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 Well, we were talking earlier in the service about VBS,

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 and last Sunday I shared a little of our vision for a weekly kids ministry

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 here at our church in the fall,

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 and urge you to think and pray about being involved with it.

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 And this morning I want to just continue to direct our thoughts along some related lines.

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 So as we go to the Word of God this morning, and maybe for the next week or two,

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 we want to take some time to reflect on some of the moments that Jesus had with kids.

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 Matthew and his gospel especially seem to take notice of this.

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 We see several moments in which Jesus drew the attention of his disciples to kids,

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 and so here we are as disciples of Jesus,

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 and may he do the same thing in our hearts and minds as we listen to him this morning.

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 We're in Matthew chapter 18.

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 Matthew chapter 18.

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 Starting in verse 1.

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 At that time, the disciples came to Jesus and asked,

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 Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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 Just to give you a quick sense of where Matthew's at in the story of Jesus,

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 we're somewhere between the transfiguration and the triumphal entry.

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 And Jesus is in and around the town of Capernaum,

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 which is up in Galilee in that northern part of Israel.

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 And speaking of children, Jesus has just healed a demon-possessed boy.

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 And I don't know how many times I've read that story before,

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 but for some reason this week as I read that again, it just got to me.

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 How awful that is.

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 That this evil spirit was messing with this boy, this child,

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 trying to hurt him, trying to get him to kill himself.

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 And wonderfully, Jesus cast the demon out of the boy with a word,

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 set him free, he was changed, he was healed.

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 And now we come to this little conversation in chapter 18, verse 1.

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 Now this seems to have been an ongoing topic of conversation for the disciples.

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 It's not too long after this that the mother of James and John will come to Jesus

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 and ask if James and John can have the two most important seats

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 at the right and left of Jesus' throne as he enters his kingdom.

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 And then we see again, a little later, at the Passover supper,

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 on the night of Jesus' betrayal,

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 that the disciples were fighting amongst one another

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 about which of them was the greatest.

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 And we see glimpses all throughout the story of Jesus, really,

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 in the ways that Jesus speaks to them,

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 that this is an issue for the disciples.

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 He encourages them not to be like the people of this world,

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 not to desire greatness and power

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 like the Pharisees or like the rulers of this world.

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 So this question really does show what Jesus' disciples are most interested in.

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 Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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 Okay, maybe it's not us at the moment,

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 but, you know, Jesus, give us some thoughts,

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 give us some ideas.

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 Help us figure out what the secret is to that greatness,

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 and maybe we might even come to attain to that ourselves one day.

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 And of course, even though Jesus has just told them five verses earlier

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 about how things are going to go when he comes to Jerusalem,

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 all indications are that the disciples are still thinking of Jesus riding into Jerusalem,

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 setting up the kingdom here and now on earth,

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 and maybe perhaps thinking, you know,

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 what's my role going to be in this?

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 What's my place going to be in this new order?

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 I mean, I've been following Jesus since the beginning.

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 I've been his loyal follower.

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 Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

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 Verse 2.

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 Jesus called a little child to him

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 and placed the child among them.

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 Think about this. Picture this.

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 Jesus is very deliberate here.

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 In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he called the child by name

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 because he'd already taken the time to know this child first.

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 He very intentionally calls this child and puts him in the middle.

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 Can you picture it?

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 Twelve grown men or perhaps more, even more followers of Jesus,

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 all standing around and a little child standing in the middle.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Truly, I tell you,

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 unless you change and become like little children,

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 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Wow.

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 I'm thinking at this point,

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 the disciples are probably turning a little red in the face.

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 I mean, what a statement.

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 I'm just guessing.

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 But maybe before all this,

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 they're thinking,

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 well, if anyone's going to have some honor,

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 some prominence in this coming kingdom

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 of which Jesus is going to be king,

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 it's going to be us.

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 I mean, look at us.

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 We've been with Jesus right from the start.

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 We're his best friends.

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 Amongst all his followers,

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 we've got seniority here.

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 And then Jesus blows them away

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 by telling them that as they are right now,

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 they're not even going to enter

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 They're not going to be a part of the kingdom.

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 And this is one of the stronger forms of negation.

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 It's literally,

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 you will not ever enter the kingdom of heaven

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 unless you all have a massive change of attitude,

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 change of heart.

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 The Greek word for change that's used here

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 most often is translated as turn.

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 It means to turn the other way,

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 to turn around,

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 to change direction.

