{"id":2545,"date":"2020-09-22T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T22:21:17","slug":"a-lesson-in-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=2545","title":{"rendered":"A lesson in humility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are exploring Jesus rebuking the disciples<\/a> for various behaviors in Luke 9. Here’s the second one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. (Luke 9.46, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have to love it. The disciples having just been royally chewed out for their lack of faith<\/a> are now arguing about which of them was the greatest! This time, Jesus takes a gentler approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side and said to them, \u201cWhoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.<\/strong>\u201d (Luke 9.47, 48, ESV, emphasis mine)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not the only time Jesus had this conversation with them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, \u201cWhat were you arguing about on the road?\u201d But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, \u201cAnyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.\u201d (Mark 9.33 – 35, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the ten heard about [James and John wanting the top positions], they became indignant with James and John. Jesus called them together and said, \u201cYou know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.\u201d (Mark 10.41 – 45, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus stayed with this lesson until the very end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples\u2019 feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him… When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. \u201cDo you understand what I have done for you?\u201d he asked them. \u201cYou call me \u2018Teacher\u2019 and \u2018Lord,\u2019 and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another\u2019s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. (John 13.3 – 5, 12 – 15, NIV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are exploring Jesus rebuking the disciples for various behaviors in Luke 9. Here’s the second one: An argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. (Luke 9.46, ESV) You have to love it. The disciples having just been royally chewed out for their lack of faith are now arguing about … Continue reading A lesson in humility<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-F3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2546,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions\/2546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}