Topic: WHO IS THE GREATEST?
Text: Luke 22:24-31
22:24 Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest.
22:25 And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’
22:26 But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves.
22:27 For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.
22:28 “But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials.
22:29 And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me,
22:30 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
22:31 a]And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.
STUDY:
Today is St. Bartholomew’s Day. He was one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus (Mark 3:18). Nothing much was written about him in the New Testament aside his listing as one of the Apostles. Most scholars today identify him as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel according to St. John. Tradition holds that he was the first bishop of Jerusalem and served at the Council of Jerusalem. He was said to have been martyred by beheading and must have been among those described in Acts 1:21-22 when Judas Iscariot was being replaced: “Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.
In our text, the Apostles were quarrelling over who was the greatest. Jesus told them point blank that it should not be so among them. Though Bartholomew was not too visible in his activities in the Scriptures, he was involved in all the activities carried out by the Apostles with Jesus. You may not be noticed in what you are doing now but be assured that heaven recognises what you do. Don’t give up.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, help me to be encouraged to continue in your work whether recognised or not.
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