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 So we're not talking about just a little change

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 or just a little attitude adjustment.

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 We're talking about a big change,

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 a complete change of mindset,

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 a complete change of heart.

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 You know, sometimes we might not like

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 the many hard things that Jesus says to people,

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 but at least Jesus is consistent.

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 He doesn't play favorites.

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 He points out the sin of the Pharisees

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 and He points out the sin of the closest friends,

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 His disciples.

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 He tells the crowds to repent or perish

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 in Luke 13

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 and He says the very same thing in a sense

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 right here to His own disciples,

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 the 12, the ones that He's chosen.

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 Unless you change,

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 you will not ever enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 Wow.

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 Well, what kind of change must they make

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 in order to enter the kingdom of heaven?

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 Jesus says,

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 unless you change

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 and become like little children,

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 like this little child

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 now standing in the midst of you.

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 I mean, who would have thought

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 that this would happen?

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 That little boy or that little girl

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 just sitting on the side

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 listening to all this,

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 is suddenly in the very center

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 and is the example

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 of how the 12 will be saved.

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 Here we are gearing up

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 for another VBS this summer,

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 gearing up for some kids' ministry this fall,

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 and some of us,

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 if we're honest,

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 we might be thinking,

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 well,

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 I don't really care about the kids in Davidson.

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 What do they have to do with me?

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 Maybe if we're honest,

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 we're like the disciples

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 who probably didn't even notice them

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 until they were making too much noise

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 or interrupting.

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 Or maybe we do notice them,

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 maybe we do care about them,

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 but maybe we think that this is all

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 just about us teaching them,

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 the kids.

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 But could it be that Jesus actually

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 has something to teach us

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 as a church

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 through them?

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 Maybe not doctrine,

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 but maybe about hard attitude

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 kind of things.

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 Maybe about faith,

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 trust,

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 worship.

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 Out of the mouths of children

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 you have called forth

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 your praise,

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 said the psalmist.

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 I don't know about you,

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 but I can hardly get over this.

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 There's a lesson to be learned

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 from this child

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 standing in the middle

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 of the circle here.

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 And Jesus says,

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 unless you learn it,

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 you won't be in

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 the kingdom of heaven.

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 So this is not an optional lesson

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 for spiritual overachievers.

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 This is an essential lesson,

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 a bare minimum lesson

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 for all citizens of Christ's kingdom.

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 So in what way

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 do we need to change

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 and become like little children?

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 What is the change

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 that Jesus longs to see

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 in his disciples

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 and in us?

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 He goes on to explain

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 verse 4.

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 Therefore, he says,

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 whoever takes

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 the lowly position

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 of this child

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 is the greatest

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Another more,

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 perhaps more literal

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 translation,

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 whoever humbles himself

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 like this child,

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 he is the greatest

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 What do you mean

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 by that, Jesus?

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 This is a tough one.

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 Some of us probably

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 have the tendency

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 to just assume

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 we know what this means

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 and move on.

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 Oh, it just means

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 I need to have faith

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 like a child

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 or be humble

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 like a child

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 and am I?

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 I think so.

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 I hope so.

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 Next.

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 In fact,

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 that's probably

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 how the disciples

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 initially responded

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 to what Jesus said.

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 Obviously,

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 they didn't get it

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 because not too long

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 after they were fighting

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 about which of them

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 was the greatest.

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 So I want to encourage you

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 not to assume

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 that you necessarily

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 know what Jesus

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 means here

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 or that you've

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 already done this.

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 Let's meditate

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 on this together.

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 Whoever humbles himself

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 like this child,

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 this one

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 is the greatest

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 First,

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 what is the action

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 that Jesus

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 is calling them to?

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 Whoever

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 humbles himself

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 to humble

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 yourself.

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 He's essentially

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 telling his disciples

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 there's something

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 you need to do.

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 Something very important.

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 you need to

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 humble yourselves.

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 It's not something

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 that's going to happen

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 automatically.

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 It's something

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 that you need

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 to be intentional

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 and be deliberate

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 about doing.

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 Humble himself.

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 Humble yourself.

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 He says to them.

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 And as we reflect

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 on this,

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 you know,

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 it comes to our attention

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 that humbling ourselves

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 is not mainly

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 an outward action.

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 It's not like,

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 well,

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 I'll just go find

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 some humble-looking

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 clothes

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 and put them on

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 and now I'm good

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 to go.

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 Many of the Pharisees

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 were well-practiced

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 at acting

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 humble.

