THE WAY UP IS DOWN (34 OF 48)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Mark 10:32-42, Mark 10:44-45
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The Way up Is Down (34 of 48)
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 10:32-45
Open your Bibles to Mark 10. Does anyone remember this show? Yeah. The Jefferson's. It was one of my favorites growing up. It was a sitcom that featured an African-American couple, George and Louisa Jefferson, that became wealthy and moved out of a run-down area in Queens to a luxury apartment in Manhattan. As they celebrated their fortune and promotion, the Jefferson's would sing about ''movin' on up''. That phrase became synonymous with the show.
When we think about promotions or victory or success or greatness, we tend to think of it as 'movin up'. We think of it as upward motion. We love up! Up is where we want to be. Up is the way we want to go. Up is a word for winners. We say things like: Up and Coming, Upper class, Upper crust, Upscale, Upbeat, Uplifting. We love up, don't we? There's nothing better than movin' on up.
But it's interesting that many of earth's most precious and valuable substances can only be acquired by digging deep down? The person who is willing to go very low could become very wealthy. In other words, the way up is down. Engineers, in a similar way, understand that if they want to raise up a very tall building, first they need to go low and lay a deep foundation. In other words, the way up is down.
That's the title of the message today: 'The Way Up Is Down'. We'll see that having the desire to be great or be first isn't wrong. It isn't evil. The desire to be great only becomes evil when we try to achieve it in a sinful way. The clear teaching of Jesus is that if you are going to be great in the eyes of God you better get low. In the eyes of God, the way up is down. Let me start by giving you a clear, biblical truth: GOD HATES PRIDE and HONORS HUMILITY.
Prov. 8:13: To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance.
Prov. 16:5: The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
Prov. 21:4: Haughty eyes, a proud h ...
Series: The Gospel of Mark
Bob Ingle
Mark 10:32-45
Open your Bibles to Mark 10. Does anyone remember this show? Yeah. The Jefferson's. It was one of my favorites growing up. It was a sitcom that featured an African-American couple, George and Louisa Jefferson, that became wealthy and moved out of a run-down area in Queens to a luxury apartment in Manhattan. As they celebrated their fortune and promotion, the Jefferson's would sing about ''movin' on up''. That phrase became synonymous with the show.
When we think about promotions or victory or success or greatness, we tend to think of it as 'movin up'. We think of it as upward motion. We love up! Up is where we want to be. Up is the way we want to go. Up is a word for winners. We say things like: Up and Coming, Upper class, Upper crust, Upscale, Upbeat, Uplifting. We love up, don't we? There's nothing better than movin' on up.
But it's interesting that many of earth's most precious and valuable substances can only be acquired by digging deep down? The person who is willing to go very low could become very wealthy. In other words, the way up is down. Engineers, in a similar way, understand that if they want to raise up a very tall building, first they need to go low and lay a deep foundation. In other words, the way up is down.
That's the title of the message today: 'The Way Up Is Down'. We'll see that having the desire to be great or be first isn't wrong. It isn't evil. The desire to be great only becomes evil when we try to achieve it in a sinful way. The clear teaching of Jesus is that if you are going to be great in the eyes of God you better get low. In the eyes of God, the way up is down. Let me start by giving you a clear, biblical truth: GOD HATES PRIDE and HONORS HUMILITY.
Prov. 8:13: To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance.
Prov. 16:5: The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
Prov. 21:4: Haughty eyes, a proud h ...
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