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Do not be called a leader, because Christ exists your only leader, the one now also greatest among you will exist your servant . * Have you ever wondered about this verse? Often it is translated "do not be called a teacher," or instructor but teacher  is a different Greek word. Also the primary gift of Jesus was teaching and he calls people in the Church to teach, giving them the gift of teaching. This word for leader is from two words, from katá "according to, by way of, down from a higher to a lower plane" and hēgéomai, " to lead the way, going before as a chief," properly, a leader. Based upon this definition and other supporting scriptures this verse is better translated as "do not be called a leader," thus contradicting many who would be against such a definition. Jesus is the Way, he is our leader, and a Pastor fits with what Jesus would call greatest in the Kingdom of God, one who is not a leader, not chief, not someone who lords over ...

" Or are you envious because I am generous? So the last will be first, and the first will be last .” 1 The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. A t different times of the day, he calls them and puts them to work. The last he hires just before the day ends. When he asks the foreman to call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first, those who were hired first complained about the wage being the same as those who were hired last. The master replies, " Or are you envious because I am generous? So the last will be first, and the first will be last .” " For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate. " 10 Jesus said that a slave has no inheritance in the house, but a son does. So even the son who squandered his inheritance, but who repented, the father shows compassion on. "I am no lon...