WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.780 Well, last Sunday we heard about the kerfuffle which took place right after Jesus' transfiguration. 00:00:05.299 --> 00:00:20.320 Jesus came down the mountain with Peter, James, and John to find his other nine disciples in a dispute with the teachers of the law about why they couldn't cast a demon out from a man's son. 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:27.980 It was an evil spirit that threw this boy into convulsions and caused him to foam at the mouth. 00:00:27.980 --> 00:00:31.859 And the spirit had even tried on occasion to kill him. 00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:37.640 And we heard about how Jesus commanded the demon to come out, and it did. 00:00:39.100 --> 00:00:42.560 And Luke concluded that story with these words. 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:47.760 They were all amazed at the greatness of God. 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.299 Well, let's continue on here in Luke chapter 9. 00:00:53.219 --> 00:00:56.799 While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:59.899 He said to His disciples, 00:01:00.579 --> 00:01:04.420 Listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you. 00:01:05.759 --> 00:01:10.420 The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.039 But they did not understand what this meant. 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:19.120 It was hidden from them so that they did not grasp it. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.760 And they were afraid to ask Him about it. 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:29.960 This is now the second reminder from Jesus about what is soon to happen. 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.380 Jesus already told them once. 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.320 We just heard that back up in verse 22. 00:01:35.540 --> 00:01:37.300 We can just go back up and look at that. 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:38.340 He already told them, 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:46.520 The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the law. 00:01:46.800 --> 00:01:50.980 And He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 00:01:50.980 --> 00:01:54.920 This second time Jesus says it just a little differently. 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:57.579 He says, 00:01:57.700 --> 00:02:02.640 The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 00:02:04.500 --> 00:02:09.360 And these words of Luke are actually just a bit of a summary of the fuller statement, 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:11.159 which we read in Matthew 17. 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:15.120 There Jesus is recorded to say, 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:18.180 The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:20.099 They will kill Him. 00:02:21.019 --> 00:02:22.259 And on the third day, 00:02:22.780 --> 00:02:24.159 He will be raised to life. 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:28.939 And the disciples were filled with grief. 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:33.319 Some translations say that they were deeply distressed. 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:38.639 So they seem to understand that something bad is going to happen. 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:43.859 They're deeply distressed or unsettled. 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:49.680 Jesus is talking about being killed for the second time. 00:02:50.699 --> 00:02:56.019 But Luke's emphasis here is that the disciples didn't understand what Jesus meant. 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:01.379 It was hidden from them so that they did not grasp it. 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:04.479 And they were afraid to ask Him about it. 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:07.460 I got thinking about this. 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:10.500 It's so obvious to us what Jesus is referring to 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:12.300 when He says these things. 00:03:12.780 --> 00:03:15.979 That the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:20.419 We can just flip our Bibles ahead to chapter 22 and start reading. 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:24.020 And we read about how Jesus was handed over. 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:27.080 How He was betrayed by Judas 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.120 to the religious leaders 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.300 in the Garden of Gethsemane. 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:36.340 We read about how Jesus was killed not long after that. 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:40.320 But we have to remember at this point in the story 00:03:40.320 --> 00:03:43.200 that Jesus' disciples had no knowledge of this. 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:46.860 They didn't know how it was going to unfold. 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:48.560 It hadn't happened yet. 00:03:48.920 --> 00:03:50.800 Judas hadn't even decided yet 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:52.740 to hand Jesus over 00:03:52.740 --> 00:03:54.980 to betray Him. 00:03:54.979 --> 00:03:57.319 And so no wonder 00:03:57.319 --> 00:03:58.459 they didn't understand 00:03:58.459 --> 00:03:59.840 what He meant. 00:04:00.619 --> 00:04:02.199 Luke says it was hidden from them 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:03.979 so that they did not grasp it. 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:07.000 And I know I have some questions about that. 00:04:07.079 --> 00:04:07.819 What does that mean? 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:09.939 Why was it hidden from them? 00:04:10.539 --> 00:04:12.479 Is it God that hid it from them? 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:14.439 Or is that a figure of speech 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:17.000 to say that it was just beyond their sight? 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.939 And why were they afraid 00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:21.259 to ask Jesus about it? 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:24.839 Was it because it just sounded so terrible? 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:28.740 Or was it because the last time 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:30.660 Jesus had said something like this 00:04:30.660 --> 00:04:31.959 Peter tried to suggest 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:33.399 that that's not how it's going to go 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:35.600 and then he got rebuked by Jesus? 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:38.879 Was that fresh in their memories? 00:04:41.139 --> 00:04:43.040 And then in the mix of all this 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:43.899 there's this secret 00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:45.459 that Peter and James and John 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:47.839 are keeping from the other nine disciples. 00:04:48.799 --> 00:04:50.359 They, just the day before, 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.419 saw Jesus' glory on the mountain. 00:04:54.459 --> 00:04:56.079 They heard the voice of God 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:58.219 say that Jesus was His Son 00:04:58.219 --> 00:05:00.500 and His chosen one. 00:05:02.179 --> 00:05:03.159 And I'm thinking 00:05:03.159 --> 00:05:05.379 it's pretty hard to imagine 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:07.060 after hearing and seeing that 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:08.459 how there can be 00:05:08.459 --> 00:05:10.899 any delivering over of Him 00:05:10.899 --> 00:05:12.939 to the hands of men 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:14.219 and killing of Him. 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:19.120 At this point 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:20.620 Luke jumps to something 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:23.339 that seems totally unrelated. 00:05:24.419 --> 00:05:25.560 Verse 46 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:27.659 An argument started 00:05:27.659 --> 00:05:28.699 among the disciples 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:30.479 as to which of them 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:32.060 would be the greatest. 00:05:33.299 --> 00:05:34.799 If we read Mark's Gospel 00:05:34.799 --> 00:05:35.899 we learn that this argument 00:05:35.899 --> 00:05:36.759 actually happened 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:38.459 between Jesus' disciples 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:39.560 while they were walking 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.719 towards the town of Capernaum. 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:44.340 And it's 00:05:44.340 --> 00:05:45.660 when they get to Capernaum 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:46.820 they're in the house together 00:05:46.820 --> 00:05:47.740 Jesus asked them 00:05:47.740 --> 00:05:49.040 what they were arguing about 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:49.900 on the road. 00:05:50.940 --> 00:05:51.980 We get this picture 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:52.800 that maybe Jesus 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:54.000 was just walking with 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:55.200 one of them 00:05:55.200 --> 00:05:55.940 and the rest of them 00:05:55.940 --> 00:05:57.240 are either behind or ahead 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:58.700 and they're having this squabble. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:03.440 So Jesus asked them 00:06:03.440 --> 00:06:05.060 what were you guys arguing about? 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:07.280 And Mark tells us 00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:07.920 that the disciples 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:08.940 didn't want to say anything 00:06:08.940 --> 00:06:09.480 at first. 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:11.840 They all kept silent 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:12.400 about this 00:06:12.400 --> 00:06:13.640 because they had argued 00:06:13.640 --> 00:06:16.500 about who was the greatest 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:18.540 of them. 00:06:20.900 --> 00:06:22.120 Why would they be arguing 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:22.759 about that? 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:26.120 Well we don't know 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:27.180 exactly what they're thinking 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:28.060 but we've got to use 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:29.340 our imagination sometimes 00:06:29.340 --> 00:06:31.759 to flesh it out a bit. 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:34.379 Maybe Peter and James and John 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:35.360 were thinking pretty highly 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:35.900 of themselves 00:06:35.900 --> 00:06:37.080 after what they just saw 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:38.120 on the mountaintop. 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:41.620 something that the others 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:42.939 didn't get to see. 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:45.600 Why would Jesus 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.120 have taken only us three? 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:49.560 Maybe we're special. 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:52.100 Maybe we have a special role 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:53.800 to play in the kingdom. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:55.579 This is just me imagining. 00:06:57.199 --> 00:06:57.740 But you know 00:06:57.740 --> 00:06:59.079 boasting and comparing 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:00.199 ourselves to others 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.199 is natural right? 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:05.680 I mean maybe we look at this 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:06.120 and we think 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:07.819 well how childish of them. 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.720 arguing about which of them 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:11.340 was the greatest? 00:07:13.180 --> 00:07:14.000 That's immature. 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.060 We never do that 00:07:17.060 --> 00:07:17.420 do we? 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:22.600 Well maybe we've just learned 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:23.920 to keep our proud thoughts 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:24.620 to ourselves 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:27.100 or to share them only 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:28.060 with those that we know 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:29.100 closely 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:29.819 our friends 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:30.420 our family. 00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:32.220 But no 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:32.860 let's be honest 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:34.280 we see this kind of pride 00:07:34.280 --> 00:07:35.000 all the time 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:36.339 in our world. 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:40.420 I hesitate to use 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:41.019 this example 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:42.000 but can Donald Trump 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.360 even talk for five minutes 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:44.500 without saying the word 00:07:44.500 --> 00:07:45.720 great or greatest 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:47.040 about America 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:48.439 or something 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:49.680 that he's working on. 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:53.240 But then think back 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:53.980 to the disciples. 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:56.439 Jesus really did 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:57.220 choose them. 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.779 These twelve guys 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:02.899 they were chosen 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:04.279 by the Messiah himself 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.159 and I don't know 00:08:06.159 --> 00:08:07.419 maybe they're falling asleep 00:08:07.419 --> 00:08:07.819 at night 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:08.579 thinking about 00:08:08.579 --> 00:08:09.459 what their role 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:10.079 could be 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.039 in the kingdom of God 00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:12.699 once Jesus 00:08:12.699 --> 00:08:14.019 marches into Jerusalem 00:08:14.019 --> 00:08:15.019 and takes charge. 00:08:16.939 --> 00:08:17.279 Like 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:19.039 will I be an important 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:20.219 regional ruler 00:08:20.219 --> 00:08:20.879 over here? 00:08:21.659 --> 00:08:23.099 Or maybe I'll be in charge 00:08:23.099 --> 00:08:23.859 of the economy. 00:08:25.059 --> 00:08:25.339 Or 00:08:25.339 --> 00:08:27.079 military strategy 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:28.180 and pure procurement. 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:30.859 If I had my pick 00:08:30.859 --> 00:08:31.740 what would it be 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:33.620 to do 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:34.639 in the kingdom 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:35.399 of Jesus? 00:08:37.699 --> 00:08:38.579 Maybe second 00:08:38.579 --> 00:08:39.100 in command 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:39.600 to him. 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:43.419 You can only 00:08:43.419 --> 00:08:44.220 imagine them 00:08:44.220 --> 00:08:46.500 talking on the road. 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:47.980 You know 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:49.500 what will this 00:08:49.500 --> 00:08:50.059 be like? 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:52.360 This is so exciting. 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:53.340 Generations 00:08:53.340 --> 00:08:54.019 of our people 00:08:54.019 --> 00:08:54.840 have longed 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:55.779 for this moment 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:57.600 and here it is 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.199 the Messiah 00:08:58.199 --> 00:08:58.959 has come. 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:02.480 Well 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:03.519 one thing's for sure 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:04.500 Andrew 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.159 I'm going to have 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:05.879 a higher position 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:06.419 in the kingdom 00:09:06.419 --> 00:09:06.879 than you. 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:09.740 Oh yeah? 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:10.579 Well 00:09:10.579 --> 00:09:11.360 what about that time 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:11.860 that Jesus 00:09:11.860 --> 00:09:12.759 called you Satan 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.559 Peter? 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:15.799 Well 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:16.240 when James 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:16.620 and John 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:16.899 and I 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:17.779 were up on the mountain 00:09:17.779 --> 00:09:18.980 we saw something 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:19.799 so amazing 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:20.839 but we can't tell you 00:09:20.839 --> 00:09:21.459 because Jesus 00:09:21.459 --> 00:09:22.419 told us not to. 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:25.599 And besides 00:09:25.599 --> 00:09:26.379 I was the first 00:09:26.379 --> 00:09:26.939 to say that 00:09:26.939 --> 00:09:28.000 Jesus was the Messiah. 00:09:30.860 --> 00:09:31.719 Oh come on 00:09:31.719 --> 00:09:32.039 Simon 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:33.919 I was the one 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:34.819 who first introduced 00:09:34.819 --> 00:09:35.719 you to Jesus 00:09:35.719 --> 00:09:37.039 even before you 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:38.000 had your eye on him 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:38.699 I had him pegged 00:09:38.699 --> 00:09:39.339 as the Messiah. 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:41.419 I don't know 00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:42.360 we can only imagine 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:43.159 how they thought 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:44.179 and how they argued 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:45.179 over which of them 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:45.799 was the greatest 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:47.279 and they knew 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:48.219 it was prideful 00:09:48.219 --> 00:09:48.959 why else would 00:09:48.959 --> 00:09:49.719 they keep silent 00:09:49.719 --> 00:09:50.699 when Jesus asked 00:09:50.699 --> 00:09:51.139 them what they 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:51.959 were talking about? 00:09:52.419 --> 00:09:55.240 Well 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:55.879 Jesus turns 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:56.679 this whole thing 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:58.159 into a teachable 00:09:58.159 --> 00:09:58.599 moment. 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:00.839 We read in Luke 00:10:00.839 --> 00:10:01.479 9 verse 00:10:01.479 --> 00:10:02.719 47 00:10:02.719 --> 00:10:04.679 Jesus 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:05.500 knowing their 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:05.899 thoughts 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:06.519 took a little 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:07.059 child 00:10:07.059 --> 00:10:08.699 and had him 00:10:08.699 --> 00:10:09.419 stand beside 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:09.719 him. 00:10:11.059 --> 00:10:11.879 Then he said 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:12.240 to them 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.059 whoever 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:14.639 welcomes 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.219 this little 00:10:15.219 --> 00:10:15.620 child 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:16.459 in my name 00:10:16.459 --> 00:10:18.079 welcomes 00:10:18.079 --> 00:10:18.379 me 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:19.899 and whoever 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:20.500 welcomes 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:21.219 me 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:22.379 welcomes 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:22.800 the one 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:23.360 who sent 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:23.700 me 00:10:23.700 --> 00:10:26.060 for it 00:10:26.060 --> 00:10:26.500 is the one 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:27.279 who is least 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:27.820 among you 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:28.139 all 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:30.340 who is the 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:30.740 greatest. 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:35.720 So Jesus 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:36.540 basically says 00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:37.019 let's talk 00:10:37.019 --> 00:10:37.540 about this 00:10:37.540 --> 00:10:38.519 who is the 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:38.899 greatest 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:40.399 in the kingdom 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.259 of heaven? 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:42.580 you guys 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:43.000 are thinking 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.879 about greatness 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:45.460 all wrong. 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:47.939 You've got it 00:10:47.939 --> 00:10:48.819 all backwards. 00:10:50.740 --> 00:10:51.759 In Matthew's 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:52.519 gospel we get a 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:53.039 little more 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:53.480 of the 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:54.120 conversation. 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:58.139 He said 00:10:58.139 --> 00:10:58.980 truly I tell 00:10:58.980 --> 00:10:59.519 you unless 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:00.799 you change 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.419 and become 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:02.159 like little 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:02.639 children 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:04.059 you will 00:11:04.059 --> 00:11:04.840 never enter 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:06.240 the kingdom 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:06.799 of heaven. 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:10.000 therefore 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:11.259 whoever 00:11:11.259 --> 00:11:11.740 takes 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.859 the lowly 00:11:12.859 --> 00:11:13.339 position 00:11:13.339 --> 00:11:13.799 of this 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:14.240 child 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:15.740 is the 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:16.139 greatest 00:11:16.139 --> 00:11:17.439 in the 00:11:17.439 --> 00:11:17.699 kingdom 00:11:17.699 --> 00:11:18.299 of heaven 00:11:18.299 --> 00:11:20.359 and whoever 00:11:20.359 --> 00:11:20.959 welcomes 00:11:20.959 --> 00:11:21.779 one such 00:11:21.779 --> 00:11:22.219 child 00:11:22.219 --> 00:11:22.679 in my 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:23.079 name 00:11:23.079 --> 00:11:25.339 welcomes 00:11:25.339 --> 00:11:25.659 me. 00:11:28.659 --> 00:11:29.579 So their 00:11:29.579 --> 00:11:30.259 ideas about 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:30.659 greatness 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:31.199 were all 00:11:31.199 --> 00:11:31.539 wrong. 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:33.479 It's not 00:11:33.479 --> 00:11:34.359 about strength 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.279 or skill 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.379 or accomplishment 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:40.600 or position 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.720 or authority 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:43.820 or popularity 00:11:43.820 --> 00:11:45.060 or intelligence. 00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:46.200 It's not 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:46.659 about who 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:47.320 gets first 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:47.820 place. 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:50.639 Those 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:51.460 things do 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.259 define greatness 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:52.820 in the eyes 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:53.500 of our world 00:11:53.500 --> 00:11:55.659 but not 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:56.120 in the eyes 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:56.560 of God. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.300 Not in the 00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:58.659 eyes of 00:11:58.659 --> 00:11:59.240 King Jesus. 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:01.980 It must 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:02.180 have been 00:12:02.180 --> 00:12:02.639 an absolute 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:03.279 shock to 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:04.139 see Jesus 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:05.199 have this 00:12:05.199 --> 00:12:05.399 little 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:05.860 child 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:07.360 come up 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:07.819 and take 00:12:07.819 --> 00:12:09.259 the attention 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:10.100 in front 00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:10.340 of them 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:10.600 all 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:11.819 and hear 00:12:11.819 --> 00:12:12.519 him say 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.139 this child 00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:14.899 is greater 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:16.639 than all 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:17.000 of you. 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:20.279 And if 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:20.639 you want 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:21.179 even to 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:22.000 enter my 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.360 kingdom 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:22.819 you all 00:12:22.819 --> 00:12:23.279 need to 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:23.819 change 00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:24.240 and become 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:24.759 more like 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.059 him. 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:29.960 Back in 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:30.419 those days 00:12:30.419 --> 00:12:30.819 children 00:12:30.819 --> 00:12:31.419 were often 00:12:31.419 --> 00:12:31.980 looked down 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:32.259 on 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:33.639 even more 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.220 so today 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:34.700 they still 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:35.299 are today 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:37.559 but for 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:37.879 all the 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:38.620 same reasons 00:12:38.620 --> 00:12:39.379 I mean 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:39.740 what can 00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:40.200 they do? 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:41.379 What have 00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:41.939 they accomplished 00:12:41.939 --> 00:12:42.580 with their 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.019 lives? 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:44.240 What can 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:45.100 they contribute? 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:47.960 Because of 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:48.519 their weakness 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:49.100 and their 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:49.720 neediness 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:50.120 and their 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.620 dependence 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:52.439 they take 00:12:52.439 --> 00:12:53.279 more than 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:53.799 they give. 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:55.919 And so 00:12:55.919 --> 00:12:56.399 according to 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:56.919 the world's 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:57.200 view of 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:57.559 greatness 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:58.539 they're worth 00:12:58.539 --> 00:12:59.819 far less 00:12:59.819 --> 00:13:00.919 than an 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:01.559 accomplished 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:02.799 strong 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:03.219 and 00:13:03.219 --> 00:13:03.819 successful 00:13:03.819 --> 00:13:04.379 adult. 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.639 But Jesus 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.159 says no 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.559 no no no 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:08.819 that thinking 00:13:08.819 --> 00:13:09.759 is all 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:10.419 wrong. 00:13:11.980 --> 00:13:12.500 True 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:12.919 greatness 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:13.559 in God's 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:13.799 kingdom 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:14.259 is not 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.779 about what 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.139 you have 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:15.500 done 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:16.679 or how 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:17.559 self-sufficient 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:18.259 you are 00:13:18.259 --> 00:13:19.559 or how 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:20.159 smart you 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:20.439 are 00:13:20.439 --> 00:13:21.000 or what 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:21.599 title you 00:13:21.599 --> 00:13:22.000 have. 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.259 It's about 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:24.759 character. 00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:26.860 It's about 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:27.459 humility. 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:29.740 It's about 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.439 understanding 00:13:30.439 --> 00:13:31.159 yourself 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:32.259 rightly 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:33.439 in relation 00:13:33.439 --> 00:13:34.599 to others 00:13:34.599 --> 00:13:35.279 and how 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:35.939 you treat 00:13:35.939 --> 00:13:37.179 others. 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:39.699 There's a 00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.079 lowliness 00:13:40.079 --> 00:13:40.519 and a 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:40.899 humility 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:41.939 that children 00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:42.419 have. 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:43.779 Little 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:44.219 children. 00:13:44.699 --> 00:13:45.259 Not because 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:45.719 they lack 00:13:45.719 --> 00:13:46.360 pride and 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:47.039 selfishness 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:48.179 but because 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:48.539 they have 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:49.240 an understanding 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:49.659 of their 00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:50.279 own need 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.219 and 00:13:51.219 --> 00:13:51.799 dependence. 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.199 When they 00:13:54.199 --> 00:13:54.559 fall and 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:55.179 hurt themselves 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:55.659 what do 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:56.000 they do? 00:13:57.319 --> 00:13:58.179 They run 00:13:58.179 --> 00:13:58.559 to mom 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:58.979 and dad. 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.739 When they 00:14:00.739 --> 00:14:01.120 don't know 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:01.459 something 00:14:01.459 --> 00:14:01.719 what do 00:14:01.719 --> 00:14:02.120 they do? 00:14:03.459 --> 00:14:04.179 They ask 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:04.500 mom or 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:04.779 dad. 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.299 They sort 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:07.739 of know 00:14:07.739 --> 00:14:08.019 their 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:08.639 dependence 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.159 and need 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.339 and how 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:11.579 do they 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:11.979 get the 00:14:11.979 --> 00:14:12.359 things that 00:14:12.359 --> 00:14:12.859 they need? 00:14:13.979 --> 00:14:14.579 Not by 00:14:14.579 --> 00:14:14.939 their own 00:14:14.939 --> 00:14:15.339 power, 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.139 not by 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:16.479 their own 00:14:16.479 --> 00:14:16.859 work. 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.719 They look 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.000 to mom 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.479 or dad. 00:14:20.959 --> 00:14:21.479 How do 00:14:21.479 --> 00:14:21.699 they get 00:14:21.699 --> 00:14:22.079 the pickle 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:22.699 jar open 00:14:22.699 --> 00:14:23.699 or the 00:14:23.699 --> 00:14:24.019 toothpaste 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.500 out of the 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:24.899 bottom of 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.279 the tube? 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:27.600 They just 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.000 know that 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:28.659 they can't 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:30.799 but mom 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:31.259 can or 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.919 dad can 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:34.100 until they 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:34.459 ask for 00:14:34.459 --> 00:14:34.759 help. 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:35.860 They sort 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.379 of accept 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:36.659 their 00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.139 lowliness 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:38.159 in the 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:38.559 family. 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:39.839 I mean 00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:40.299 after all 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:40.799 my dad 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:41.360 is twice 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:41.860 as tall 00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.259 as me. 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.360 His arm 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:43.839 is twice 00:14:43.839 --> 00:14:44.419 as long 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:44.939 as mine 00:14:44.939 --> 00:14:45.319 and he 00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:45.679 can just 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:46.059 pick my 00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:46.539 whole body 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:46.919 off the 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:47.139 ground 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.559 and throw 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:47.919 me up 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.139 in the 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:48.279 air 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:48.639 like a 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:48.860 feather. 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:48.940 Peter. 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.120 And so 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.639 Jesus is 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:55.899 saying 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.419 if you 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:56.879 think that 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.360 the path 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.919 to greatness 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:58.460 is going 00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.200 around saying 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:00.039 I am 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:00.539 Peter. 