TRUTH: A follower of Jesus serves regardless of where that service may lead.

Properly serving Jesus will…

1. Have others asking questions.
Mark 10:32 :: And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,

2. Require focus.
Mark 10:33 :: saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles.

3. Leave no room for selfishness.
Mark 10:35 :: And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”

4. Have distractions from others.
Mark 10:41 :: And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.

5. Call us out of cultural norms.
Mark 10:42 :: And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

6. Potentially lead us to persecution.
Mark 10:45 :: For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”