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 But this is not

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 what Jesus

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 is calling them to.

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 No,

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 humbling yourselves,

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 humbling ourselves

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 has to do primarily

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 with a change

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 of attitude,

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 a change of heart.

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 Jesus is calling

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 them right there

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 to change the way

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 that they think

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 and feel

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 about themselves

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 and about other people.

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 It's easy to put

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 on sackcloth.

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 It's easy to

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 forgo shaving

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 for a couple weeks.

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 It's easy to let

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 your hair grow long

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 and become unkempt.

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 But it's much harder

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 to change the way

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 you think about people

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 and the way

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 you see yourself,

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 the way you feel

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 about certain people

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 or the way you feel

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 about yourself

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 in relation to them.

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 Especially if,

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 like these disciples,

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 we're stuck

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 in the habit

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 and in the rut

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 of seeing ourselves

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 a certain way

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 and others

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 a certain way.

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 And then we come

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 to this question,

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 what is it about

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 a child

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 that we must

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 humble ourselves

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 to be like?

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 This is maybe

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 the hardest question

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 of all here.

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 This is the whole lesson.

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 The child in the middle

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 is the object lesson.

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 That Jesus is trying

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 to teach us.

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 What does it mean

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 to humble ourselves

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 like this child?

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 Maybe you know the answer.

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 I know I've heard

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 this passage

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 and read it

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 lots of times before.

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 I've heard a few

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 different answers.

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 You know,

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 but when you come up here

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 to preach,

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 you want to know for sure,

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 what does Jesus mean

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 by this?

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 And there are

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 a couple different ways

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 that you could take

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 Jesus' words here.

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 some take this

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 to suggest

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 that this is all

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 about the innocence

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 of children,

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 the purity of children,

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 about the simple

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 faith or trust

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 of a child.

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 I'm not so sure

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 about that.

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 As I look at it,

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 Jesus is not talking

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 so much about faith

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 or purity

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 or innocence,

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 but about humility,

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 about humbling

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 yourself.

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 Does Jesus mean

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 that we should

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 humble ourselves

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 like this particular

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 child is humble?

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 Like is this

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 specific child

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 that he called out

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 a shining example

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 of humility

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 among all the rest?

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 I'm not sure

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 about that either.

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 In verse 3,

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 he says to all of them

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 that they need to change

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 and become like

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 children, plural.

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 So this is,

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 to me it seems,

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 about,

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 there's something

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 about children

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 in general

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 that we need

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 to see,

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 that Jesus

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 wants us to see.

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 Does Jesus mean

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 that we should

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 begin to think

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 of ourselves

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 as having

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 the same importance

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 in society

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 as a child has?

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 That's kind of

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 what my Bible

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 translation

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 maybe suggests.

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 Whoever takes

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 the lowly position

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 of this child

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 is the greatest

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 in the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 The idea here

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 would be that

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 when it comes

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 to measuring

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 greatness

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 in our world,

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 children are

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 always considered

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 to be at

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 the very bottom.

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 They haven't

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 accomplished

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 anything.

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 They haven't

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 contributed

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 meaningfully

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 to their

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 community

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 at all

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 yet.

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 In fact,

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 they're totally

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 dependent on

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 others just

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 to live.

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 So if this

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 is what Jesus

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 means,

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 perhaps he's

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 calling his

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 disciples to

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 think of

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 themselves as

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 being like

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 that,

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 as being of

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 little importance

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 in the kingdom

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 because they've

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 contributed very

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 little,

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 because they're

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 totally dependent

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 on the mercy

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 of God,

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 even to be

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 citizens,

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 that's a good

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 possibility.

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 Or does Jesus

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 mean that we

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 should humble

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 ourselves

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 and have the

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 same general

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 attitude that

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 young children

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 have?

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 this is

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 probably

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 what I

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 think,

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 another good

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 possibility.

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 It seems to

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 me that there's

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 a big contrast

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 in attitudes

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 here.

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 There's the

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 disciples and

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 there's the

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 kids.

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 Look at

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 verse 5.

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 Jesus says

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 there,

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 whoever

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 welcomes

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 one such

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 child in

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 my name

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 welcomes

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 me.

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 I got

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 thinking about

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 this.

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 Why would

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 Jesus say

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 that to

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 his

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 disciples?

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 Could it

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 be that the

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.759
 disciples have

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 not been all

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 that welcoming

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 to the

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 children of

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:19.960
 Capernaum?

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 Could it

00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.660
 be that they've

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 not been

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 warm to

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 them or

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 really taken

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 an interest

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 in them?

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 Could it

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 be that they

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 think that

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.620
 this whole

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 messianic

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:31.680
 movement that

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 Jesus is

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.700
 leading would

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 be better

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 served by

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 some competent

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 adults who

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 can really

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.319
 accomplish some

00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.160
 great things

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.100
 and make

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.620
 this kingdom

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 truly great?

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.860
 Maybe they're

00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:43.240
 looking at

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.820
 everyone who

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 comes along

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 through that

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 lens.

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.700
 I don't know.

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.420
 They see

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.160
 Jesus talking

00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:48.980
 to Nicodemus.

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 Oh,

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.200
 Nicodemus,

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.800
 he's a member

00:17:50.800 --> 00:17:51.320
 of the ruling

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 council.

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 If he becomes

00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.180
 a follower of

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:53.420
 Jesus,

00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.200
 just think of

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 where this

00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:55.140
 kingdom's going

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 to go.

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:59.019
 But that

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.580
 crippled man

00:17:59.580 --> 00:18:00.100
 over there

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.680
 that Jesus

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.320
 just healed,

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:02.779
 well,

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.340
 he's probably

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 not going to

00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:04.340
 do much for

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 the cause.

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 but children

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.519
 don't seem to

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.139
 see the world

00:18:10.139 --> 00:18:10.579
 that way,

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.000
 do they?

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 They see

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:15.279
 people oftentimes

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.599
 as people,

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 especially

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.079
 young children.

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 I often

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 smile at my

00:18:20.639 --> 00:18:21.099
 own kids.

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 Sometimes I'll

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:23.019
 see a stranger

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 walking by and

00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:26.039
 just not think

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.659
 to say hello

00:18:26.659 --> 00:18:27.219
 or to greet

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 them and the

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 first thing

00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.319
 they,

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 hi,

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 how's your

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 day today?

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 In fact,

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:35.280
 even the

00:18:35.280 --> 00:18:35.820
 stranger might

00:18:35.820 --> 00:18:36.480
 be surprised

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.300
 at just how

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 unexpectedly

00:18:39.060 --> 00:18:40.000
 kind and

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:40.580
 welcoming

00:18:40.580 --> 00:18:43.220
 the child

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 is.

00:18:46.060 --> 00:18:46.580
 Children,

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 they do

00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.500
 notice the

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.060
 difference in

00:18:49.060 --> 00:18:49.500
 people's

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:50.160
 circumstances.

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.860
 They see

00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:51.580
 things like

00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:52.180
 disabilities.

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 They see

00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.280
 the color

00:18:53.280 --> 00:18:53.860
 of people's

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.140
 skin.

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 They see

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.140
 the way

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.440
 that they're

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:55.800
 dressed.

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 But amazingly,

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:58.300
 for kids,

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 it doesn't

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 automatically

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.480
 translate into

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 thinking that

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 they're somehow

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.279
 better than

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:02.939
 that person

00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:04.259
 or looking

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.779
 down on

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.039
 them.

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 A child is

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.019
 far more

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.559
 likely to

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.399
 have compassion

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:11.500
 on the man

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.799
 with the

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.460
 broken legs

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.039
 who's sitting

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.579
 and begging

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.519
 on the

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:16.039
 street than

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.480
 their mom

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:16.799
 or their

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.139
 dad.

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 A child

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 would generally

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.159
 talk to

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 and think

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.220
 the same

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:24.399
 of the

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:25.019
 prime minister

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 or of the

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 next door

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 neighbor.

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 They would

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 talk to

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 an accomplished

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 businessman

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 the same

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 as they

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 would talk

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 to the

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 college

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 dropout.

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 They're

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 easily

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 welcoming

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 to all

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 kinds of

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 people who

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 are different

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 than them.

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 Perhaps

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 Jesus wants

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.599
 his disciples,

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 wants us,

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 to get

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 something of

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 that kind

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 of mindset

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 towards others.

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 To stop

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 thinking of

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 ourselves as

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 the most

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 important,

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 as the

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 greatest,

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 as wiser

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 than so

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 and so

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 and humble

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 ourselves

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 and take

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 up that

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 mindset that

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 a child

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 has toward

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 people all

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 around.

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 Now it

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 doesn't mean

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 that children

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 don't wrestle

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 with pride.

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 I think we

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 know that

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 they do.

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 Even early

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.279
 on they can

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 have that

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 mentality of

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 well I know

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.519
 better than

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 mom or dad

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 or I

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 want to be

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 first.

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 The world

00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.799
 revolves around

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.140
 me.

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 We're all

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 sinners.

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:27.940
 Sin affects

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 all of us

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 even from the

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.480
 time that

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 we're

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 little.

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 But there's

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 something about

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 a child's

00:20:34.939 --> 00:20:35.319
 way of

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 looking at

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 other people

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 and even

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 themselves

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 that's just

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 lowly.

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 It's just

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 humble.

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 They don't

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 assume things

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.079
 about other

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 people as

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 much.

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 And unlike

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.480
 us adults

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 they actually

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 know that

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 they don't

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 have all

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 the answers.

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 And we

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 know it

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 because they

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 ask questions

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.220
 all the

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 time.

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 It's such

00:21:00.260 --> 00:21:00.760
 a wonderful

00:21:00.760 --> 00:21:01.340
 and refreshing

00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:02.000
 thing about

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.480
 kids.

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 Whoever

00:21:05.800 --> 00:21:06.960
 humbles

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.720
 himself like

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.780
 this child

00:21:08.780 --> 00:21:10.580
 is the

00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.160
 greatest in

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.520
 the kingdom

00:21:11.520 --> 00:21:12.020
 of heaven.

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.380
 If we're

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.640
 listening

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.180
 closely

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:17.400
 Jesus is

00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.720
 redefining

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.660
 greatness

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:21.440
 at least

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:21.880
 for his

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.260
 kingdom.

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.360
 And it's

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:24.900
 the total

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.600
 opposite of

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:25.879
 what we

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.579
 might expect.

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.839
 He says

00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:29.319
 the greatest

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.679
 in the

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.179
 kingdom of

00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:30.599
 heaven is

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:30.899
 the one

00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:31.179
 who

00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:32.519
 willingly

00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.519
 deliberately

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.639
 humbles

00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.240
 himself.

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.559
 Takes

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.619
 up the

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.079
 lowliest

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.879
 of places.

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 And I

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.599
 think we

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:42.959
 need to be

00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:43.559
 careful here.

00:21:44.699 --> 00:21:45.480
 Jesus is

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.980
 not telling

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.599
 us to

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.359
 pretend to

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:47.819
 be humble.

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.379
 He's not

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.980
 telling us to

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.679
 pretend to be

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.539
 like children.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.599
 Neither is he

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.179
 telling us to

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.759
 pretend that

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.720
 we're unskilled

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.759
 or ungifted

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.700
 or that we're

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.380
 not good at

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.100
 certain things.

00:21:59.620 --> 00:22:00.120
 It's not

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:00.920
 false humility

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.539
 that Jesus

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.100
 is looking

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.460
 for.

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.340
 So what is

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:05.980
 Jesus looking

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.360
 for?

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.740
 As I got

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.360
 thinking about

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:10.299
 this I

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.799
 realized Jesus

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.960
 is himself

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.519
 the best

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:15.060
 example of

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.420
 what he's

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.960
 looking for

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.299
 in his

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.759
 disciples.

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.900
 Here he

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:19.519
 is, God's

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.620
 chosen king.

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.820
 And what's

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.240
 he doing?

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.860
 He's not

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.299
 sitting on

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.700
 a throne.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.900
 He's among

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.660
 his people

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:31.100
 loving them,

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.320
 caring for

00:22:32.320 --> 00:22:32.620
 them,

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:34.200
 serving them,

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.860
 washing their

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.779
 crusty feet.

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.740
 He didn't

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.420
 come to be

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.060
 served by

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.400
 them.

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.400
 He came

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.279
 to serve

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.620
 them.

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.799
 He didn't

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.440
 come so that

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.080
 all his

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.779
 citizens could

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.259
 lay down

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.759
 their lives

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.220
 for him

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.600
 as their

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.200
 great king

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.700
 but so that

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.320
 he could lay

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.920
 down his

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.440
 life for

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.860
 them.

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:56.080
 In our

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.640
 world it's

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:56.940
 the other

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.580
 way around.

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.440
 The subjects

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.100
 give their

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.720
 lives for

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.240
 the king.

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.420
 The body

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.840
 guards of

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.340
 the president

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.920
 jump in

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.259
 front of

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.779
 the president

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.420
 to take

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.840
 the bullet

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.259
 for the

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.660
 president

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.799
 and protect

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.100
 him.

