WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.420 The best phrase for much of leadership today 2 00:00:02.420 --> 00:00:04.600 is it's all about me. 3 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:08.320 It's about my bottom line, it's about my security, 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.940 it's about my company, and it's about my success. 5 00:00:11.940 --> 00:00:16.020 It's based largely in greed, manipulation, and control. 6 00:00:16.020 --> 00:00:21.020 So Jesus was talking about the ways of leadership 7 00:00:21.020 --> 00:00:23.620 and the ways of the kingdom of God 8 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:28.180 when the mother of the sons of Zebedee, 9 00:00:28.180 --> 00:00:30.780 the sons of thunder, came to him 10 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:35.780 and began asking him a question about their position, 11 00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:40.380 a power that they could have on the thrones next to Jesus. 12 00:00:40.380 --> 00:00:41.380 And here's how it goes. 13 00:00:41.380 --> 00:00:44.660 It was in Matthew 10, verse 20. 14 00:00:44.660 --> 00:00:45.500 And it says, 15 00:00:45.500 --> 00:00:47.180 for the sons of Zebedee, 16 00:00:47.180 --> 00:00:48.260 and here's how it goes. 17 00:00:48.260 --> 00:00:51.220 It was in Matthew 10, verse 20. 18 00:00:51.220 --> 00:00:54.500 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons 19 00:00:54.500 --> 00:00:57.100 came to him with her sons. 20 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:00.420 So they're right next to their mom, 21 00:01:00.420 --> 00:01:04.060 kneeling down and asking something of Jesus. 22 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:06.340 He said to her, what do you wish? 23 00:01:06.340 --> 00:01:09.700 And she said, grant that these two sons of mine 24 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:11.600 may sit one on your right hand 25 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:14.260 and the other on the left in your kingdom. 26 00:01:14.260 --> 00:01:15.620 But Jesus answered and said, 27 00:01:15.620 --> 00:01:18.060 you do not know what you ask. 28 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:21.300 Are you able to drink the cup that I'm about to drink 29 00:01:21.300 --> 00:01:25.420 and be baptized with the baptism that I'm baptized with? 30 00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:27.180 Now, she doesn't even know what he's talking about 31 00:01:27.180 --> 00:01:28.020 at this point. 32 00:01:28.020 --> 00:01:31.860 This is before, obviously, the crucifixion. 33 00:01:31.860 --> 00:01:33.900 But she said, or they said to him, 34 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:36.140 we're able, we're ready to go. 35 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:39.340 We can do whatever you can do, Jesus. 36 00:01:39.340 --> 00:01:42.980 So he said to them, you will indeed drink my cup. 37 00:01:42.980 --> 00:01:43.820 And what he meant by that 38 00:01:43.820 --> 00:01:45.820 was the suffering that he would go through 39 00:01:45.820 --> 00:01:49.820 and be baptized with the baptism that I'm baptized with. 40 00:01:49.820 --> 00:01:52.100 But to sit on my right hand and on my left 41 00:01:52.100 --> 00:01:53.340 is not mine to give, 42 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.300 but it is for those whom it is prepared by my father. 43 00:01:56.300 --> 00:02:00.780 Now, this next part is operable to what I'm talking about 44 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:02.340 as far as organic leadership. 45 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:04.140 And when the 10 heard it, 46 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:07.140 they were greatly displeased with the two brothers. 47 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:07.980 Of course they were, 48 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:11.580 because it was obvious that they were so ambitious. 49 00:02:11.580 --> 00:02:13.700 But Jesus called them to himself 50 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:17.460 and he said, you know that the rulers of the Gentiles 51 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:20.300 lord it over them. 52 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:22.900 That's what I'm calling corporate leadership. 53 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:26.100 Yet it shall not be so among you, 54 00:02:26.100 --> 00:02:29.380 but whoever desires to become great among you, 55 00:02:29.380 --> 00:02:31.220 let him be your servant. 56 00:02:31.220 --> 00:02:33.900 That's what I'm calling kingdom of God leadership 57 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:35.540 or organic leadership. 58 00:02:35.540 --> 00:02:38.500 And whoever desires to be first among you, 59 00:02:38.500 --> 00:02:40.620 let him be your slave. 60 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:43.340 Again, organic leadership or kingdom leadership. 