Count others better than ourselves.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. (Philippians 2:5-7...

The Rejection of Jesus

Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” (John 12:39-40 ESV) One of the themes in John 12 concerns...

The King of Peace.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”  (Zechariah 9:9 ESV)   Jesus’ entry into...

Wanted: Humble Servants.

“But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,” Mark 10:43 When James and John asked Jesus to allow them to sit by His side in His kingdom, they were asking to exercise the power that Kings who sit on thrones possess, the power to tell others what to do,...

Jesus First.

Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?”                                                   Mark 10:38 What the disciples asked Jesus it would be...