True greatness in the Kingdom of God is found in selfless service, as modeled by Jesus.
Followers of Jesus actively submit to God’s authority above their own.
Followers of Jesus seek to become less.
Frail faith in a strong savior is saving faith.
Suffering precedes glory.
When the identity of Christ the suffering King comes into focus, so does the Christian identity in Christ as those who deny the self itself.
Jesus alone can open our eyes to see him for who he truly is.
Follow Jesus, for he offers goodness not based on our deservedness but based on his goodness.
Jesus alone can clean us because he alone can clean us from the inside out.
Jesus displays patience and long-suffering as those who come to him fail to grasp who he is.