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[298.70 --> 301.62] There's the three, James, Peter, and John, and then there's the others.
[302.06 --> 305.04] But James and John are not just on Jesus' inner circle.
[305.74 --> 307.02] They're also his cousins.
[307.24 --> 307.82] Did you know that?
[308.52 --> 309.46] They're related to Jesus.
[309.78 --> 312.70] And that makes Salome Jesus' aunt.
[312.70 --> 317.82] And for me, that kind of shifts the way I read this story because, and maybe this is just my family,
[318.38 --> 320.88] it would be very hard for me to say no to my aunts.
[322.02 --> 323.80] You know, they're not the kind of people you could just say no to.
[323.88 --> 325.40] They're powerful women in my family.
[325.80 --> 330.66] And I wonder if, like, Salome coming to make this request just kind of changes the social dynamic for Jesus
[330.66 --> 332.14] because she's his aunt.
[332.14 --> 335.54] Nevertheless, this is Salome's request.
[336.18 --> 342.98] She says, grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.
[344.18 --> 349.80] Now, maybe this is a strange request when you read it and you think, man, it's kind of a bold thing for her to ask Jesus.
[350.54 --> 354.02] And I want to just underscore that there's a lot of faith built into this request.
[354.28 --> 356.26] She believes that Jesus has authority.
[356.26 --> 360.24] She believes that his kingdom is greater than other worldly kingdoms.
[360.44 --> 367.74] And so she's asking for James and John to have positions of greatness, positions of prestige and authority in Jesus' kingdom.
[369.28 --> 372.64] And Jesus' response kind of opens up a lot for her.
[373.14 --> 376.14] But I do want to highlight one more thing that I think intrigues me about this story.
[377.48 --> 383.46] Some people will say that she's sort of speaking for her sons, that James and John have actually put their mother up to this.
[383.46 --> 389.34] And why people say that is if you read Mark's account of this same story, James and John make the request themselves.
[389.46 --> 397.56] And so I had this hilarious image in my head of them sort of hiding behind their mother as she asked Jesus for them to have these prominent positions in the kingdom.
[398.34 --> 404.06] But Jesus seems to know that the request kind of comes from them because in his dialogue, he actually addresses them directly.
[404.26 --> 406.24] It's like, all right, thank you for that request, Salome.
[406.44 --> 409.92] And then he turns to them and he says, I don't think you have any idea what you're asking.
[410.46 --> 411.94] Because what does he then turn his focus to?
[411.94 --> 416.26] He says, are you able to drink the cup that I am going to drink from?
[416.94 --> 418.04] And you know what that reference is?
[419.00 --> 421.10] That's the cup of suffering, right?
[421.16 --> 427.36] When Jesus is in Gethsemane, he's about to go to the cross, he asks for his father to take that cup away from him.
[427.38 --> 429.86] And that is the cup of judgment and suffering.
[430.40 --> 433.54] And these two disciples, James and John, when Jesus says, are you able to do that?
[433.56 --> 436.20] They boldly were like, yes, we can do that.
[436.20 --> 441.44] And Jesus probably just kind of looked at himself like, I don't think they have any idea what this is all about.
[441.64 --> 443.90] And then he gives this prophetic word over them.
[444.88 --> 454.78] He says, you know, or sorry, he says, you will indeed drink from the cup, but it's not for me to give the position of right or left in God's kingdom when it comes.
[454.78 --> 463.06] And I just want to highlight that these disciples might look young and brash in this passage, but Jesus' words speak truth over their futures.
[463.54 --> 466.34] James is killed by Herod in Acts chapter 12.
[466.76 --> 468.10] Herod puts him to death by the sword.
[468.60 --> 474.26] And then John, he's exiled to the island of Patmos, where we get the book of Revelation, to die.
[474.26 --> 474.82] And then John, he says, I don't know why.
[474.82 --> 477.24] Both of them are killed for their commitment to Jesus.
[478.08 --> 486.20] And both of them, though young and bold in this passage, learned the long, self-lowering love of Jesus in their own lives and gave up all things for Christ.