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.740 Hear me 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:02.080 roar. 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.620 You've got 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:03.940 it all 00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.220 wrong. 00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:05.740 You need 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.240 to become 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.960 more like 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.440 a child. 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:10.639 And this 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.000 sort of 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.720 upside down 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.340 truth of 00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.019 greatness in 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.340 God's 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:14.980 kingdom isn't 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:15.560 actually a 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:16.060 new thing. 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.519 I mean 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:17.320 even in the 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:17.860 Old Testament 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.440 times 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:19.800 we see 00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:20.040 it. 00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.460 God has 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:21.980 been saying 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:22.140 it. 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:22.440 He's been 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:22.920 showing it 00:15:22.920 --> 00:15:23.400 all along. 00:15:23.520 --> 00:15:23.880 He is a 00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:24.340 God who 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.140 humbles the 00:15:25.140 --> 00:15:26.980 proud and 00:15:26.980 --> 00:15:27.540 lifts up 00:15:27.540 --> 00:15:28.760 the lowly. 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.160 He esteems 00:15:30.160 --> 00:15:30.780 the lowly. 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:33.600 And so 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.120 Jesus is 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:34.800 basically saying 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:35.400 guys if you 00:15:35.400 --> 00:15:36.060 want to enter 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.700 my kingdom 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.160 and be 00:15:37.160 --> 00:15:38.580 great you 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:38.980 need to 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:39.400 consider 00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:40.140 yourself to 00:15:40.140 --> 00:15:40.900 be the 00:15:40.900 --> 00:15:41.240 least. 00:15:42.880 --> 00:15:43.600 You need 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.040 to humble 00:15:44.040 --> 00:15:44.660 yourselves. 00:15:45.160 --> 00:15:45.420 You need 00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:45.880 to stop 00:15:45.880 --> 00:15:47.040 wondering who 00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:47.560 will serve 00:15:47.560 --> 00:15:47.940 you. 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:49.900 and start 00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:50.320 serving 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:50.760 others. 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.380 And it 00:15:53.380 --> 00:15:53.800 seems that 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.120 in this 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.740 moment the 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:56.660 child with 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:57.560 Jesus actually 00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:58.300 becomes an 00:15:58.300 --> 00:15:58.940 example in 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:00.400 another way of 00:16:00.400 --> 00:16:00.840 what true 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.600 greatness looks 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.120 like in the 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.580 kingdom of 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:02.860 God. 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:04.060 First it 00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:04.660 was his 00:16:04.660 --> 00:16:06.300 humility and 00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:07.060 his position 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:09.520 which Jesus 00:16:09.520 --> 00:16:10.340 highlighted as 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.240 an example. 00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:12.180 But then 00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:13.180 Jesus makes it 00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:13.940 practical for 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:14.180 them. 00:16:14.660 --> 00:16:15.180 He basically 00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:15.780 says you 00:16:15.780 --> 00:16:16.680 become greatest 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.359 in God's 00:16:17.359 --> 00:16:17.799 eyes by 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.739 becoming the 00:16:18.739 --> 00:16:19.479 servant of 00:16:19.479 --> 00:16:20.239 the least 00:16:20.239 --> 00:16:22.279 in your 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:22.679 eyes. 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.419 And the 00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:28.359 child represents 00:16:28.359 --> 00:16:29.000 the least 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.879 here. 00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.939 I'm not sure 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.199 if the 00:16:32.199 --> 00:16:32.819 disciples are 00:16:32.819 --> 00:16:33.439 even tracking 00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:34.059 with Jesus 00:16:34.059 --> 00:16:35.439 here but I'm 00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:35.939 sure if they 00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.519 did it was 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.179 pretty shocking 00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:37.859 to hear this 00:16:37.859 --> 00:16:38.279 as well. 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:40.279 I'm trying 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.879 to think of 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:42.659 the modern 00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.559 way of 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:43.980 saying 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:45.740 this. 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:47.980 Maybe 00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.579 something like 00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.179 the great 00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:51.360 people of 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:51.839 our day 00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:53.079 are not the 00:16:53.079 --> 00:16:53.779 presidents and 00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.459 prime ministers 00:16:54.459 --> 00:16:55.019 nor the 00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.620 wealthy and 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.159 successful 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.000 business owners. 00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.199 No the 00:16:58.199 --> 00:16:58.759 great people 00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.259 of our day 00:16:59.259 --> 00:16:59.759 are the ones 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.100 who get 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.620 down on the 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:02.240 floor to 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.759 change their 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.299 children's 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:03.899 dirty diapers. 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:09.480 they are 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.460 those who 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:11.700 are the 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.139 greatest. 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.000 Those who 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.660 serve the 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:15.119 least in 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:15.619 my name. 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:18.059 You want 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.660 to be great 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:18.960 in the 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.420 kingdom of 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.720 God? 00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:21.019 Serve the 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:21.379 least. 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.339 Welcome 00:17:22.339 --> 00:17:23.059 the least 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:24.379 in my 00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:24.660 name. 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.000 Begin 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.619 seeing the 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.220 least as 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.879 God sees 00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.099 them. 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:35.480 in Jesus' 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:36.320 eyes the 00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:36.820 children are 00:17:36.820 --> 00:17:37.080 not 00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:37.759 insignificant. 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.320 Serving 00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:41.759 them and 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.280 meeting their 00:17:42.280 --> 00:17:43.320 needs is 00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:44.580 greatness. 00:17:47.320 --> 00:17:48.019 You want 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.220 to do 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.800 something great 00:17:48.800 --> 00:17:49.160 for me 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:49.500 Peter? 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:50.460 How about 00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.000 you start 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.720 by welcoming 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:52.320 a child 00:17:52.320 --> 00:17:52.860 such as 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:54.700 this in 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.180 my name? 00:17:56.360 --> 00:17:56.920 Has 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:57.420 anyone greeted 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:57.860 this little 00:17:57.860 --> 00:17:58.420 one since 00:17:58.420 --> 00:17:59.220 he slipped 00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.540 in the 00:17:59.540 --> 00:17:59.720 door? 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:04.759 Peter? 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:06.180 I take 00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.600 how you 00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:07.640 treat a 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:08.240 child such 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.779 as this 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:10.680 personally. 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.319 If you 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:14.839 welcome a 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.319 child like 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.720 this in 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.279 my name, 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.500 you welcome 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.839 me. 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.059 Matthew's 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.720 gospel really 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:24.299 goes on at 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:24.940 this point to 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.240 emphasize Jesus' 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:26.860 heart for 00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.259 children. 