Because the life of Jesus is the life of God to the extent that He serves others as God serves us. His first loyalty is to God; then love your neighbor as yourself. Therefore he does not need to command out of fear or to be served by others; and his commitment to serve is courageous, for in doing so he loses his life. So Jesus' idea of service does not become a matter of doing what others want him to do except to the extent that it remains consonant with his understanding of God's will... But he will not grant the request of James and John that they want power and glory. Voluntary and independent, Jesus has a clear sense of his mission, and neither tradition nor law, nor public pressure nor fear of accusation prevent him from speaking or acting.
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