840 remembers. 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:15.299 The one intent on 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.039 following Jesus 00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:17.720 remembers that it's a 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.960 narrow gate and a 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.720 hard road. 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.539 They're so enamored by 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:27.359 glory, like the 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.539 cartoon wolf is 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.440 enamored by lamb 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:31.359 chops, that they 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.339 don't hear about the 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:35.599 path required to be 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.940 followed. 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.379 Jesus has already told 00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.480 his followers in this 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:42.159 gospel that you'll be 00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:43.059 hated by the world, 00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:46.960 that you're going out 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.179 as sheep among wolves. 00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.139 And then in chapter 00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:51.759 16 he issues the 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.799 most fatal blow to 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.879 self imaginable. 00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:57.019 If you would come 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:59.379 after me, you must 00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.299 deny yourself. 00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.659 You must put self in 00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:03.759 the grave and pick up 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.000 a cross of suffering and 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.579 follow me. 00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.799 Self is not only 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:10.399 merely a threat to our 00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.419 position in the kingdom 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.960 of God. 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:14.000 Self is a threat to 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.060 entering the kingdom 00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:16.120 of God and we must 00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:19.700 slay all notions of 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:22.039 self as followers of 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.300 Jesus. 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:25.800 We must see our own 00:27:25.800 --> 00:27:28.100 tendency to grasp for 00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:30.039 positions of power and 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.320 prestige in the 00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:33.080 disciples' request or 00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:34.120 else we're missing the 00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:35.259 point for us today. 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:40.379 Amazingly in verse 22 00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:42.599 Jesus responds kindly 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.400 it seems. 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.599 He doesn't kick him in 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.940 the shins and shoo him 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.359 away. 00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.900 But even in his kind 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.680 response they're still 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.259 clueless. 00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.420 They're still blinded by 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.640 their ambition and 00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.480 thoughts of glory. 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.460 But Jesus says you don't 00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.720 know what you are asking. 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.319 following. 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:05.019 Followed by are you 00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:06.620 able to drink the cup I 00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.640 am about to drink? 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.180 Well we know this cup. 00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:12.579 It's a cup of suffering. 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.720 It's a cup of being 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:17.559 mocked and flogged and 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:20.000 crucified by Gentile 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.559 rulers. 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:24.140 Hated by everybody it 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.559 seems. 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:29.779 But James and John as 00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.079 one commentator puts it 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.639 they don't see this cup 00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.899 as a cup of suffering. 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.279 They think it's a golden 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.759 goblet of glory and 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.240 power. 00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:41.399 They think the cup is 00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:43.440 exactly what they're 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.779 after. 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.700 The Messiah is coming to 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.000 town. 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.700 This cup is one of glory 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:50.559 and prestige and honor 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.159 and fame. 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.200 Jesus says you have no 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.039 idea what you're talking 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.379 about. 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.179 If you had heard my 00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:57.960 words just in the 00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.899 previous three verses 00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.759 you would know. 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.460 But you've been blinded 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.240 by your ambition. 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.720 It's a cup of suffering 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:09.419 that Jesus offers to 00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.460 anyone who would follow 00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.759 him. 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.099 That's how he explains it 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.200 to James and John and 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.539 that's how he explains it 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.279 to you and I. 00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:19.399 They'll truly suffer even 00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.279 though at the moment they 00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.440 don't recognize that that's 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.639 what Jesus is getting at. 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.040 church history says James 00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:27.660 was martyred, John was 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:30.700 exiled, died on an island 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:33.000 probably mostly alone. 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.759 But alas, even though they 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.320 will get the suffering, they 00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:41.360 will end up on thrones, it's 00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:42.640 only the Father who grants 00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.640 these seats of honor. 00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:47.440 Jesus himself does not even 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.580 have the authority to do 00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:48.920 that. 00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:52.460 Well, at this point in our 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:56.020 story, the disciples pop back 00:29:56.020 --> 00:29:58.400 up on our radar in verse 24 00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:03.320 and we see how seethingly angry 00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:05.340 they are at James and John 00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:06.400 for this request. 00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:08.540 They've been kind of listening 00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:10.240 and judging and condemning 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.120 from the background. 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:18.240 To be clear, they're not mad 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.019 for self-denying kingdom-seeking 00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.759 priorities. 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:25.019 They're mad because they want 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.279 the honor for themselves. 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.519 And James and John thought of 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.420 the idea first. 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:33.500 James and John are creeping in 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.779 on the other ten's turf 00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:36.779 and they're mad about it. 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.460 What a great teaching moment 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.220 for Jesus. 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:44.339 To reorient his disciples 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.180 around what truly matters. 