Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

When Jesus came to minister to the world, it was not as a huge god who would not dare to be seen with mere mortals, but as a human being Himself!

He did not come to listen to those who would tell Him what to do, but rather to give out the actual truth straight from God the Father.

And then, after doing so much to spread the gospel, He fulfilled the gospel by laying down His own life so we would not have to!

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

When we become Christians, we have declared we want to give up our old lives and live a new life with Christ.

This does not mean we have literally gone to hang on the cross with Christ, but have accepted that He has done that for us.

He gave us the Holy Spirit to live within us at that moment we accepted these ways; a spirit who will guide us every step of the way is we listen!

Leave the wants of the physical world behind and focus on the spiritual requests from God!

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

The apostle may well have concluded that everything of the world was of the same worth as dung in comparison to what God can give us, but he knew who the supplier was of his worth.

It is because of what Christ has done we have the gift of eternal life and not because of us following the law or keeping things righteous!

Christ gave it all so we could live with Him. Christ gave His life so we would not have to give our own. It is because of Christ and not because that is what people say…