The Humiliation And Exaltation Of Jesus

Our Pastor Emeritus demonstrates that when we connect the end of Mark 8 with the beginning of Mark 9, we see this segment of Scripture as a thumb-nail sketch of Paul's description of Jesus in Philippians 2:5-11. The entire life of Christ is an illustration of the "now abounding - now abased" cycle. We preserve self's integrity only when we abandon the drive for self-preservation.