The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
(Matthew 23:11-12 ESV)
When Christ said these well-known words, he was confronting the self-righteousness of the Pharisees in what we call "the seven woes." Though they are a rebuke, they are a loving compassionate rebuke, as if Jesus is saying: "You just don't get it." The first thing we need to get as a follower of Christ is that we have no reason to boast about being a believer. The first and foremost characteristic of a disciple is to follow in His humility - to not show off , but to lay low. "How low can we go" is not a bad thing - it's a measure of how serious we are about following Jesus.
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