61 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:46.300 Just as the son of man did not come to be served, 62 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:49.940 but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many. 63 00:02:49.940 --> 00:02:52.140 Again, organic kingdom leadership. 64 00:02:52.140 --> 00:02:53.420 Let me start with corporate. 65 00:02:53.420 --> 00:02:55.180 So corporate leadership, 66 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:57.580 probably the most popular form of leadership, 67 00:02:57.580 --> 00:02:59.100 especially in America, 68 00:02:59.100 --> 00:03:02.340 and definitely was a big part of the time of Christ 69 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:06.420 among the Jews and the Gentiles among the Romans 70 00:03:06.420 --> 00:03:11.100 that involves lording over or having authority over people. 71 00:03:11.100 --> 00:03:16.100 So it is leadership that certainly guides people, 72 00:03:16.860 --> 00:03:18.660 nothing wrong with that. 73 00:03:18.660 --> 00:03:19.980 But in the case of Jesus, 74 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:24.860 he's talking about exercising authority over people. 75 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:28.980 So I would say this kind of leadership is based in hierarchy, 76 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:31.100 based in self-promotion. 77 00:03:31.100 --> 00:03:33.300 Self-promotion is based in pride 78 00:03:33.300 --> 00:03:36.700 and self-protection based in fear. 79 00:03:36.700 --> 00:03:39.100 The best phrase for much of leadership today 80 00:03:39.100 --> 00:03:41.260 is it's all about me. 81 00:03:41.260 --> 00:03:43.220 It's about my bottom line. 82 00:03:43.220 --> 00:03:44.980 It's about my security. 83 00:03:44.980 --> 00:03:48.620 It's about my company and it's about my success. 84 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:52.660 It's based largely in greed, manipulation and control. 85 00:03:52.660 --> 00:03:56.300 I'm challenging this to say it is unnatural 86 00:03:56.300 --> 00:03:57.700 to God's kingdom plan, 87 00:03:57.700 --> 00:04:00.060 God's natural way of treating people. 88 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:03.740 This is by far the most popular form of leadership today 89 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:05.980 and even in Christ's day. 90 00:04:05.980 --> 00:04:08.700 That's why he used it as an example 91 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:11.100 to contrast his leadership 92 00:04:11.100 --> 00:04:13.820 from the systems of Israel and Rome. 93 00:04:13.820 --> 00:04:18.660 In contrast, Jesus gives a new way, 94 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:22.340 a living way, a healthy way, a kingdom of God way 95 00:04:22.340 --> 00:04:25.220 of what I'm calling organic leadership. 96 00:04:25.220 --> 00:04:27.220 This organic leadership of Jesus 97 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:30.260 is summed up in one word, service. 98 00:04:30.260 --> 00:04:32.220 So this used to be the type of leadership 99 00:04:32.220 --> 00:04:34.420 that we had in America. 100 00:04:34.420 --> 00:04:36.100 We call our politicians, 101 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:36.940 what do we call them? 102 00:04:36.940 --> 00:04:40.460 Public servants for a reason, 103 00:04:40.460 --> 00:04:42.300 because historically this was the purpose 104 00:04:42.300 --> 00:04:45.380 of leadership in America to serve the people. 105 00:04:45.380 --> 00:04:47.020 And there was a time in history 106 00:04:47.020 --> 00:04:50.860 when politicians were serving the best interest of others. 107 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:53.660 One of the best known speeches in world history 108 00:04:53.660 --> 00:04:57.500 and perhaps one of the greatest statements for democracy 109 00:04:57.500 --> 00:04:59.940 was given by Abraham Lincoln in the. 110 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.200 Gettysburg Address on November 19th, 1863. 111 00:05:04.200 --> 00:05:06.000 Let me just take a section of this. 112 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:07.400 He says this, 113 00:05:07.400 --> 00:05:10.700 that this nation under God 114 00:05:10.700 --> 00:05:13.240 shall have a new birth of freedom 115 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.380 and that that government of the people, 116 00:05:16.380 --> 00:05:19.280 by the people, for the people 117 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:21.520 shall not perish from the earth. 118 00:05:21.520 --> 00:05:23.520 So organic leadership, 119 00:05:23.520 --> 00:05:26.660 kingdom of God leadership is of the people, 120 00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:29.600 by the people, for the people, 121 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.160 for God's glory. 122 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:34.140 So when I speak of organic leadership, 123 00:05:34.140 --> 00:05:37.840 I'm saying organic leadership is about serving people, 124 00:05:37.840 --> 00:05:40.300 serving people for God's purposes. 125 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:43.340 Organic leadership is about caring for people, 126 00:05:43.340 --> 00:05:46.040 for God's purposes and for God's glory. 127 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.420 Organic leadership is about empowering others 128 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:54.420 and releasing them into God's purposes for their life. 129 00:05:55.820 --> 00:05:59.300 Jesus is saying that organic leadership is about serving, 130 00:05:59.320 --> 00:06:01.120 serving the lives of others. 131 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.660 Historians would say that Jesus 132 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:05.340 was the greatest leader of all time. 133 00:06:05.340 --> 00:06:08.300 He definitely built a movement 134 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.780 that has impacted the world like no other. 135 00:06:11.780 --> 00:06:14.780 So verse 28 is the key verse. 136 00:06:14.780 --> 00:06:19.720 Jesus says, the son of man did not come to be served. 137 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:23.220 You see, in our conditions today, 138 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:26.680 leadership is about serving that leader 139 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:30.400 or serving that corporate interest of that company. 140 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:32.040 Jesus says just the opposite. 141 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:34.240 I did not come to be served. 142 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:35.480 Now, why did he say that? 143 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:39.980 He said it because the gathering of hundreds 144 00:06:39.980 --> 00:06:42.820 and even thousands of people that were following him 145 00:06:42.820 --> 00:06:45.920 would define his leadership 146 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.720 as them gathering around him to serve him. 147 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:51.500 And what Jesus is saying is the son of man 148 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:55.340 did not come to be served, but to serve. 149 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:59.360 And then even to give his life a ransom for many. 150 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:04.040 This is the opposite of the earthly leadership 151 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:06.140 that we see today, especially in our politicians. 152 00:07:06.140 --> 00:07:09.380 It's not the kind of leadership that we're looking for 153 00:07:09.380 --> 00:07:10.700 in something within us. 154 00:07:10.700 --> 00:07:13.480 I mean, when I look at the presidential candidates 155 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.780 that are running, when I look at stuff happening 156 00:07:15.780 --> 00:07:19.080 here in Colorado in the political realm, 157 00:07:19.080 --> 00:07:23.780 it's so difficult, it's so hard to find leaders 158 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:26.560 who actually have any kind of character, 159 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.700 any kind of good character at all. 160 00:07:28.700 --> 00:07:31.500 And the reason is, is because the type of leadership 161 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:33.740 that's in the political realm, at least, 162 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:35.340 is built on popularity, 163 00:07:35.340 --> 00:07:38.780 and popularity is not built on character. 164 00:07:38.780 --> 00:07:40.680 When we see people who are popular, 165 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.140 many times they don't have character 166 00:07:42.140 --> 00:07:44.520 because they've compromised their character to be popular. 167 00:07:44.520 --> 00:07:47.580 So if a leader is focused in on his character, 168 00:07:47.580 --> 00:07:50.060 sometimes he's not as popular as he could be, 169 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:52.120 but a leader focuses on his popularity 170 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.100 often doesn't have the character that he needs to have. 171 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:57.640 And so I'm talking about organic leadership. 172 00:07:57.640 --> 00:08:01.800 So what I'm gonna show you now is a graph 173 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:03.400 and with two columns. 174 00:08:03.400 --> 00:08:05.740 And I just thought this might be the best way 175 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:09.180 to explain the difference between corporate leadership 176 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:10.980 and kingdom of God leadership, 177 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:15.860 or inorganic leadership and organic leadership. 178 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:19.460 So under the corporate leadership column, 179 00:08:19.460 --> 00:08:21.460 I would say that corporate leadership 180 00:08:21.460 --> 00:08:24.540 is based in a power position. 181 00:08:24.540 --> 00:08:28.300 So it's often based in who's got the power, 182 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:31.840 who in the hierarchy is at the top. 183 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:35.419 But organic leadership is based in a servant posture. 