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Look whose looking at me
A Proud young man walked into a room looking for his friend.
He passed two blond young women near the door who looked him over then looked at each other and said and the same time ‘NINE’.
The prideful young man puffed out his chest and drew a big smile on his face then walked over to his waiting friend.
“You won’t believe what happened, when I walked in these two attractive blond women looked me over and rated me a NINE’.
His friend replied, ‘I hate to burst your bubble but those two women only speak GERMAN’.
NINE MEANS NO IN GERMAN.
As we look at our scripture passage today,
we will see that Jesus really wanted to spend some time teaching His disciples 3 things:
that he was going to be delivered,
that he was going to be killed and
that on the third day He would rise.
But the disciples, like you and me
Had other issues going on in their heads.
Issues of pride, false pride.
that desire to put ourselves first,
and to put others down,
Like the issues James addressed in James chapter 4
False pride, the bad kind of pride seems to be all wrapped up in those troubles and struggle James listed.
It causes conflict and separations between our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
It has been said that
“Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it”
SOURCE: “Our Daily Bread,” December, 1986.
What Jesus wanted to teach
That is what Jesus wanted to teach them
The core of the gospel message
He would be delivered into the hands of men
He would be killed
He would rise on the third day
They needed to know it that information to give then assurance
to give them clarity
so that when the world and their ministry,
seemed to be coming to an end
in just a few days, they could stand up under it and go on.
Of course since they didn’t understand the teaching,
at first they all scattered and hid.
What Jesus had to also teach
Did the disciples understand the lesson
did they ask questions and seek clarification
or did something like PRIDE
keep them from seeking a better understanding?
Have you ever been in a class and not understand the lesson?
In that situation did you ask for an explanation, or keep quiet and
hope the lesson make more sense later?
Unless I felt very confident about the answer,
My rules for getting thru school included
1 Avoid eye contact, so your not called on
2 Don’t raise your hand and ask question
If your not called on
if you don’t volunteer any answers or question
the class will never know just how ignorant you are
They might suspect it
but they won’t have proof.
That’s not really a healthy way to live
hiding your ignorance, instead of asking for help
As someone who struggle with low self esteem.
The idea that too much pride
was keeping me from asking questions
didn’t seem possible.
But it was pride.
What kind of pride is it,
I couldn’t figure out a good term
Google didn’t even help
Pride of Image protection,
Pride of self preservation.
Never the less it is choosing ignorance over answers
when your image is on the line.
I don’t think I’m the only one held back by pride
Perhaps you have been too.
The disciples were.
Pride of comparison
Even though Jesus had a lesson plan, what were the disciples thinking about
and talking about?
Who is the greatest of them?
The pride that keeps us from asking dumb questions can also keep us from answering questions that
will put us in a bad light.
Nobody wanted to say
Well Jesus we were talking about which one of us is your best disciple.
I’m a little surprised Peter didn’t answer that and then claim he thought he was but that kind of public declaration would have been really risky.
How did Jesus address the issue of them arguing over who was the greatest disciple?
He put greatness in the path of servanthood.
“Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”
That is not what they expected to hear.
Servants, slaves were the lower class of society.
Jesus goes on to illustrates a welcoming heart attitude is what He wants to see, so
In the culture of Jesus day, how you treated a kings representative was considered how you would treat the king if He was there in person.
So if you treated the kings representative kindly and respectfully,
that would be good.
If you treated the kings representative with contempt, or mis-treated them,
you could expect the king to send his army after you very soon.
So what were the disciple to do
Have a kind, welcoming attitude toward young and old
toward rich and poor
treat everyone royally.
Not much room there for put downs and
competition.
Pride opposing other ministries
So because someone outside this group of disciples and other followers,
the disciples wanted to shut them down.
A sad truth about churches is that from time to time,
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