Show The Greatest Christs Christ's disciples asked Jesus Jes Jes Jesus us the question Who is th the e greatest in th the kingdom o of f Heaven Notice His reply recorded recorded recorded re re- re- re corded in Matthew 18 2 24 AND JESUS called a littlechild little littlechild child unto him and set him i ithe Inthe in inthe n the midst of them and said verily I 1 say unto you except ye be converted and become as little children ye shall no not enter into the kingdom of en eh Whosoever therefore shall shall humble himself as this little littie littlechild littlechild child the same is is' greatest Inthe in inthe inthe the kingdom of heaven Before Jesus even discussed who would be the greatest inthe in inthe inthe the kingdom of heaven He lie made it clear that one mus must first meet the requirement for entering the kingdom of en Without this entry is de de' denied nied To ent enter r the kingdom o of heaven Jesus did not set up a alot alot alot lot of little details to be followed followed fol fol- fol lowed after which heavenly tickets would be distributed Instead Jesus said Except Jre ye be converted and become as ash little children ye shall no not enter into the kingdom of heaven en TO BE converted one mus must t have hav a change o of heart ant and life Since only Christ can bring about this change man mus must look t to Him for righteousness I and not try to create his own own This is what it means to become become be be- come e as little children Man cannot earn the king dom any more than a three thre e year old can earn a living am an and support a family As the child looks to his parents for th the e meeting of daily needs and direction direction direction di di- s so so the one who would woul enter heaven must depend on o D Dh Christ for righteousness am an and h follow His leadership Through Christ man becomes righteous and obedient toward God no not t I self TO BE GREAT one must b be e humble umble Jesus selected a certain certain tain child near Him to illustrate this point To humble oneself as the child in the midst of the disciples would mean the realization re reo of the description greatest in the kingdom of heaven Jesus did not point one to the office of Pastor Rabbi Priest Bi Bishop hop President or Apostle as an illustration of greatness but rather He called attention to a child MEN IEN LOOK for tor prestige power and position in the religious religious ious political and financial world to see the greatest Christ looks at the individuals individual's heart Everyone Is welcome to attend at tend the worship services atthe at atthe atthe the First Southern Baptist Church of Bountiful They are areas areas areas as follows SUNDAY School am a.m. Morning Worship 1 am a.m. Training Union 6 pm p.m. and Evening Worship 7 pm p.m. The Sunday morning subject willbe willbe will willbe be The Greatest and the Sunday evening subject will be Found Faithful The church is located in the Five Points area at 1500 1560 South and West John Dixon is the pastor |