So, I haven't updated this like I envisioned at the beginning of this semester. That is not to say I haven't been learning things worthy of writing down, or that I haven't been writing them down. I just haven't gotten around to collecting them and putting them here. Perhaps that'll be a good Christmas Break project.
For this discipleship class I've been attending I was asked to write a 250-300 word paper on the leadership of Jesus. I'm not so great at the keeping things short and sweet when It comes to writing. I did my best to make a few points, I don't feel I was able to expound on them or explain them at all, but here it is.
Leadership of Jesus
When considering the leadership style of Jesus one main, and irrefutable, fact is that Jesus led through his service to others. This is best said in Mark 10:45. "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Jesus, being the model servant leader, meet people at their most current and pressing need and helped them through sincere and loving actions. Looking through the New Testament will give you many examples of this. Twice we see Jesus feeding thousands of hungry people who had followed him just to hear him speak, and In John 13 we see Jesus washing his disciple’s feet. We also see Christ drive out evil spirits, heal the sick, make the lame walk, and restore sight to the blind.
We also see Jesus spending a significant portion of his time with people, especially the unloved, the unlovely, the unworthy, the rebels, the sinners, the weak, the scum. He knew them in a personal and intimate way. He knew exactly what they needed to hear, what would shake them, and where they were in life. He knew and loved those others didn’t want to touch.
Everything Christ did was in obedience to the Father, In John 4:34 we see Jesus telling his disciples that “"My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.”. He lived to serve God.
In the end His ultimate act of service was his death on the cross as a payment for our sins, we can see how this was Him in obedience service to the will of the father in Luke
