Matthew 20 Psalm 836 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 ID: 570607
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True Greatness
Matthew 20Slide2
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 DNASlide3
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....
True Greatness
RESIDES IN OUR DNASlide4
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.
’”Slide5
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.”Slide6
Suffering is compulsory
True Greatness
REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDSSlide7
Service is mandatory
True Greatness
REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord....
1 Peter 5:6
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God.... Slide8
Patience is indispensible
True Greatness
REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS
1 Peter 5:6
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time....Slide9
True Greatness
REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS
Andrew Murray
.
..humility is...the one indispensable condition of a true relationship with Jesus
.Slide10
True Greatness
REQUIRES THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS
Proverbs
16:5
Everyone
who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD.... Slide11
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.Slide12
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.Slide13Slide14
True Greatness
Matthew 20