The Call of the King

Setting out on the road to Jerusalem, Christ tells his disciples about his cross. Failing to understand, James and John ask to be on his right and left. But the Christian life is not about lordship over others; there are no little people to the Christian. Christ came to serve, his people too serve. Batimaeus shows us the true confession, calling on Jesus as Son of David, and seeking God's mercy in him, then following him on the road.