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“Jesus Christ, who is King; who is GOD; comes not to BE served, but to serve.”

That is what is noble. That is what is honorable. That is what is true glory. The service, the suffering, is noble. It is where Jesus is ultimately revealed to be God.

THAT is the point that Mark, in his Gospel, is trying to make: that you can only TRULY understand Jesus; and TRULY see him for who he is; by the cross. That is why Marks paints such a streamlined path to the cross: because he wants us to be pointed to it so clearly that nothing else stands in the way.

And it is only through the cross that we know him.

-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor

And Jesus Christ; Son of God, Son of Man; the one who comes as King of the new Kingdom, does not come as a king like the Kings of the Gentiles do: to lord it over them and exercise authority over them.

Instead, this King; GOD in the flesh; comes to be a slave. Look at what he says:

“Jesus Christ, who is King; who is GOD; comes not to BE served, but to serve.”

That is what is noble. That is what is honorable. That is what is true glory. The service, the suffering, is noble. It is where Jesus is ultimately revealed to be God.

-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor

Let us so serve this poor broken world, by the power of God’s Spirit, until every knee shall bow and every tongue proclaims: “Jesus is Lord.”

Amen.

-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor