
Sunday, July 13, 2025
“Reframing Greatness”
Matthew 18:1-4
Big Idea
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” —Matthew 18:1
- “At that time” = at that
“The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” —Matthew 17:22-23
- Trying to
Misconceptions to Greatness:
Greatness =
,
&
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction…Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. —Matthew 10:1, 8
The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. —Mark 6:30
Greatness =
or
Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” —Matthew 16:16
Greatness = big steps of
And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. —Matthew 14:28-29
Greatness =
or
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. —Matthew 17:1
Jesus is at work
greatness.
And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” —Matthew 18:2-4
- Dependence isn’t weakness, it’s the gateway to greatness.
- Embrace
- Embrace
Turn (vs. 3) = turn away, change direction
- A move away from
- A move toward letting the
- A realization that
Today:
- Turn away from wrong definitions of greatness
- Turn towards dependence on God and child-like trust