The Co$t Series Week 3: The Co$t of Greatness

The Co$t Series

Week 3: The Co$t of Greatness

Matthew 23:11-12 NIV

¹¹ The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹² For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Matthew 23:11-12 AMPC

¹¹ He who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹² Whoever exalts himself [^[c]with haughtiness and empty pride] shall be humbled (brought low), and whoever humbles himself [whoever has a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly] shall be ^[d]raised to honor.

Great things and great people do not become great by just saying I am great. Great things and great people become great through humility!

-Lester Bell Jr.

Matthew 20:28 NIV

²⁸ Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free].

Greatness requires

2^nd Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Greatness requires

Can God trust you with greatness?

Matthew 23:1-7 NIV

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: ² “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. ³ So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. ⁴ They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

⁵ “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries^[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; ⁶ they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; ⁷ they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.

Greatness requires

Greatness Co$ts:

Greatness Produces: