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Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." Mark 10:42-45 (New American Standard Bible)
I do not like to take a scripture and use it out of context to prove a point or win an argument. Recently, this particular couple of verses jumped out at me when I was listening to a Bible CD on the way to work. I later grabbed my Bible and read the entire chapter 10 so I would not take the words Yeshua spoke out of context and that I could try to get a better feeling why He said this at the time. When Jesus spoke these words, He was speaking to a primarily Jewish audience. I am sure that He was alluding to the Scribes and Pharisees who also seemed to be exercising much authority over the common Jewish people. My take on this scripture, for us today, is that in His Kingdom, there will be none of that and this flies in the face of how we do church today. The laity is being lorded over by the clergy and I don't think this belongs in the Kingdom of God. The ability of man to corrupt God's plans for his own ends is unlimited. The Pharisees did it to the Jewish people and starting with the early Catholic Church, the clergy is still doing it to the laity.Bob - Crushed Petals Ministries 09/04/2007
I do not like to take a scripture and use it out of context to prove a point or win an argument. Recently, this particular couple of verses jumped out at me when I was listening to a Bible CD on the way to work. I later grabbed my Bible and read the entire chapter 10 so I would not take the words Yeshua spoke out of context and that I could try to get a better feeling why He said this at the time. When Jesus spoke these words, He was speaking to a primarily Jewish audience. I am sure that He was alluding to the Scribes and Pharisees who also seemed to be exercising much authority over the common Jewish people. My take on this scripture, for us today, is that in His Kingdom, there will be none of that and this flies in the face of how we do church today. The laity is being lorded over by the clergy and I don't think this belongs in the Kingdom of God. The ability of man to corrupt God's plans for his own ends is unlimited. The Pharisees did it to the Jewish people and starting with the early Catholic Church, the clergy is still doing it to the laity.Bob - Crushed Petals Ministries 09/04/2007