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.600
 But in

00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:10.980
 the kingdom

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.500
 of heaven

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:13.560
 the king

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.700
 jumps off

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.400
 his throne

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.060
 to take

00:23:17.060 --> 00:23:17.500
 the bullet

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:19.240
 for his

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.740
 citizens,

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.400
 for his

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:21.779
 people.

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:25.160
 that is

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.720
 greatness.

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.500
 A king

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:28.819
 who will

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.200
 get off

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.700
 his throne

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:32.440
 and literally

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:34.139
 actually

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.779
 physically

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:36.740
 become a

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.139
 child.

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.779
 Give up

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.319
 his rights

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.019
 and privileges

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.639
 and even

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.319
 his very

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:44.839
 life to

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.460
 rescue an

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.220
 unworthy

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:48.319
 sinner like

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.639
 me.

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:50.540
 that's

00:23:50.540 --> 00:23:50.940
 greatness.

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.820
 Verse 5

00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.700
 Jesus says

00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:00.200
 whoever

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.940
 welcomes

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.880
 one such

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.680
 child like

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.820
 this in the

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.620
 midst of you

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.040
 guys.

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.700
 Whoever

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.500
 welcomes one

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.620
 such child in

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.340
 my name

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.620
 welcomes me.

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:13.419
 in these

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:13.959
 words I can

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:14.419
 almost hear

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:15.119
 Jesus saying

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:16.419
 to his

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:16.879
 disciples,

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.439
 do you

00:24:17.439 --> 00:24:17.879
 want to

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.439
 serve me?

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.939
 Do you

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.719
 want to

00:24:21.719 --> 00:24:22.419
 help the

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.179
 cause of

00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:23.899
 my kingdom?

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.099
 Do you

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.339
 want to

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.939
 welcome me

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.279
 as your

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.759
 Messiah,

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.439
 as your

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:28.839
 king?

00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:30.699
 If that's

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:30.919
 what you

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.179
 want to

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:31.339
 do,

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.659
 then you

00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.139
 can start

00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:32.839
 by welcoming

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.419
 one of

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:34.219
 these little

00:24:34.219 --> 00:24:35.079
 children here.

00:24:35.879 --> 00:24:36.539
 That's your

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.000
 assignment.

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.559
 I can

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.039
 only wonder

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.519
 what Peter

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.980
 and James

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.400
 and John

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.859
 were thinking

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.440
 as he said

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.660
 this.

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.019
 I don't

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.240
 know.

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.400
 I wouldn't

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.980
 be surprised

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.319
 though if

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.099
 moments before

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.900
 this conversation

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.240
 they were

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.400
 already dividing

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.079
 up the land

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.640
 of Israel

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:52.880
 into regions

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.640
 or tribes

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.240
 or districts

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.940
 and thinking

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:56.140
 which one am

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.539
 I going to

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.880
 be the

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.680
 governor of

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.960
 when Jesus

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.660
 takes his

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.140
 seat on the

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.400
 throne?

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.279
 What's my

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.980
 job going to

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.420
 be here?

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.900
 What's my

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.319
 role?

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.880
 And Jesus

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.339
 says,

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:08.019
 unless you

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.439
 have a

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:08.759
 massive

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.720
 change

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.619
 of attitude

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.759
 you won't

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.559
 even enter

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.419
 my kingdom.

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.639
 You want

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:14.899
 to do

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.240
 something

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.899
 great for

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.159
 me?

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.059
 Start

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.000
 by welcoming

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.679
 the children

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:21.359
 in my

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 name.

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.079
 In fact

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.339
 you could

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.599
 almost

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:23.980
 summarize

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.519
 this whole

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.139
 conversation

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.879
 like this.

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.179
 Jesus

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:29.939
 who is the

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.179
 greatest

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.559
 in the

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:30.799
 kingdom

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.319
 of heaven?

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.159
 Answer

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:34.799
 humble

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.399
 yourselves

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.820
 and welcome

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.460
 the children

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:39.460
 or you

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.820
 won't even

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.380
 enter it.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.440
 What a

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.740
 word.

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.880
 What a

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.540
 moment here

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:46.140
 with Jesus.

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.000
 Are you

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.640
 feeling convicted?

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.700
 I'm feeling

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.160
 convicted.

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:49.560
 I've been

00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.259
 feeling convicted

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.780
 all through

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.519
 my preparation

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.900
 here.

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.720
 What do we

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.019
 do with

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.340
 this?

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:59.939
 first of

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:01.220
 all I

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.899
 think we

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.159
 need to

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.419
 ask

00:26:02.419 --> 00:26:02.839
 ourselves

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.240
 the

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.639
 question

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:03.799
 the

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.199
 disciples

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.459
 should

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:04.599
 be

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:04.899
 asking

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.459
 themselves

00:26:05.459 --> 00:26:07.500
 in what

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.639
 way do

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.039
 I need

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.500
 to humble

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.119
 myself?

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.679
 And

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.099
 before we

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.519
 get to

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.359
 all the

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.659
 other

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.519
 aspects of

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.019
 life I

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.319
 think the

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.699
 first and

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:18.220
 most important

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.939
 question is

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.619
 have you

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:19.939
 humbled

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.419
 yourself

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:20.839
 before

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.259
 God?

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:23.759
 have you

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.220
 come to

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.960
 that place

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.759
 in your

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.220
 heart where

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.640
 you admit

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.180
 that you

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.839
 really don't

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.440
 have anything

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.960
 to offer

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.279
 him?

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.599
 Where you

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.220
 admit that

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.039
 yes I

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.720
 am in

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.099
 need of

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.839
 you Jesus

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.359
 I'm in

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.740
 need of

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:38.920
 your

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.500
 forgiveness

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:42.379
 where you

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.799
 admit to

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.140
 him that

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.480
 you're a

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.720
 sinner.

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.539
 this is

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.980
 the first

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.360
 and most

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:47.799
 important

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.380
 way that

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.000
 we all

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.880
 need to

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.160
 humble

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.559
 ourselves

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.920
 and like

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.259
 children

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.960
 just come

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.299
 to him

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.559
 and say

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.539
 father I've

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.079
 blown it

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.019
 I'm sorry

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.539
 I haven't

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.079
 listened to

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.400
 you I'm

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.819
 sorry I

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.319
 haven't

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.920
 treated you

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.200
 the way

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.519
 that I

00:26:59.519 --> 00:26:59.759
 should

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.079
 would you

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.799
 forgive me?

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.160
 We all

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.480
 have to

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.799
 come to

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.339
 this moment

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.960
 with God

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:08.160
 this humble

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.380
 moment in

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.759
 order to

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.740
 enter the

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.220
 kingdom of

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.960
 heaven and

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.860
 the good

00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:14.380
 news is

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:14.840
 that God

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.420
 is rich

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.000
 in mercy

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.680
 and he

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.259
 forgives

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:22.340
 and if

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.700
 you've done

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.319
 that then I

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.819
 invite you to

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.120
 consider another

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.819
 simple way

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.240
 another practical

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.000
 simple way to

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.680
 humble yourself

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:31.240
 pride is an

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.019
 elusive thing

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:33.980
 it's something

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.640
 that's very

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.340
 difficult to

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.779
 see in your

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.279
 own life

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.299
 because it

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.920
 blinds you

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.819
 to its own

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.319
 presence

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:42.220
 and so this

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.640
 morning I

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.100
 want to

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.780
 simply invite

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:44.140
 you to

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.740
 ask the

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.340
 Lord Jesus

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.080
 to reveal

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.600
 to you

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:48.060
 Lord are

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.720
 there any

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.259
 proud

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.580
 thoughts

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.800
 proud

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:54.480
 attitudes

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.560
 in my

00:27:55.560 --> 00:27:55.840
 heart

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.200
 that I

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.620
 have

00:27:56.620 --> 00:28:00.020
 convict me

00:28:00.020 --> 00:28:01.259
 show me

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.620
 what they

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:01.940
 are

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.840
 show me

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.440
 the ways

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.820
 you want

00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:04.560
 me to

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.160
 change

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.720
 how I'm

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.160
 thinking

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:12.300
 and as

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:12.740
 you do

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:14.480
 maybe it's

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.000
 helpful to

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.560
 start thinking

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.000
 about some

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.560
 different people

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:16.860
 in your

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.240
 life

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:19.680
 you can start

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:19.980
 with your

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.360
 family

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:22.480
 how do you

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:22.860
 think about

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.800
 them in

00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:24.400
 relation to

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.920
 yourself

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.140
 how about

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.779
 your friends

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:28.340
 how about

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.019
 your co-workers

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.460
 how about

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.019
 your neighbors

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.200
 how about

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.680
 one another

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.600
 here in the

00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:32.980
 church

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:35.539
 from there

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.819
 you might

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.140
 want to

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.620
 consider

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:38.059
 Lord what

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.299
 what are

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:40.360
 some lowly

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.259
 some humble

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.539
 things that

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.819
 that you

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.160
 would have

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.620
 me do

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:48.559
 whether it's

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.960
 at home

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.539
 with your

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.279
 family or in

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.799
 the church

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.360
 or in your

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:51.880
 community

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.440
 what are

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.680
 some of

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.299
 those thankless

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.079
 tasks and

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.579
 jobs that

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:56.920
 God has

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.319
 maybe put

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.960
 before you

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.559
 to do

00:28:58.559 --> 00:29:01.019
 maybe it's

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.579
 taking out

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.200
 the garbage

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.980
 at home

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.960
 maybe it's

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.420
 cleaning the

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:05.779
 church

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.140
 maybe it's

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.660
 visiting with

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.200
 someone who's

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.019
 shut in or

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.019
 who's an

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.660
 outcast in

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.240
 the community

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:13.600
 maybe it's

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.900
 even

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:15.680
 serving as

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.400
 the secretary

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:18.160
 on a board

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.640
 of the library

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.220
 or the school

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.180
 community council

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:24.700
 has pride

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.640
 or a

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.299
 worldly view

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.980
 of greatness

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.899
 been keeping

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.339
 you from

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.759
 humbly

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.559
 serving the

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:30.980
 least of

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.039
 these or

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.819
 serving in

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.099
 one of

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.819
 these lowly

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.480
 ways

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:37.279
 these are

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.599
 just some

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.839
 questions to

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.279
 get the

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.839
 prayers rolling

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:44.099
 Jesus said

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:48.079
 whoever welcomes

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.819
 one such

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.659
 child in my

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.019
 name

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.279
 welcomes me

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:53.480
 and amazingly

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.099
 he applied

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.879
 this rebuke

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.759
 this command

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.279
 specifically to

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.720
 welcoming

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.519
 children in

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.039
 his name

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.900
 something that

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.480
 the disciples

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.180
 felt was

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:03.140
 maybe not

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.819
 that important

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.579
 but something

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.119
 that Jesus

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.420
 felt was

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.180
 very important

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.299
 and so we

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.859
 can think about

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.500
 this even as

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.059
 we're gearing up

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.960
 for VBS this

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.519
 summer and

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.180
 kids ministry

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.779
 this fall

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:16.500
 are we willing

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.119
 to do that

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:19.460
 to welcome

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:21.119
 to serve

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.919
 some of the

00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.439
 kids of our

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.879
 community

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.679
 in Jesus

00:30:23.679 --> 00:30:24.159
 name

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:28.059
 whoever welcomes

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.000
 one such

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.539
 child

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.639
 in my name

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:33.639
 welcomes me

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.500
 said Jesus

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:37.159
 let's pray

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:39.420
 Lord in

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:39.960
 these moments

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.300
 would you

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.700
 speak to

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.220
 our hearts

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:44.860
 and truthfully

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.360
 Lord these

00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.279
 are the kinds

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.960
 of conversations

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.620
 that we need

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.120
 to have with

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.480
 you that

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.720
 can happen

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.420
 in just a

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.920
 couple minutes

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.600
 so please

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.040
 would you

00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:52.580
 speak to us

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.060
 all throughout

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.600
 the week

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.940
 would you

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.560
 show us

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.940
 each one of

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.460
 us how we

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.800
 need to

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.060
 humble

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.560
 ourselves

00:30:58.560 --> 00:31:00.240
 would you

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.820
 forgive us

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.400
 for the pride

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.860
 that we've

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.400
 had in our

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:02.779
 hearts

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:05.200
 for those

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.220
 ways in which

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.859
 we've thought

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.759
 that we are

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.700
 better than

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.180
 others

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.779
 that we see

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.399
 more clearly

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:11.779
 that we're

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.539
 wiser than

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 others

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 that we

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 deserve a

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 better kind

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 of service

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 or responsibility

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 than others

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 Lord even

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 as these

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 we plan to

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 have these

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 kids come

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 in the fall

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 and later

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 this summer

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 we pray

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 and ask

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 would you

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 use them

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 to teach

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 us this

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 very lesson

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 that you

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 taught to

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 your disciples

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 that day

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 and would you

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 give us ears

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 and hearts

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 to hear it

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 we ask this

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 in your name

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 Jesus

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 amen