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:50.700 And in a culture like ours 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:53.080 that exalts good looks 00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:54.420 and money and cars 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.840 and power and influence, 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.920 celebrity, 00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:00.500 in a culture who makes TV shows 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.840 called the Lifestyles of the 00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.700 Rich and Famous, 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.960 in a culture that defines 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:07.799 popularity and status 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.200 by how many friends one has 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:10.400 on Facebook and how many 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.200 Instagram followers one might 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.620 have, 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:16.200 that thinks great things of 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.180 those who make platinum records 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.200 and win Grammys. 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.340 These are some of the most 00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:23.519 important words 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.400 we could ever hear 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:27.019 Jesus say to us 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.940 as his followers. 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.319 He's speaking to us too. 00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.819 Look at him again. 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.980 Verses 25 to 28. 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.460 Jesus calls all of his 00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.779 twelve together 00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.759 and says, 00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:45.980 you know that the rulers 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.339 of the Gentiles, 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.019 by Gentiles he means 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.599 the pagans, 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.420 the godless. 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.240 You know that the godless 00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:55.519 rulers lord it over them 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.519 and their great ones 00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.980 exercise authority 00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.779 over them. 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.700 It shall not be so 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.519 among you. 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.599 Not if you're going to be 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.259 in my kingdom. 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.740 Not if you want greatness 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.799 as part of 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.660 my community. 00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.940 But whoever 00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.040 would be great among you 00:32:15.040 --> 00:32:16.080 must be your servant. 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.800 And whoever 00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.960 would be first among you 00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.040 must be your slave. 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.940 And then here's why. 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.320 Even as 00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:26.420 the son of man 00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.960 came not to be served 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.620 but to serve 00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:31.620 and to give his life 00:32:31.620 --> 00:32:32.220 as a ransom 00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.880 for many. 00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.640 Pagan leaders, 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:39.840 godless men 00:32:39.840 --> 00:32:40.680 have the power 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.940 and exert the authority 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.800 and push their weight 00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.180 around. 00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:47.240 Those great in the kingdom 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:49.460 are servants 00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.220 and slaves. 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.140 The world says 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.259 blessed are the powerful. 00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.880 Jesus says 00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.560 blessed are the meek. 00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:01.300 The world praises 00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:02.180 the go-getters, 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.340 the hard chargers, 00:33:04.020 --> 00:33:05.080 the ladder climbers. 00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:07.039 Jesus says 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.720 to be great 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:09.059 you must be a servant. 00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.220 It doesn't mean 00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.619 that we 00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.220 reject the notions 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.339 of career advancement 00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.359 or anything 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.039 of that nature 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:19.259 but it does 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.639 reframe how we see it 00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.779 and how we pursue it. 00:33:25.899 --> 00:33:26.699 Humble heart 00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.419 does not seek 00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:27.980 promotions, 00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.059 church offices, 00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:31.859 things of that nature 00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.619 in order to feel 00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.199 more important. 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:35.259 in order to exert 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.140 more authority. 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.220 That's pagan thinking. 00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.059 It's to be cut out 00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:44.600 of the heart 00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.319 and mind 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.860 and life 00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.640 of the disciple, 00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.840 the one who follows 00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:49.920 the suffering king. 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.900 A humble heart 00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:54.319 does not despise 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.779 any opportunity 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.920 to serve. 00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.019 There's no task 00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:00.559 beneath the servant, 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.940 the one who is great 00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:03.460 in the kingdom's eyes. 00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.860 As kingdom citizens, 00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:09.920 those of greatest status, 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.780 those that God 00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:12.519 looks upon 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.760 with particular gladness, 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.280 are those who have 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.380 glad hearts 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.960 eager to contribute 00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.840 to the mission. 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:27.380 Pride and self, 00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:29.960 they seek importance, 00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.280 glory, 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.680 opportunities 00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:34.800 to exert authority 00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.380 and power 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.180 over others. 00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.820 Humble servants 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.039 seek to build others up, 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.599 to consider the interests 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.079 of others 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.360 as more significant 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.559 than their own. 00:34:48.140 --> 00:34:49.380 Do you aspire 00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.160 to be great, 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.800 Christian? 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.500 Then adopt the heart 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.840 and mind 00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.860 and lifestyle 00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.820 of a servant. 00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:00.000 None of us 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:00.640 are that important. 00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.760 But Jesus says 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:03.519 we can be great, 00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.980 great in the kingdom's eyes, 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:07.280 but only through servanthood. 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.220 Let's remember 00:35:11.220 --> 00:35:12.039 one last time 00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.140 what that type 00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:14.519 of service entails, 00:35:14.660 --> 00:35:14.900 right? 