Following Jesus will turn your world upside down if you are not careful. It's fair to say that Jesus was counter-cultural, but it would be more accurate to say he was counter-human. I realize that's not really a term, but in our passage this week, he picks apart normal human values and and encourages us to find a better path.
We naturally want to buddy up to the rich, powerful, and influential. Jesus wants us to reach out to the overlooked, the neglected, and the unimportant.
We naturally want to make as much money as we can and enjoy financial security as quickly as possible. Jesus wants us to give and give up the obsession with wealth and materialism if we are going to follow him.
There's so much more packed into Mark 9-10, in fact, I found three other categories. Each one is convicting enough in and of themselves. Put them together and you have a passage that really makes you wrestle with what it means to follow Jesus.
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