Jesus continued to seek to find time alone with the disciples so that He could teach them. We need to spend time alone with God, praying, studying and meditating. For the way that we are meant to live is that we are directed, inspired and fed by God through His word, and then this dictates how we interact with the world. Instead, all too often our lives are dictated by circumstances. This the difference between living by the Spirit and living by the flesh.
Now what Jesus had to teach them about was not music to their ears, for He continued to tell them about the fact that He would be killed and then rise again. However, the disciples continued to fail to understand. So why did Jesus continue to try and teach them, given their failings? Maybe because it would all become clear after the resurrection and Pentecost. The lessons God teaches us are not always immediately learnt.
In fact, not satisfied with failing to understand what Jesus was on about, they were arguing about who was the greatest, even though they knew they really should not be doing this. Jesus then instructs them that the kingdom of God operates on very different principles to the kingdom of the world.
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