Obey Children (25 of 35)
Series: Obey Everything
Steve Jones
Matthew 16:24
SERMON SUMMARY: This sermon addresses Jesus' command to become like children by 1) Paying ATTENTION to children, 2) IMITATING children and 3) PROTECTING children.
INTRO: Mrs. Monroe lives in Darlington, Maryland. She's the mother of 8 children. One experience was so unique that John Haggai put it in his book: ''How to Win Over Worry.'' ?She came home one afternoon from the grocery store and walked into her home, and everything looked pretty much the same, though it was a little bit quieter than usual. She looked into the middle of the living room and 5 of her darlings were sitting around in a circle, exceedingly quiet, doing something, with something in the middle of a circle. So, she put down the sacks of groceries and walked over closely and looked and saw that they were playing with 5 of the cutest skunks you can imagine. ?She was instantly terrified, and she said, ''Run children, run!'' Each child GRABBED A SKUNK and ran, in 5 different directions. She was beside herself and screamed louder, more frantically, with great gusto. It so scared the children that each one squeezed his skunk! As the writer put it, ''Skunks don't like to be squeezed!''
Sometimes you have to wonder if Jesus didn't feel like that frustrated mother when it came to dealing with his disciples. He's trying to teach them and they're trying to obey but half the time they seem to wind up ''squeezing the skunk'' and stinking things up. Today's example is a case in point.
Mt.18:1 ''About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, 'Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?'''
That COULD be just an innocent question, but it wasn't. The parallel passages in Luke and Mark reveal that the disciples had been ARGUING about this along the way as to which one of THEM was the greatest in the kingdom. It's even WORSE than that. Do you remember what we talked about last week? Of course, you do. We were ...
Series: Obey Everything
Steve Jones
Matthew 16:24
SERMON SUMMARY: This sermon addresses Jesus' command to become like children by 1) Paying ATTENTION to children, 2) IMITATING children and 3) PROTECTING children.
INTRO: Mrs. Monroe lives in Darlington, Maryland. She's the mother of 8 children. One experience was so unique that John Haggai put it in his book: ''How to Win Over Worry.'' ?She came home one afternoon from the grocery store and walked into her home, and everything looked pretty much the same, though it was a little bit quieter than usual. She looked into the middle of the living room and 5 of her darlings were sitting around in a circle, exceedingly quiet, doing something, with something in the middle of a circle. So, she put down the sacks of groceries and walked over closely and looked and saw that they were playing with 5 of the cutest skunks you can imagine. ?She was instantly terrified, and she said, ''Run children, run!'' Each child GRABBED A SKUNK and ran, in 5 different directions. She was beside herself and screamed louder, more frantically, with great gusto. It so scared the children that each one squeezed his skunk! As the writer put it, ''Skunks don't like to be squeezed!''
Sometimes you have to wonder if Jesus didn't feel like that frustrated mother when it came to dealing with his disciples. He's trying to teach them and they're trying to obey but half the time they seem to wind up ''squeezing the skunk'' and stinking things up. Today's example is a case in point.
Mt.18:1 ''About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, 'Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?'''
That COULD be just an innocent question, but it wasn't. The parallel passages in Luke and Mark reveal that the disciples had been ARGUING about this along the way as to which one of THEM was the greatest in the kingdom. It's even WORSE than that. Do you remember what we talked about last week? Of course, you do. We were ...
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