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<p>&quot;For the Son of Man did not come to be served — but <em>to serve</em>, and to give His life a ransom for many.&quot; Mark 10:45<br />
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    The life of Jesus Christ, was<em> the noblest life ever lived. </em>No earthly king ever attained such splendid, such real royalty — as did He. No hero on battle-field ever did deeds of such inherent greatness — as those wrought by the hands of the Carpenter of Nazareth!<br><br>
<em>What was the ruling spirit of His life?</em> Was it not service? &quot;Not to be served — but to serve&quot; — was <strong>the motto of all His beautiful years</strong>. He lived wholly for others. He never had one thought for Himself, never did the smallest act for Himself. At last He poured out His very blood — in the greatest of all His acts of service. <br />
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    Shall we not learn from our Lord's example — that the truest life in this world, is one of self-forgetting love? Selfishness anywhere mars and spoils the beauty of the rarest deed. We must get the <em>spirit </em>of Christ — and then our <em>lives </em>shall be Christ-like.<br><br>
&quot;Leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps.&quot; 1 Peter 2:21