True greatness does not come from demanding our rights, but from serving one another out of humility. The message was given on July 14, 2013 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, go to www.NewCityChurch.ca.

1. Today’s Scripture: John 13
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2. “The Greatest”
~ Muhammed Ali

3. “Superman
don’t need
no seat belt!”
~ Muhammed Ali

4. “I want
to be a
queen!”

5. “...so I
can boss
everyone
around!”

7. “SERVE
ONE
ANOTHER”
The Gospel
of John 13

8. Now before the Feast of Passover,
John 13:1
when Jesus knew that his hour
had come to depart out of this
his own who were in the world, he
world to the Father, having loved
loved them to the end....

9. ...a dispute also arose
among them as to
which one of them
was to be regarded as
the greatest....
Luke 22:24ff

10. Luke 22:24ff
He said to them, ‘...let
the greatest among you
become as the
youngest, and the leader
as one who serves....

11. For who is greater, one
who reclines at table or
one who serves? Is it
not the one who
reclines at table...?
Luke 22:24ff

12. For who is greater, one
who reclines at table or
one who serves? Is it
not the one who
reclines at table?
But I am among you as
one who serves.” Luke 22:24ff

13. During supper, when the devil had
John 13:2-3
already put it into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
given all things into his hands, and
Jesus, knowing that the Father had
that he had come from God and

14. was going back to God, rose from
John 13:3-4
supper. He laid aside his outer
garments, and taking a towel, tied
it around his waist....

15. Then he poured water into a basin
John 13:5
and began to wash the disciple’s
feet and to wipe them with the towel
that was wrapped around him....

16. When he had washed their feet and
John 13:12
put on his outer garments and re-
sumed his place, he said to them,
done to you...?
“Do you understand what I have

17. You call me Teacher and Lord, and
John 13:13-14
you are right, for so I am. If I then,
your Lord and Teacher, have washed
one another’s feet...
your feet, you also OUGHT to wash

18. For I have given you an example,
John 13:15
that you SHOULD do just as I have
done to you....

19. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant
John 13:16-17
is not greater than his master, nor
is a messenger greater than the one
things, blessed are you IF you do
who sent him. If you know these
them.

20. He said to them, “If
anyone would be first,
he must be last of all
and SERVANT of all.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth
The Gospel of Mark (9:35)

21. True greatness does not come
from demanding our rights,
but from serving one another.

22. 1 Consider others as more
VALUABLE than yourself

23. Do nothing out of
rivalry or conceit, but
in humility count
others as more
significant than
yourselves.
~ The Apostle Paul
Philippians 2:3

24. Do nothing out of
rivalry or conceit, but
in humility count
others as more
significant than
yourselves.
~ The Apostle Paul
Philippians 2:3
“...to be
exceptionally
valuable...”

25. Do nothing out of
rivalry or conceit, but
in humility count
others as more
significant than
yourselves.
~ The Apostle Paul
Philippians 2:3

26. 2
Ruthlessly
SLAY PRIDE
in your life

27. The real issue
here is not IF
pride exists in
your heart; it’s
WHERE pride
exists and HOW
pride is being
expressed in
your life.

28. At every stage of our
Christian development
and in every sphere of
our Christian disciple-
ship, PRIDE is the
greatest enemy
and HUMILITY is
our greatest friend.
~ John Stott
Anglican Minister

29. HUMBLE yourselves
before the Lord, and
he will EXALT you.
~ James, the brother of Jesus
James 4:10

30. 3 Intentionally take
the place of a
SERVANT

31. Have THIS MIND among yourselves,
which is yours in Christ Jesus, who,
though he was in the form of God, did not
count equality with God a thing to be
grasped, but MADE HIMSELF NOTHING,
taking the form of a SERVANT….
~ Philippians 2

32. I am a servant of
the servants of Christ.
The Mindset

33. “How can I help?”

34. “My pleasure!”

35. 4
Bank
on the
PROMISES
of Christ

36. And whoever gives
one of these little
ones a cup of cold
water because he
is a disciple, truly, I
say to you, he will
be no means lose
his REWARD.
~ Jesus of Nazareth
Gospel of Matthew (10:42)

37. I do want to get a
heavy crown in
heaven—not to
wear, but to have
all the more
COSTLY GIFT
to give to Christ....
~ Charles Spurgeon
(1834-1892)

38. And you ought to
desire the same, that
you may have all the
MORE HONOURS,
and so have the
MORE TO CAST
at his feet, with—
“Not unto us, but unto
Your name, O Christ,
be the glory.”
~ Charles Spurgeon
(1834-1892)

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