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:29.140 his fierce 00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:30.039 protective 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.640 heart for 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:30.879 them. 00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:31.720 How he 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:31.980 takes 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.700 personally not 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.039 only the 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.500 good things 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:33.759 that we 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.099 do to 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.339 them, 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.480 but the 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:35.819 ways that 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.119 we might 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.759 take advantage 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.240 of them 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.900 or cause 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:38.220 them to 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.559 stumble. 00:18:39.879 --> 00:18:40.640 He takes 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.279 those things 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.660 personally as 00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:42.940 well. 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.660 All too 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.160 often we're 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:47.599 looking for 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.119 the glorious 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:49.099 and the 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.460 glamorous. 00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.640 We're looking 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.019 for the 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.420 attention. 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.700 We're looking 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:53.460 for control. 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.839 We're looking 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.579 for position. 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:57.240 we're looking 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.639 to be 00:18:57.639 --> 00:18:58.279 served by 00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.679 others. 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.960 We want 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.179 to know 00:19:01.179 --> 00:19:01.460 what the 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.939 compensation 00:19:01.939 --> 00:19:02.659 will be, 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.059 what the 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.740 benefit to 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.179 ourselves 00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:04.699 will be, 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.799 but none 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.139 of those 00:19:07.139 --> 00:19:07.539 things are 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.159 the immediate 00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:10.279 reward for 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.960 serving the 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.299 least. 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.359 As I got 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:16.839 thinking about 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.240 our little 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.839 church here, 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.980 I wondered, 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.419 who might 00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.139 Jesus say is 00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:21.539 the greatest 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.240 among us? 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.900 would he 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.220 pull the 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.759 children right 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.140 up onto 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.759 the stage 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:28.799 and point 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.099 us to 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.339 them? 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.180 Or how 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:33.559 about those 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:33.779 who have 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.380 spent countless 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:35.099 hours behind 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.599 the scenes 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.160 cleaning the 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.900 church toilets, 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:40.960 picking up 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.440 after us 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.920 each week? 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.039 Probably the 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.440 ones who 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:45.839 think the 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.339 least of 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.859 themselves, 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.880 and yet 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.700 serve faithfully 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.420 as they're 00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.720 able, 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.259 week after 00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.579 week. 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.079 I feel 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.559 convicted 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.200 again. 00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.180 I see in 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.519 my own 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.100 understanding 00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:03.740 of greatness 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.960 far too 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.380 much of 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:05.519 the 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.960 disciples' 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.559 attitude, 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:09.259 and not 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.940 nearly enough 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.279 of this 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.220 heart to 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.660 serve the 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:11.960 least. 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.140 How often 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.680 do we roll 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.460 the eyes or 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.420 sigh deeply 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.059 when someone 00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.559 whom we've 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:19.960 helped a 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.279 lot, 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:22.120 calls again? 00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:25.380 How often 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.000 do we grumble 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.660 and complain 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.100 that we've 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.680 been stuck 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.720 with looking 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.579 after someone 00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.620 who's unable 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.319 to look after 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.799 themselves? 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.440 How often 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.920 do we look 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.240 out at 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.779 others and 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.640 see them 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.180 living the 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.259 good life 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.100 and going 00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.380 on their 00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:40.960 next trip 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.519 or adventure 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.079 and feel 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.980 envy inside 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.380 that all 00:20:43.380 --> 00:20:43.880 our time 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.360 is wrapped 00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:45.980 up in 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.519 serving the 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.120 needy around 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.500 us? 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.960 But no, 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.000 says Jesus, 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.460 that's all 00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.019 backwards. 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.079 Lovingly 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.660 serving the 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.500 least is 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.240 the great 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.859 and noble 00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.400 life, 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.240 for it is 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.599 the one 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.299 who is least 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.839 among you 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.900 all who 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.200 is the 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.619 greatest. 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.680 Master, 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.880 said John, 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.759 we saw 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.420 someone driving 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:12.960 out demons 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.539 in your name 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.059 and we tried 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.799 to stop him 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.319 because he's 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.779 not one 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.240 of us. 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.379 Do you ever 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.819 feel like 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.500 you're really 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.119 working to 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.980 explain something 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.440 to someone 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.000 and they just 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.480 aren't hearing 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:24.740 you? 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.519 This verse 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.099 kind of feels 00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.680 like that to 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:27.899 me. 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:28.980 Jesus is 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.319 trying to 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.680 teach him 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.339 about greatness 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.720 and the 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.299 importance of 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.779 serving the 00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.159 least and 00:21:32.159 --> 00:21:32.480 what does 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.159 John latch 00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:33.480 onto? 