LESS IS MORE
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Mark 9:30–37
(ESV)
30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
DO YOU WANT TO BE GREAT?
WARPED VIEW OF GREATNESS......SELF-EXALTATION, SELF-HUMILIATION
PRIDE-DESPAIR-DEPRESSION
JESUS FLIPS IT....SHOWS US HOW TO BE GREAT, HOW TO BE EXACTLY WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO BE
30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
SIDE NOTE:MYSTERY
TWINS TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE:
DIVING SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY
VERSES SHOWING THIS
Isaiah 53:6 (ESV)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Romans 3:25 (NIV)
25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
Proverbs 16:9 (ESV)
9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.
Philippians 2:12–13 (ESV)
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE YET GOD IS SOVEREIGN
SEE GOD’S LOVE AND HUMAN SINFULNESS
BACK TO VERSE 31-32
Mark 9:31-32
31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” 32 But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
SON OF MAN---GOD IN THE FLESH....COMES TO MAN....JOHN 3:16
GREAT NEWS!!!! THE GOSPEL…GOD’S PLAN TO SAVE US!!!
GOD KEPT THEM FROM UNDERSTANDING....HE’S IN CONTROL
45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
YOU SAY I DON’T UNDERSTAND......I KNOW....ME EITHER!!!
29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
God will reveal what you need to know, when HE’S READY, or when HE KNOWS YOU’RE READY!
WAIT UPON THE LORD
Isaiah 55:8–9 (ESV)
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.LEARN SOME THINGS BEFORE YOU’RE READY FOR THE ANSWER
SOME THINGS AS A FATHER I HAVE TO DO........I KNOW IT’S BEST
EXAMPLE??? BOYS WITH GRANDMA…THINGS I WITHOLD PURPOSELY BECAUSE i CAN CARRY IT
DO YOU TRUST GOD....PROV 3:5-6
Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
HE’S A GOOD FATHER. NOT KEEPING FROM YOU SO YOU KNOW LESS.....THAT’S NOT THE GOAL
KNOWLEDGE ISN’T THE GOAL, OBEDIENCE IS!
THE DEVIL DOESN’T CARE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE NOT LIVING IT OUT!
THEY WERE AFRAID TO ASK....DON’T LIKE THAT......GONNA SEE WHY.....THEY KNEW THEIR HEARTS…THEY DIDN’T WANT TO UNDERSTAND
16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 36 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”
LIKE LITTLE KIDS....DUMB, OR WRONG ASHAMED, GUILTY.
GET ASKED…WANT TO RUN AND HIDE.....LIKE ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN
SO JESUS, KNOWING THE SITUATION
SAT DOWN
SERVANT....FLIPS THE SCRIPT
WANNA BE FIRST, YOU MUST BE LAST......SERVANT OF ALL
TO WAIT ON TABLES---LOW POSITON
GREATNESS IS BEING LAST, SERVING ALL
LESS IS MORE!
WE DON’T JUST SERVE, WE ARE SERVANTS!!!
A CHILD.....WONT GIVE THANKS, CREDIT, FB POST
DO IT IN MY NAME!!! NOT EVEN FOR THEM BUT FOR ME!!
23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
BE SELFLESS IN SERVING OTHERS, AND BE SATISFIED IN SERVING GOD!!
WORLDLY GREATNESS....SUPERIORITY OVER OTHERS-----SERVANT OF OTHERS!!!