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36. Actually, subjugating yourself for another man is a HUGE part of the Gospel

Mark 9:33-35

They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”i But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest. Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”

Mark 10:43-45

Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 20:26-28

Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom* for many.”

Matthew 23:11

The greatest among you must be your servant.

Luke 22:26

Rather, let the greatest among you be as the youngest, and the leader as the servant

John 13:12-16

So when he had washed their feet [and] put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.i Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger* greater than the one who sent him.

Matthew 25: 41-46
Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’ Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’ He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’ And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

We are called to imitate Christ as servants to all, to sacrifice for the good of our fellow Man. It's incredible to me that it's the supposedly "Godless" Democrats who put their money where their mouth is to help the poor and needy by putting the full force of the government behind this imperative, while the "Good Christian" folk of the Republican party clap and cheer when someone like Ron Paul says if a poor person doesn't have health insurance, they can just die. Anyone we can help, in any way, that is what we should and must do. Socialist institutions is but one way that we make sure to aid our more unfortunate brothers and sisters.