[487.52 --> 491.42] But now I want to turn our attention to what I think is the center of this passage.
[491.52 --> 492.48] I'm going to read it for us.
[492.72 --> 495.98] After the other disciples get jealous, that's a funny detail as well, right?
[496.24 --> 498.10] James and John get this request for greatness.
[498.38 --> 500.48] The other disciples want also to have the greatness.
[500.48 --> 504.58] And then Jesus gathers them together and gives them this very important word.
[505.10 --> 509.28] He says, you know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them.
[510.16 --> 512.90] And their high officials exercise authority over them.
[513.52 --> 515.70] Not so with you.
[516.16 --> 519.38] Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.
[519.90 --> 522.54] And whoever wants to be the first must be your slave.
[522.76 --> 529.42] Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and give his life up as a ransom for many.
[530.48 --> 531.48] To see what he's doing here.
[531.96 --> 533.16] I think you're seeing the movement.
[533.66 --> 538.92] Salome is making a request for her sons to have positions of prestige and greatness in Jesus' kingdom.
[539.28 --> 544.78] Even the disciples who are jealous also want those positions of prestige and greatness.
[545.36 --> 549.18] And they're just thinking like everybody else in the world.
[550.26 --> 552.62] What Jesus is saying is that's how the Gentiles think.
[553.22 --> 554.58] That's how the world thinks.
[554.58 --> 557.82] The world is like, oh, how do I climb the ladder to get up?
[557.88 --> 562.76] How do I find positions of greatness and prestige and respect and admiration of others?
[562.90 --> 564.30] How do I get to the top?
[564.58 --> 568.78] And Jesus is saying, in my kingdom, it flips everything upside down.
[569.28 --> 570.24] You want to be great?
[570.74 --> 571.44] You're a servant.
[571.82 --> 573.00] You want to have prestige?
[573.34 --> 574.32] You become a slave.
[574.42 --> 576.90] Because I became a slave.
[577.38 --> 578.50] I became a servant.
[578.96 --> 580.70] The way up is down.
[580.70 --> 597.18] And before we work that out together, I'm just going to pause here and open up how this temptation for greatness and prestige and respect is not just for those really ambitious people who are trying to climb the ladder and they kind of trample over people, but it's all of us.
[597.90 --> 599.56] That temptation is so subtle.
[601.04 --> 605.48] So luring for all of us at different seasons of life, in different spheres of our lives.
[605.48 --> 610.22] And I'm just going to give a few examples, and I would say this, if the shoe fits, wear it.
[610.36 --> 614.62] Because I think the temptation is so much closer to home than we really believe.
[615.46 --> 616.46] So a few examples.
[617.02 --> 619.78] Let's say that God gave you a really good mind.
[620.80 --> 622.38] Learning comes naturally for you.
[622.52 --> 624.72] School was never that challenging for you.
[624.98 --> 626.38] And you just kind of loved learning.
[626.48 --> 630.32] But along the way, you started realizing you're smarter than other people.
[630.32 --> 637.56] And you started realizing that you just know a lot, and you started enjoying being the person who knows a lot.
[638.06 --> 647.22] And you enjoy the idea of getting those degrees and making sure people know that you're the intelligent one and you have the answers and they know you're above them intellectually.
[648.04 --> 648.98] Do you see how that happened?
[649.58 --> 655.14] The subtle movement from the gift of learning to being about you, finding your greatness in your intellect.
[655.14 --> 656.98] Another example.
[657.62 --> 658.98] You start work in a new company.
[659.12 --> 660.14] You're good at what you do.
[660.20 --> 662.64] And you go into that job saying, I'm going to serve people.
[662.70 --> 663.80] I'm going to bless this company.
[663.88 --> 664.82] I'm going to use my gifts.
[665.24 --> 669.76] But you get a few years in, and as many people experience, you get a bit jaded.
[670.74 --> 678.04] You don't necessarily love the work anymore, but you stick it out for the raises, for the pension, for that position in the corner office.
[678.04 --> 684.14] And somehow along the way in this job, you made it about you and your greatness and your prestige.
[685.22 --> 686.42] Or how about this?