184 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:38.580 Corporate leadership based in a power position, 185 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:41.820 organic leadership based in a servant posture. 186 00:08:41.820 --> 00:08:44.120 So Jesus was the greatest leader of all time 187 00:08:44.120 --> 00:08:45.460 because he was a servant. 188 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:48.060 We look at him from the perspective 189 00:08:48.060 --> 00:08:52.440 of one who gave his life a ransom for many. 190 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:55.260 Corporate leadership is focused on success 191 00:08:55.260 --> 00:08:57.300 and the profits of a company. 192 00:08:57.300 --> 00:08:59.800 Organic leadership is focused on serving 193 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:02.280 and blessing God and his people. 194 00:09:02.280 --> 00:09:03.680 Culture of the organization 195 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:06.680 is based in a bottom line of success. 196 00:09:06.680 --> 00:09:10.020 It's operational and it's competitive. 197 00:09:10.020 --> 00:09:13.460 A culture under organic leadership 198 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:16.280 is a culture of the kingdom of God, 199 00:09:16.280 --> 00:09:19.680 which is built on faith, hope, and love. 200 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:23.080 The ethics of the corporate leadership model 201 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:27.120 is man's viewpoint of what's right at the time. 202 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.080 The ethics of organic leadership 203 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:32.460 are built on the teachings of Jesus and the Bible. 204 00:09:32.460 --> 00:09:35.800 Corporate leadership recruits people 205 00:09:35.800 --> 00:09:38.600 for the bottom line of success. 206 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:42.800 Organic leadership recruits people to equip and develop. 207 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:45.000 The character of the leaders 208 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:49.360 in the corporate leadership model is situational. 209 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.040 In other words, it's not based on principle. 210 00:09:52.040 --> 00:09:54.300 It's usually based on popularity 211 00:09:54.300 --> 00:09:58.240 and what will give them the greatest success. 212 00:09:58.240 --> 00:09:59.840 But under organic leadership, 213 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.800 Character of the leader is being more and more like Christ. 214 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:07.280 Corporate leadership is about a career. 215 00:10:07.280 --> 00:10:10.120 Organic leadership is about a calling. 216 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:12.480 Corporate leadership is about a salary. 217 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.240 Organic leadership is about service. 218 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.200 Corporate leadership is competency-based 219 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:21.280 and accomplishments. 220 00:10:21.280 --> 00:10:25.720 And organic leadership is competency-based in character. 221 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:27.400 So as you see this diagram, 222 00:10:27.400 --> 00:10:30.480 I hope it helps you understand the contrast 223 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:34.200 to what I think Jesus is saying in Matthew 10. 224 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:37.440 I came to show you a new leadership model. 225 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:40.600 I came to show you a new way to reach people, 226 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.920 to touch people, and to empower people and to impact people. 227 00:10:43.920 --> 00:10:46.080 Not everything, by the way, 228 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.880 on the characteristics of the column 229 00:10:48.880 --> 00:10:50.200 that you see on the left 230 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.400 of the corporate leadership model is bad. 231 00:10:52.400 --> 00:10:53.520 Not all of it's bad at all. 232 00:10:53.520 --> 00:10:57.040 I mean, some of it's just based in practical wisdom 233 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.280 to move the ball down the field, so to speak. 234 00:11:00.280 --> 00:11:02.560 I'm using it not as black and white, 235 00:11:02.560 --> 00:11:06.240 but more to understand the purpose of organic leadership 236 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.440 from a form of contrast. 237 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:09.720 So I hope that's helpful to you. 238 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:11.760 And we'll look further into the details 239 00:11:11.760 --> 00:11:14.040 of organic leadership in our next message.