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Welcome to the Daily Blade . The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit , the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil . Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson , and they stand ready to equip men for the fight . Let's sharpen up .

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All right , welcome back Day four of the Daily Blade . This week we're in Matthew , chapter 20 . All week long we're talking about what it means to be a great man . The fourth characteristic in Matthew , chapter 20 , of a great man is a great man serves . A great man serves Matthew 20 , 20 and following . I know we read it every week , but you can't go wrong reading the Bible .

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Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons and , kneeling before him , she asked him for something and he said to her what do you want ? And she said to him Say that these two sons of mine are to sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your kingdom . And Jesus answered you do not know what you are asking . Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink ? And they said to him we are able . And he said to them you will drink my cup , but to sit at my right hand and my left is not mine to grant , but it's for those for whom it has been prepared by my father . And when the ten heard it , they were indignant at the two brothers , verse 25 . But Jesus called them and he said you know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and their great ones exercise authority over them . Here's what this means . He says that the way the world works is that people in positions of power lord it over them , that people use positional authority to tell people , other people , to get in their place . That the way the Gentiles , the way that the world works is if you're the boss and the reason everybody else exists is to serve you , if you're the boss and the reason everybody else exists is to serve you , if you're the dad , the reason everybody in your house exists is to serve you . That's the way of the world . And the verse 26 says this it shall not be so among you . Well , let me just ask you , bro , is it this way among you ? Like , when you walk into your house , does peace walk in with you ? When you walk into the boardroom , if you're the boss , does peace walk in with you ? You see , the reality is there's a bunch of us that when we walk into the room and everybody kind of puckers up because we're in charge , we kind of like it . And Jesus says it shall not be so among you . But whoever would be great among you must be your servant , and whoever would be first among you must be your slave , even as the son of man came not to be served , but to serve . That's right . So what do you do when you look around and you realize you're the most powerful person in the room ? Well , what Jesus did was serve .

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So let me ask you a few questions . Do you lord your authority over others , like , do you point to your name tag and you say see , it says assistant to the general manager . Right here , you do what I say . Are you what you do what I say ? Because I said so because of my position as authority ? Is that the kind of person you are ? Because Jesus says it shall not be so among you ?

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Jesus says that if you do this , you're being a practical atheist . And you're saying what do you mean ? I'm not an atheist . I go to church , I worship with my hands up , I read my Bible , I'm listening to the Daily Blade and he goes Nate . You might believe those things . You're just acting like a Gentile . He doesn't mean non-Jewish , he means you're acting like somebody that is not submitted and surrendered to God as their father .

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When we lord our authority over others , let me ask you this question . Jesus says that if you want to be great , then you must be a servant . So do you see yourself as a servant that gets to lead , or as a servant leader ? You see , we've bastardized this word in the English language man . You see , we , we use the word servant . Jesus calls us to be a servant . We use that word to describe the kind of leader that we want to be . Oh , I'm a servant leader . And jesus is like neat , I told you just to be a servant . You see , everybody's okay with the idea of servant until you get treated like one . If serving is beneath you , then leadership is beyond you . And jesus sets the , says the ultimate example In John , chapter 13, .

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Jesus , knowing all authority in heaven and earth have been given unto him , he stands up from the table and the Bible says that he shows the disciples the full extent of his love . And he does not preach a sermon , he does not do a miracle . He dresses himself as a servant and he washes his disciples' feet . And then he goes on to say I have set for you an example and you will be blessed if you do likewise . So if you want to be great in the kingdom of heaven , then you serve . A great man dresses himself as a servant and serve . He takes the lowest job , not as a means to an end to get what you want , but just in obedience to Christ , because this is what Christ did for us , and in that obedience is the blessing . In the kingdom of God , a great man serves .

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