Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 9:46

"And there arose a reasoning among them, which of them was the greatest." — Luke 9:46 (ASV)

Sad, sad, sad, a hundred times sad! When he was talking of his death, and of his being delivered into the hands of wicked men, his disciples were disputing as to who should be the greatest.

Ah, brothers and sisters, but we may be guilty of quite as great an inconsistency. If, after Christ's death for us on the cross, and after he has given up everything for us, and has washed us in his heart's blood, if we begin to want to be great and famous in the eyes of men, what wretches we are!

May God deliver us from all ambition, from every kind of self-seeking, and from any measure of pride! Otherwise, we are inconsistent in pretending to follow such a Master as the Lord Jesus.