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Mark 9:35

Jesus' life is a demonstration of what he teaches. This is nowhere more evident than in his teaching about greatness. As followers of Jesus, we are never greater than when we surrender our rights and our position and serve others. No one demonstrated this better than the Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord and teacher. “Sitting down, Jesus called the twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be the first must be the last, and the servant of all.” -Mark 9:35     “Sitting down, Jesus called the twelve All the disciples, who though they might not be all engaged in this dispute, nor equally criminal, yet were all, possessed of the same notion; and therefore Christ calls them all unto him, what he had to say, being pertinent unto them all. and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the last, and the servant of all.” his pride and vanity shall be checked; his ambitious views shall be frustrated; instead of being first, he shall be last; and instead of having superior reverence