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Greatness Unleashed
GREATNESS is the measure of the relationship that you have with God apart from performance or human achievement.
To beUNLEASHED is to be no longer tethered to things that limit your ability to move beyond perceived limitations or boundaries.
Today Our text is Luke 9:43-48
The Book of Luke was the first of 2 writings by Luke.
The other was the book of Acts.
Luke was both a physician and an historian.
The goal of this book is to place and orderly account of the life of the man, Christ Jesus.
I emphasis the man because the book presents Christ in his humanity.
He covers details of His early life and family and provides a lineage back to Adam.
Jesus Christ's incarnation was complete.
This is one aspect of Christ that should not be overlooked.
Our Text
What is Greatness?
Many View Greatness as
++Accomplishment
++Wealth
++Power
Many people view greatness in accomplishments, wealth, or power.
Jesus offers a different rule of measure that is not connected with what we do or have but in the connection we have to him.
Last week the message was entitled "Unfinished".
It spoke of our responsibility to pass on our faith.
The week prior was entitled Knock, Knock.
It spoke from Luke 10 on the power of reception.
In many ways this message will look to the other side that message.
While it focus on the receiver, today's message focuses on our authority to proclaim what God has done in our lives no matter how large or small.
What Happened?
A man had
++Had one child that was sick.
++Needed Help
++Brought the child to Jesus' disciples
His Disciples
++Tried to help
++Could not help Him
++Could not do anything
When they brought the child to Jesus
++The devil through him down
++and tore him.
Jesus
++Rebuked the unclean spirit
++Healed the child
Jesus does a complete work
++He will to deliver you
++He will to heal you.
The text highlights the effects of
++The Works of God
++The Word of God
++The Will of God
The works of God was embodied by Christ
++They were amazed by what he did
++The miracles were great
++Greatness was not his focus
They
++stood amazed
++The wondered
++They were afraid to talk to Jesus
Now they are considering which of them is greatest
The first thing that I see is the ambition that existed among his followers.
They reasoned among themselves
I wonder how that conversation went?
What would be the measuring rod of the discussion?
How would the comparison be made?
Who would be the Judge?
Why would that even be important to them?
These are the guys that are reasoning on who is the greatest among them.
There was no framework for the debate on greatness.
They had just witness the Power of God
++It was resident in Christ
++The power that exceeded all expectation
++It did what no one else could do
++Not even them.
There discussion did not include Christ.
++It was about the greatness of me.
++The conversation is one of comparative power.
We must realize that the greatness in us is a bi-product our our connection or relationship to Christ and service to others.
Jesus Describes them as
++Faithless
++A Perverse Generation
++A waste of my time
Jesus knew what was on their mind.
He took a child.
A child
++No history
++No accomplishment
++No resources
++Nothing to offer
Status was a preeminent concern in ancient society; children had none
Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993), Lk 9:46–48.
He sat the child by him
His is not looking
++Our ability
++Our resources
++Our accomplishments
Jesus just wants someone
++He can position
++He can sit beside him
We will never be great until we are satisfied being small.
Greatness Unleashed
Introducing the text
The Importance of Connection
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