James

James and John asked for the seats of honor next to Jesus, and their request shows both the gift and the danger of ambition. In week three of Disciples, Pastor Dale teaches that God gave us ambition for a purpose, that sin can twist it, and that Jesus is the only cure.

1. God created us to be ambitious people.

2. Our ambition is perverted by our sin nature, producing jealousy, envy, and disorder.

3. Jesus is the only cure for selfish ambition; he came not to be served but to serve.