Senin, April 05, 2010

Who is the greatest

Sometimes in a group, both groups working in the company, or groups of service at the church, one of the most sharp pebbles that could arise is a competition about who is most influential, the most deserving, the most important. If that is so, the group will become very fragile. This sort of thing more often we meet in a Christian community. Very rarely encountered people who want to serve by doing things - something as simple or behind the scenes.

So apparently there is also competition among the disciples of the Lord Jesus. After they had argued about who was greatest among them (Mark 9:33-37), it turns out James and John filed a petition to the central place given to their teacher (paragraph 37). The ten other students in cash angry with the two brothers. Lord Jesus, immediately stretch their understanding. Who wants to be the biggest, he must become a servant to all (paragraph 43.44). This means that true greatness is located in humility.