Adjustments Needed:

With those who love the preeminence, their concern is not for your well-being, or even for their own. Denying what gift or word of edification you may have received from the Lord, they exalt themselves over you, with whatever form of witchcraft they are used to using, not considering the cost, not considering the end of their conversation, to maintain their illusion of superiority and dominance, never considering the Words of Jesus, who said, They that exalt themselves shall be abased, but he that humbles himself shall be exalted. Exalted by God!, forever! How much better is that than the petty, temporary trappings of the honor of man, who knows nothing apart from God. Jesus said, How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only? How many of us in the church of Jesus Christ today are motivated in this way, not truly seeking to glorify God or edify His people, but only to be exalted in the eyes and hearts and mouths of men; to be enriched by them, loving filthy lucre rather than the eternal true riches of the Kingdom of God. Many of us, considering the Words of our Lord Jesus: that He is going to reward everyone of us according to our works, need to make some serious adjustments to our conversation in the Body of Christ, or we are headed for much weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Joh 13:1-17, Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, Lord, are You washing my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this. Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet! Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me. Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head! Jesus said to him, He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you. For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, You are not all clean. So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.   Jesus washed Judas’ feet, knowing that he was betraying Him.   Meditate on that for a moment. Php 2:5-11,  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.