The Work and Character of the King, Part 3: The…
If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew chapter 20. For the last few chapters Jesus has been teaching His disciples about true greatness. Jesus has been emphasizing that kingdom greatness is measured by the yardstick of humility. He had taught us that in Matthew chapter 18. He had taught us that salvation belongs to the little ones and those who are like them in Matthew 19. That trusting fully in the Lord and denying oneself, and giving instead of getting, is the mark of His true followers. In Matthew chapter 19 he had taught that eagerness to labor for the master without asking the question what's in it for me, is the characteristic of His true followers. And it's the characteristic of those, who in the final days, though they are counted by some to be…