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.680 It's in the same vein 00:35:16.680 --> 00:35:17.820 as our crucified, 00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.980 suffering king. 00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.200 It's a cup of suffering, 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:23.960 sacrifice, 00:35:24.859 --> 00:35:25.699 self-denial. 00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:28.000 That's kingdom greatness. 00:35:28.899 --> 00:35:29.719 That's what Jesus 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.639 puts his finger on 00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.379 in this passage. 00:35:33.419 --> 00:35:33.899 Notice, 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.460 again, 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.279 who it is 00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.159 that's calling us 00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.599 to it. 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.659 It's the one 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.779 who gave his life 00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:40.079 as a ransom 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.139 for many. 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.719 Verse 28. 00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.059 He didn't come 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.859 to be served. 00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.539 He's not looking 00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:49.139 to have palm fronds 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.179 waved over him 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.440 in the hot summer days, 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.799 grapes fed to him. 00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.960 He comes as a servant, 00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.039 one who suffers 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.419 and dies for us. 00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.980 He calls the shots 00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.759 about how we now 00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.579 live our lives. 00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.819 See what God's saying 00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.559 in this text? 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:14.019 Servanthood 00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:15.619 must be your measure, 00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.139 Christian, 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.059 of true greatness 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:20.599 because King Jesus 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.239 became a suffering servant 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:23.299 for you. 00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.279 Servanthood 00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:28.340 must be your measure 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.940 for greatness 00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.259 because King Jesus 00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:31.779 became a suffering servant 00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.840 for you. 00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.539 The one who calls us 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.759 to self-denying 00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:38.259 sacrificial service 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:39.160 is the one 00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:40.180 who emptied himself. 00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.680 Emptied himself 00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:42.700 by becoming obedient 00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.600 to the point of death, 00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.880 even death on a cross. 00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:48.040 His servanthood 00:36:48.040 --> 00:36:49.040 ransomed you and I 00:36:49.040 --> 00:36:49.840 out of darkness 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.480 and into his marvelous light 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:54.880 and calls you 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.840 and me 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.200 as Christians 00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:59.740 to esteem servanthood 00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.360 above all. 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.760 You want to be great? 00:37:04.040 --> 00:37:04.480 Serve. 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.480 Servanthood 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:08.780 must be 00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:11.079 our measure 00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.820 of greatness 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:14.340 because Jesus 00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.480 suffered 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.940 in service 00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:18.019 to us. 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.500 So as we close, 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.980 let me just offer 00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.260 a self-diagnostic 00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.920 for us 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.639 as we 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:26.440 examine our own hearts 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.400 and the ways that 00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.659 self 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:30.420 is competing 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.219 with servanthood. 00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:33.539 and then I want 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.299 to speak to two 00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:35.339 groups of people 00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.899 in particular. 00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.879 First is self-diagnostic. 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.639 Speaking to me too. 00:37:43.919 --> 00:37:44.319 Servants 00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:45.259 don't get upset 00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.199 at dirty dishes. 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.959 They clean them. 00:37:51.439 --> 00:37:51.859 Servants 00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:52.359 don't see 00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:53.199 certain tasks 00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:54.099 as beneath them. 00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.779 They link arms 00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:57.439 and they do it. 00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:01.240 Servants 00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.599 don't 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.179 gauge 00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:03.019 their time 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.679 to be more 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.139 valuable 00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.740 than that 00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.059 of other 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.639 people's. 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.900 They put 00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.280 others 00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:09.260 before themselves. 00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:13.240 Friend, 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.579 would you 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.139 ask God 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.559 today 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.800 to show you 00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.280 the areas 00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.019 of your life 00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.139 in which 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.659 your heart, 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.119 mind, 00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.460 and lifestyle 00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.579 resemble 00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:22.380 much closer 00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.179 to the pagan 00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.360 Gentile rulers 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.539 than that 00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.820 of a disciple 00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.320 of Jesus? 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.940 would you 00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.420 ask him 00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.220 for the grace 00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:32.260 to change? 00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.980 I think 00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.400 we're all 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.980 in that boat 00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.599 in different 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.980 ways. 00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.659 Examine 00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.099 your heart 00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.720 and your life. 00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.980 In closing, 00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.940 two groups. 00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.019 I want 00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.320 to speak 00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.840 to husbands 00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.539 and I want 00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.800 to speak 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.340 to leaders. 00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.659 First, 00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.139 husbands. 00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:56.900 I'm going 00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.259 to venture 00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.819 a guess 00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:59.139 that for 00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.679 each of us 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.259 in this room 00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.879 who's married, 00:39:01.879 --> 00:39:02.420 there are 00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.980 patterns of 00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.379 thinking 00:39:03.379 --> 00:39:05.099 and acting 00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:06.299 that exhibit 00:39:06.299 --> 00:39:07.119 self rather 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.900 than servanthood, 00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.400 that exhibit 00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:11.940 pride, 00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.799 not humility. 00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.500 Christ 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.239 calls us 00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:17.179 to service 00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.659 at the expense 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.599 of self. 00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.980 After all, 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.619 Jesus gave 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.139 his life 00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.919 for the church, 00:39:24.779 --> 00:39:25.559 Ephesians 5. 00:39:26.859 --> 00:39:27.619 You don't boss, 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.879 you don't get grumpy, 00:39:29.819 --> 00:39:30.399 you sacrifice, 00:39:31.219 --> 00:39:31.879 you serve. 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:35.119 leaders. 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.420 Those holding 00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.180 offices here 00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.740 at the church, 00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:39.720 elders and 00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.380 deacons and 00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.800 pastors, 00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.420 life group 00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.840 leaders, 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.000 Sunday school 00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.480 teachers, 00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.720 event organizers, 00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.380 beware of the 00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.880 feeling of 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:51.099 self-importance, 00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.380 the feeling 00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:53.800 that you're 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.680 irreplaceable. 00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.760 Beware of the 00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.539 temptation to 00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.500 despise a 00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.260 fellow Christian 00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:02.520 from prideful 00:40:02.520 --> 00:40:03.580 notions of 00:40:03.580 --> 00:40:04.240 superiority. 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.700 Make no 00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:08.220 mistake that 00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:09.060 your value, 00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.560 it's not in 00:40:10.560 --> 00:40:10.860 how much 00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.640 authority and 00:40:11.640 --> 00:40:12.340 influence you 00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.700 exert, 00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:13.800 but it's linked 00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.080 to your 00:40:14.080 --> 00:40:14.720 willingness to 00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:15.100 serve. 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.180 It's linked 00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:16.700 to a heart 00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:17.380 posture that 00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.680 says, 00:40:18.100 --> 00:40:19.100 I'll give of 00:40:19.100 --> 00:40:20.420 myself for the 00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.040 sake of God 00:40:21.040 --> 00:40:21.600 and his kingdom 00:40:21.600 --> 00:40:22.300 and his people. 00:40:24.540 --> 00:40:25.500 In the end, 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.440 self-promotion 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.260 will profit you 00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.600 nothing. 00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:30.619 self-denying 00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.279 service is 00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.759 everything. 00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.420 Our text 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:39.480 today calls 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.839 us to 00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.199 something 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:41.539 challenging 00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:43.440 and above 00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.779 each and 00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.159 every one 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.599 of us. 00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.239 And yet, 00:40:46.319 --> 00:40:46.559 the good 00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:46.960 news is 00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.500 God gives 00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:47.960 grace. 00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.759 God does 00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.339 not call us 00:40:51.339 --> 00:40:51.819 to something 00:40:51.819 --> 00:40:52.400 that he is 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.940 not already 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.819 determined to 00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.559 see brought 00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.159 about in the 00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.559 hearts and 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.079 lives of his 00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.880 people because 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.539 the suffering 00:40:58.539 --> 00:40:59.299 servant is 00:40:59.299 --> 00:41:00.659 reorienting and 00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.619 establishing a 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.279 community of 00:41:02.279 --> 00:41:03.079 people that 00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.840 follow him, 00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.920 even to death, 00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.920 follow him in 00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.799 sacrifice and 00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.659 humility and 00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.420 service to one 00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.139 another and to 00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.519 the world. 00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:13.779 It's what Jesus 00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.480 has called us 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.659 to. 00:41:16.279 --> 00:41:17.199 He's called us 00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:17.860 to value 00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:19.000 servanthood above 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:20.239 all things in 00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:20.900 this life. 00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:20.980 life. 00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:23.180 It must be how 00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:23.519 we as 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:24.760 Christians define 00:41:24.760 --> 00:41:25.480 and measure 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:28.619 greatness because 00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.519 we follow a 00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.680 king who 00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:31.320 suffered and 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.440 sacrificed himself 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:33.880 for us. 00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.519 Jesus served 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.500 us all the way 00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.780 to the cross. 00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.780 So we serve 00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:41.639 others in his 00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.139 footsteps. 00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.639 Let's pray. 00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:49.779 Father God, 00:41:49.859 --> 00:41:52.500 we thank and 00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.719 praise you that 00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:55.960 the community 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:57.379 of people you 00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:58.460 are creating 00:41:58.460 --> 00:42:00.579 is not one 00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.199 that looks like 00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.719 the world, 00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:04.839 but one of 00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.579 service and 00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.019 humility. 00:42:07.859 --> 00:42:08.339 God, I pray 00:42:08.339 --> 00:42:09.079 for all of us 00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.480 that you would 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:10.219 help our hearts 00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:10.980 and our minds 00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.960 and our lives 00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:13.440 resemble that 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.039 of our servant 00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:15.800 king, the one 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:16.280 who suffered 00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:17.019 and died for 00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.500 us. 00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:20.300 In the state 00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:22.599 of this, would 00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.260 you give grace? 00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.000 We ask it in 00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.679 Jesus' name. 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.199 Amen.