John 13:1–20
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our modern world is hopelessly confused about authority and service. We see two great errors, two sides of the same proud coin. On the one side, we see the pagan lust for raw power, the desire to dominate, to climb the ladder of success by stepping on the heads of others. On the other side, we see a resentful servility, a groveling that despises the very idea of authority and serves with a chip on its shoulder. The tyrant is proud of his position; the resentful servant is proud of his victimhood. This scene is not a gentle, sentimental lesson in being nice to one another. It is not a call for us to engage in some kind of false, theatrical humility. This is a radical, worldview-shattering redefinition of reality. It is a polemic against every human system of pride.