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.480 He latches 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.940 onto that 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.559 part about 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:37.500 doing something 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.059 in Jesus' 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.539 name. 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.919 Oh yeah, 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.559 that reminds 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.759 me, 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.079 Jesus. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.579 We saw 00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.559 somebody doing 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:46.079 something in 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.460 your name. 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:46.700 He was 00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.019 trying to 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.500 cast out 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.039 demons in 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.359 your name 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.659 so we 00:21:48.659 --> 00:21:48.980 told him 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.480 to stop 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.700 because he's 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.079 not one 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.419 of us. 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.379 And I'm 00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:52.759 not really 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.279 sure where 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.859 John's coming 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.419 from here. 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.000 Is he 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.759 feeling convicted 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.579 that maybe he 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.099 shouldn't have 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:59.119 tried to stop 00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.339 him? 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.659 Or is he 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.319 feeling proud 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.779 of what they 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.240 did because 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.700 this guy 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.220 wasn't one 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.519 of them? 00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:07.059 Whatever the 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.460 case, you 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.240 can sort of 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.579 hear the 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.579 territorialism 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.839 in what they 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.159 did. 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.639 Like, 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:12.899 whoa, 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.119 whoa, 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.279 whoa, 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.419 whoa, 00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:13.619 whoa. 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.399 Hold on a 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:15.659 second, 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:15.960 Bub. 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:18.119 Only us 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:19.299 twelve have 00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.700 been given 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.859 authority and 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.679 power to be 00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:22.339 doing this, 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.339 to be using 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.200 Jesus' name in 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.659 this way. 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.419 You haven't 00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:27.980 even been with 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.259 us. 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.359 Where have 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.720 you been? 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.440 It's almost 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.099 like they wanted 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:34.279 exclusive rights 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.679 to use the 00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.339 name of Jesus. 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.619 Like, 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.159 this authority 00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:40.000 and this power 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.639 had gone to 00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.240 their heads. 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.420 never mind 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.160 that this guy 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.759 is trying to 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.259 do something 00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.059 good to 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.079 set someone 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.980 free from 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.279 an evil 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.759 spirit's 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.140 control. 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.640 It seems 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.440 to be another 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.279 example of 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.859 the disciples' 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.559 pride and 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.079 their concern 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:57.019 for power and 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.359 position rather 00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.140 than to serve 00:22:59.140 --> 00:23:00.000 the least. 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.900 Do not 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.620 stop him, 00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.819 Jesus said, 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.259 for whoever 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.140 is not against 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.500 you is for 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.799 you. 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:11.599 Mark has a 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:11.940 little more 00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.720 detail here. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.879 For no one 00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.359 who does a 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:16.859 miracle in 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.720 my name can 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.220 in the next 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.720 moment say 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.440 anything bad 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.960 about me. 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.039 For whoever 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.720 is not against 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.379 us is for 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.700 us. 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.099 Truly, 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.240 I tell you, 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.259 anyone who 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.759 gives you a 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.480 cup of water 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.339 in my name 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.379 because you 00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.899 belong to 00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.399 the Messiah 00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:31.039 will certainly 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.700 not lose 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.319 their reward. 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.579 There's a 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.159 huge irony 00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:35.960 here. 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:39.140 just before 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.480 this, 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.180 nine of the 00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.460 twelve 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.200 disciples had 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.600 been asked 00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.039 to drive 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.319 out a 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.759 demon but 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.360 couldn't 00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.120 because of 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.519 their lack 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.059 of faith. 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.019 And yet 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.460 somewhere, 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.900 this guy, 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.579 they run 00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.140 into him, 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.559 he's not 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.140 even part of 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.519 the crowd 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.940 that's been 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.700 following Jesus 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.980 but he has 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.519 faith in 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:55.799 Jesus' 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.240 name. 00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.059 He believes 00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:58.559 that Jesus' 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.259 name has the 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.880 power to 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.799 heal and 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.400 to cast out 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.079 evil spirits. 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:05.919 and yet 00:24:05.919 --> 00:24:06.819 the disciples 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.240 try to 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.819 stop him. 00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.619 Like, 00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.099 what was 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.399 this? 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.679 This 00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.939 entitlement? 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:14.859 I don't 00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.099 know. 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:15.839 Hey, 00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.099 buddy, 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.519 if you want 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.480 to be doing 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.859 this, 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.220 you need 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.539 to come 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.879 and hang 00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.199 out with 00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.599 us and 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:19.980 with Jesus 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.399 for a 00:24:20.399 --> 00:24:20.619 while. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.319 You need 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.779 to work 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.199 your way 00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.720 up and 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.359 put in 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.899 your time 00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.419 like we 00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:24.819 have 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:27.339 and then 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.819 get Jesus' 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.379 permission 00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.779 to do 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.259 stuff like 00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.579 this. 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.119 Well, 00:24:31.159 --> 00:24:31.639 Jesus just 00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:32.199 burst that 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.740 whole bubble 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.480 pretty quickly. 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.299 Don't 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.860 stop him. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.680 If he's 00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.240 doing this 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.600 in my 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:37.819 name, 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.259 that means 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.559 he has 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.019 faith in 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.220 me. 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.759 That means 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.100 that he's 00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.620 truly one 00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.039 of us. 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.220 The 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.680 kingdom of 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.140 God is 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.519 going to 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.019 be bigger 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.860 than just 00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.420 you 12. 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.819 But one 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.019 of the 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.559 big questions 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:56.980 that that 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.340 raises, 00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.000 and we 00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.380 should just 00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.880 mention it 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.340 at least, 00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.019 is whether 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.539 Jesus 00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.720 gives this 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.339 authority and 00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.960 power over 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.839 evil spirits 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.500 to all of 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.079 his followers. 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.039 So far, 00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.559 it seems like 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.879 it's just 00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.200 been the 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.500 12. 00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.279 But now 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.740 there's this 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:15.039 guy who's 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.720 casting out 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.019 demons, 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.119 and he 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.519 hasn't even 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.940 been with 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.139 them. 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.059 We'll see 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.619 very shortly 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.059 in the next 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.440 chapter, 00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.000 Jesus is 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.440 about to 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.740 give the 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.319 same power 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.819 and authority 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.359 to a group 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:25.940 of about 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:28.139 70 followers 00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.639 and send 00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.039 them out. 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.039 God 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.879 and we've 00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.299 talked about 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.740 this a little 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.240 bit already. 00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.759 We've seen 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.379 from Paul's 00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:33.720 letter to 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.259 the Corinthians 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.899 that it's 00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.639 not been 00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.079 given to 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.480 all to 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.759 be an 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.720 apostle or 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.119 to work 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:39.059 miracles or 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.559 to heal. 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.740 But what 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.339 about casting 00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.839 out demons? 00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.639 Can any 00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.920 Christian do 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.659 this in 00:25:47.659 --> 00:25:48.079 faith, 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.420 just like 00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.899 this man? 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.259 And I'd 00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.700 love to be 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.139 able to say 00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:54.099 definitively one 00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.079 way or the 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.639 other, but 00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:55.980 this is 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.639 something Christians 00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.440 disagree over. 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:00.519 Some will 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.859 say, well, 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.460 why not? 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.659 It's Jesus' 00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.180 name that 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.539 has the 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.859 power. 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.599 Would you 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:05.920 leave a 00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.379 person in 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.659 front of 00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.299 you afflicted 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.659 by a 00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.079 demon and 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.440 not even 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.779 try? 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:12.759 Others 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.139 point to 00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.519 the fact 00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.200 that casting 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.680 out demons 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.279 is never 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.659 commanded in 00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:17.319 any of the 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.879 letters that 00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.379 the apostles 00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:19.019 wrote as 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.319 they gave 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.099 instructions to 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.500 the church. 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.899 They never 00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.579 said, cast 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:21.920 out the 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.240 demons. 00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.500 Instead, we're 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.180 told to stand 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.960 firm and to 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.940 resist and to 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.379 put on the 00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.960 full armor of 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.000 God and to 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.259 pray. 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.900 Well, we'll 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.400 have to leave 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:33.059 that without a 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.740 definite answer 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.180 for now. 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.140 Maybe we'll 00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.700 come back to 00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.319 it in chapter 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:38.079 11 when we 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.759 hear about what 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.279 Jesus did 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.539 there. 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.140 Well, we've 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.559 touched on a 00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.940 number of 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:45.140 things and 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.640 this is just 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.339 the way this is 00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.599 written. 00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.839 There's exorcism, 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.960 there's doing 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.700 things in Jesus' 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.099 name, there's 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.099 greatness in the 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.880 kingdom of God, 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.539 there's serving 00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.119 the least, 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.980 there's children, 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.480 and this is just 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.119 the way Luke's 00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.879 gospel gives it 00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.379 to us, all 00:26:59.379 --> 00:27:00.059 these things. 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.279 He gives us the 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.919 highlights and 00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.579 the snippets as 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.259 he draws this 00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.959 portion of his 00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:04.619 account to a 00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:04.959 close. 