Hello All, I will be picking up the review of Jesus Character until about mid-December. For October I will look at the failings and outright sin of Peter, and how that reveals Jesus’ good character and thereby reveals God’s Character.
On June 26th 2012, I wrote about the 1st of 3 times that the disciples really sin through selfish ambition as they fight about “which one of them is the greatest.” (See the Blog article at http://godisjustlikejesus.blogspot.com/#!/2012/06/patience-of-jesus-who-is-greatest-1.html ) The first recorded time is Mark 9:33 after the Mount of Transfiguration. The last time is at the Last Supper Luke 22:24. […]
At least three different times (that are recorded) the followers of Jesus argued about which of them was the “greatest.” (Mark 9:33, Mark 10:35 and Luke 22:24). At first glance we can pass over this because Jesus deals with it so gracefully. But we need to first stop and take a moment to examine this.