A Whole New World...

Matthew 23:8-12 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. As Jesus is taking apart the Religious thinking of His day, He presents in its place a whole new way of thinking: Humble Service. Rather than "working your way up the ladder of holiness," so that you will impress other people so that they will look up to us and call us wonderful, he calls on us to seek first to serve others in His name, exalting His Name, not ours. It's not about looking right and sounding right, but being right with Him.