With respect to greatness, I’m reminded by the statement from Martin Luther King Jr. “Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
Peter: Good call on Monty Python. I was thinking the same thing when Elizabeth was talking about the sheepish disciples lack of response to Jesus’, what were you talking about? Ummmm, nothing?…
Interesting that Jesus talks from a third person perspective on this second effort to forewarn the disciples about his coming death and resurrection. Jesus is communicating as a human here on their level. Why? Would it make the message easier to understand? Perhaps. But the passage tells us that they walked on arguing who was the greatest. Could this have been because Jesus just communicated that he would be leaving them and they would be on their own or was it simply that they were back home and concerned how they would be perceived? Jesus then flips back into first person teaching mode as the son of God. More powerful and far reaching when deciphering his words that remind us of the rewiring that we must undergo to create true intimacy and relationship with God. Just found the perspective interesting. Thank you for sharing God bless you
Great catch, Rick, regarding the different ways Jesus chooses to communicate here! Your image of a "rewiring that we must undergo to create true intimacy and relationship with God" is very powerful.
Hi Liz. The book John referenced is "The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West". www.amazon.com/Perennial-Philosophy-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0061724947
With respect to greatness, I’m reminded by the statement from Martin Luther King Jr. “Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
Beautiful quote, Dan! Another like it is "God doesn't call the equipped. God equips the called."
@@stmarksnewcanaan oh, I like that!
“ There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” TNH Yes!
Peter: Good call on Monty Python. I was thinking the same thing when Elizabeth was talking about the sheepish disciples lack of response to Jesus’, what were you talking about? Ummmm, nothing?…
Interesting that Jesus talks from a third person perspective on this second effort to forewarn the disciples about his coming death and resurrection. Jesus is communicating as a human here on their level. Why? Would it make the message easier to understand? Perhaps. But the passage tells us that they walked on arguing who was the greatest. Could this have been because Jesus just communicated that he would be leaving them and they would be on their own or was it simply that they were back home and concerned how they would be perceived? Jesus then flips back into first person teaching mode as the son of God. More powerful and far reaching when deciphering his words that remind us of the rewiring that we must undergo to create true intimacy and relationship with God. Just found the perspective interesting.
Thank you for sharing God bless you
Great catch, Rick, regarding the different ways Jesus chooses to communicate here! Your image of a "rewiring that we must undergo to create true intimacy and relationship with God" is very powerful.
John, what is the title of the Huxley book you reference?
Liz
Hi Liz. The book John referenced is "The Perennial Philosophy: An Interpretation of the Great Mystics, East and West". www.amazon.com/Perennial-Philosophy-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0061724947
Hi Liz! The book is called the Perennial Philosophy.