00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.619 And I do want 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.259 to encourage us 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.019 all this week to 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.259 just think about 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.959 these things that 00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.399 we've heard, 00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:11.879 especially what 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.739 Jesus said about 00:27:12.739 --> 00:27:14.559 greatness and 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.079 serving the 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.379 least. 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.959 But for this 00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.399 morning, we're 00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.939 going to end 00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:19.439 where we started, 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.479 with Jesus telling 00:27:21.479 --> 00:27:22.500 his disciples about 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.139 how he would 00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:24.000 soon be delivered 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:26.319 over and die. 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.640 In a sense, 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.940 this is kind of 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.700 related to the 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.200 stuff about 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.940 greatness too, 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.700 isn't it? 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.119 Jesus is the 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.839 Son of God. 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.059 He's the 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.539 Messiah. 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.559 He's the one 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.440 who is radiant 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.579 with glory on 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.579 the mountaintop. 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:48.359 He himself is 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:50.380 the greatest in 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.019 the kingdom of 00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.339 God. 00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.400 God. 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.380 And just like 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.000 Jesus taught, 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.720 his greatness is 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.400 seen in his 00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.920 lowliness. 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.640 It's seen in how 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.660 he humbled himself. 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.839 It's seen in how 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.180 he welcomed the 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.559 children. 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.680 And how he loved 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.400 the least. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.359 And as the story 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.200 goes, his greatness 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.240 is seen in how he 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.339 humbly allows himself 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:18.019 to be bound and 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.980 delivered into the 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.380 hands of men. 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:23.880 his greatness is 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.600 seen in how he 00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.720 surrenders himself 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.680 to their evil 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.440 plan to kill 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.740 him. 00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:32.440 His greatness is 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.200 seen in how he 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.920 willingly gives up 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:37.600 his life to be 00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:38.340 the servant of 00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.620 all. 00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.620 To meet the 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.860 greatest need 00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.480 which we have, 00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.680 which is atonement 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:46.220 for our sins. 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:50.720 As far as 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.480 acts of service 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.700 go, what 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.579 Jesus endured 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:55.720 to serve us 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.200 and make 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.960 atonement for 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.420 us was as 00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.600 shame-filled 00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.559 and horrible 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:02.100 as it gets. 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.360 He allowed 00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.220 himself to be 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.319 falsely accused, 00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:11.480 to be beaten, 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:14.700 to be insulted 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.920 and mocked, 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:19.319 to be stripped 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:21.480 naked and 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.720 exposed publicly. 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.440 He allowed 00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.120 himself to be 00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.700 spit on and 00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:29.579 jeered and to 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.360 be nailed to a 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:32.579 cross and 00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.360 lifted into the 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.559 air. 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.480 He went 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.839 through an 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.900 agonizing death 00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.420 death because 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.240 that's what was 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.780 required to 00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:45.160 meet our 00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:46.060 spiritual need 00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:48.120 of atonement 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.920 for our sins. 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.680 He humbled 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.660 himself to the 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.300 uttermost in 00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.019 order to wash 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:57.360 us clean of 00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:57.840 our guilt. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.800 And so he is 00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.940 truly the 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:05.120 greatest in the 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.920 kingdom of God 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.840 and worthy of 00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.940 all praise and 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.660 honor and 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.040 glory. 00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.180 In just a 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.540 moment we're 00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.000 going to pass 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.060 out the 00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.519 bread and 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.920 the cup. 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.920 And this is 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.420 to remember 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.620 him and what 00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.120 he did for 00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.420 us. 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.600 The bread and 00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:24.960 the cup 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.900 represent his 00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:27.220 body and 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.840 his blood, 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.240 his humiliation 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.759 and his 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.120 death. 00:30:33.800 --> 00:30:34.400 If you're 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.920 visiting with 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.800 us this 00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.560 morning and 00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:36.920 you're a 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.420 believer and 00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.100 a follower of 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.359 Jesus, 00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.819 then we 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.399 invite you, 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.599 we encourage 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.119 you to 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.899 partake with 00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.279 us in 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.980 remembrance of 00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.339 Christ. 00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.219 And if not, 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.599 then just 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.219 please let the 00:30:46.219 --> 00:30:47.139 elements pass 00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.539 you by. 00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:50.139 We'll have a 00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.559 few minutes 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.279 now for quiet 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.759 prayer and 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.199 reflection. 00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.339 And then 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.000 Charles and 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.699 Simon will 00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.399 come and serve 00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:55.980 the bread and 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.339 the cup. 00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:58.179 And then once 00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.719 you have them in 00:30:58.719 --> 00:30:59.139 your hand, 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.519 just hang on to 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.319 them until 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.099 everyone has been 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.480 served. 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.740 and then we'll 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.660 give thanks and 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.220 we'll partake 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.000 all together. 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.559 But let's take 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.120 those minutes 00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.700 now to 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.000 remember and 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.319 to pray 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.960 quietly in 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.640 remembrance of 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.240 our Lord and 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.099 his great act 00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.039 of love for 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.339 us.