What does it mean to be great? With the life and death of Jesus, the concept of greatness and humility were both radically revolutionized. The greatest is one who becomes small!In this section of Matthew, Jesus addresses the church - the community of peope who will follow him. He explains that the greatest in his Kingdom is the one who humbles himself, and then serves others. The greatest in the Kindgom of heaven protect fellow Christians from sin and pursue the wandering. The greatest humbly serve the church.

What does it mean to be great? With the life and death of Jesus, the concept of greatness and humility were both radically revolutionized. The greatest is one who becomes small!

In this section of Matthew, Jesus addresses the church - the community of peope who will follow him. He explains that the greatest in his Kingdom is the one who humbles himself, and then serves others. The greatest in the Kindgom of heaven protect fellow Christians from sin and pursue the wandering. The greatest humbly serve the church.

What you believe about the future shapes how you live today. If the future is only bleak, one may hoard, seeking as much comfort today as possible. If the future is hopeful, even our current challenges become manageable. In Matthew, Jesus makes it clear that suffering for His sake is inevitable in the Christian life. If you are a ChirstIan, you must deny yourself and let go of everything contray to the Kingdom. But Jesus doesn't leave us with challenges alone. He shows us our future hope - and it changes the way we live today.

What you believe about the future shapes how you live today. If the future is only bleak, one may hoard, seeking as much comfort today as possible. If the future is hopeful, even our current challenges become manageable.

In Matthew, Jesus makes it clear that suffering for His sake is inevitable in the Christian life. If you are a ChirstIan, you must deny yourself and let go of everything contray to the Kingdom. But Jesus doesn't leave us with challenges alone. He shows us our future hope - and it changes the way we live today.

The church is far more significant than we typically realize – it is the one foundation which lasts forever. The church is not built by any human or through the wisdom of any man. The church is built by Jesus Christ himself and will endure all things. Jesus announces this new community which carries the keys of the Kingdom, and a power which not even the gates of hell can withstand! Are you in Christ and part of his body, the church?

The church is far more significant than we typically realize – it is the one foundation which lasts forever. The church is not built by any human or through the wisdom of any man. The church is built by Jesus Christ himself and will endure all things. Jesus announces this new community which carries the keys of the Kingdom, and a power which not even the gates of hell can withstand! Are you in Christ and part of his body, the church?

What seems to be holiness is hypocrisy. What comes across as genuine faith is generic foolishness. Here in Matthew, Jesus, for the first time, calls the Pharisees "hypocrites" and shows that theirs is a false religion that kills. The problem of adding rules to the Word of God is that we overlook the Word of God and therefore fail in our obedience to God. Join us as we explore this religion that kills.

What seems to be holiness is hypocrisy. What comes across as genuine faith is generic foolishness.

Here in Matthew, Jesus, for the first time, calls the Pharisees "hypocrites" and shows that theirs is a false religion that kills.

The problem of adding rules to the Word of God is that we overlook the Word of God and therefore fail in our obedience to God. Join us as we explore this religion that kills.