True Greatness Matthew 20

True Greatness RESIDES IN OUR DNA Psalm 8:3–6 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him?

True Greatness RESIDES IN OUR DNA Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands....

REFUTES FALLEN PHILOSOPHIES True Greatness REFUTES FALLEN PHILOSOPHIES Isaiah 14:13–14 “But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’”

REFUTES FALLEN PHILOSOPHIES True Greatness REFUTES FALLEN PHILOSOPHIES Andrew Murray “...there is nothing so natural to us, nothing so insidious and hidden from our sight, nothing so difficult and dangerous, as pride.”

REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS True Greatness REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS Suffering is compulsory

REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS True Greatness REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS Service is mandatory James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord.... 1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God....

REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS True Greatness REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS Patience is indispensible 1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time....

REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS True Greatness REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS Andrew Murray ...humility is...the one indispensable condition of a true relationship with Jesus.

REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS True Greatness REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD....

REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS True Greatness REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS 1 Peter 5:5 …all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Application Andrew Murray Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds men abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.

True Greatness Matthew 20