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\u201cHumility is Greatness\u201d \u2013 James 4:6-10 & Mark 9:30-37<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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1. Who is the Greatest? <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Who is the greatest? It\u2019s a common question, a common debate. Greatness and value are often determined in our world by education, salary, possessions, accomplishments and things like that. The world is full of it\u2026 the baseball season is coming to an end soon, and at the end they will select an MVP for the season \u2013 the Most Valuable Player, the greatest player. It\u2019s possible that young Vladimir Guerraro Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays will accomplish what his father did 17 years earlier. Other sports also recognize the accomplishments of the year\u2019s best athletes, but acting and music also honour their best in annual award shows.<\/p>\n

It starts early in life. You often hear kids proclaiming that they are the greatest at something \u2013 academics, strength, skill. Sometimes kids even boast about their fathers. Three young fellows were doing exactly that one day. One boy, whose father was a lawyer, bragged that his dad worked on a case for a couple of months and got $20,000. The second boy, played the game of one-up-man-ship by stating that his brain surgeon father gets $20,000 for doing a couple of brain operations in a week. The third boy, whose father was a Lutheran pastor, said, \u201cWhen my dad preaches for just 20 minutes it takes four men to carry the money forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re old enough, you\u2019ll be familiar with, and you\u2019ll smile as you remember Mac Davis\u2019 1980 egotistical, greatness-professing (but approaching greatness through the back door) hit song: \u201cO Lord, It\u2019s Hard to be Humble.\u201d The chorus said: \u201cO Lord, it\u2019s hard to be humble, When you\u2019re perfect in every way. I can\u2019t wait to look in the mirror, \u2018Cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me, I must be a bleep <\/em>of a man. O Lord, it\u2019s hard to be humble, but I\u2019m doing the best that I can.\u201d Perfect, good looking, lovable \u2013 what a great man!!<\/p>\n

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2. Even the Disciples!!<\/h4>\n

Discussing greatness isn\u2019t just a 20th<\/sup> or 21st<\/sup> century plague. It seems to be an innate part of our sinful human nature to stick out our chest and think we are the best. Even the disciples of Jesus got into the act in the 1st<\/sup> century. There they were, on the way to Capernaum \u2013 arguing about who was the greatest.<\/p>\n

We get a sense of the guilt the disciples felt when Jesus asked them, \u201cWhat were you arguing about on the road?\u201d Three small words say it all\u2026 \u201cthey kept silent.\u201d They were guilty, they were ashamed, and they knew it, so, in American legal terms, they pled the Fifth Amendment\u2026 they said nothing. As we consider the times we have boasted and claimed to be the greatest \u2013 in our family, among our friends, at work \u2013 we would do well to keep quiet, too, knowing that we are guilty of pride, knowing that we deserve the probing and condemning question of Jesus: \u201cWhat were you arguing about? What were you thinking about?\u201d<\/p>\n

This Mark 9 occasion wasn\u2019t the only time the disciples discussed greatness. In Mark 10, James and John asked for places of honour in the kingdom of glory. The other disciples were peeved about that \u2013 probably mad that they hadn\u2019t thought about it first! Jesus had to straighten them out again and talked about servanthood. In Matthew 18, they simply asked Jesus the question, \u201cWho is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?\u201d In Luke 22 – at the Lord\u2019s Supper – a dispute arose about which of the disciples was greatest, maybe about who gets to sit beside Jesus for that famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. At any rate, for a fourth time, Jesus had to talk to them about humility and service rather than greatness and boasting.<\/p>\n

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3. Jesus\u2019 table-turning response<\/h4>\n

So, what were Jesus\u2019 responses to these discussions about greatness? Even though they were silent, Jesus knew the thoughts and arguments of the disciples that day, and He did something very interesting, and I\u2019m sure very memorable for the disciples.<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019ve watched or heard about the British drama series Downton Abbey. It portrays a great household, clearly divided between nobility and servants. There is little doubt about who is greatest: Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham and head of the mansion. His wife and three daughters are arrayed underneath him. The servants, including the butler and the housekeeper, all have their place, and are beneath the members of the family \u2013 both figuratively and literally as they live and work in the downstairs of the mansion. They all slave away to provide the family with a life of comfort, ease, and luxury. The lowest in the house, as the series begins, is Daisy, the kitchen maid. Her duties include kneeling down to dirty her hands cleaning the fireplaces. She is last of all, servant of all. The drama depicts the world\u2019s standards of greatness and service.<\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 words turned the tables of the world\u2019s normal concept of greatness upside down. \u00a0\u201cIf anyone wants to be first,\u201d Jesus said, \u201che must be last of all, and servant of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

To concretely illustrate His concept of greatness, Jesus took a little child and made that child an example of greatness in His kingdom. He indicated by His words and His actions that day that He loved children and welcomed children. In fact, Jesus uniquely connects Himself with children by saying, \u201cWhoever receives one such child in my name receives me.\u201d There are a couple of words for children in Greek: teknon refers to a child or young lad; paidion refers to a younger child, in fact, an infant or toddler perhaps up to five or seven years of age. The little child that Jesus had taken in His arms was noted in Greek to be a paidion. This was a little one.<\/p>\n

So, Jesus says that one who serves is great. He says that one who receives a child (paidion) is great. In one of the other argument passages, he says that one who humbles himself and believes like a child is great. True greatness does not come from having servants arrayed underneath, but from serving others. Jesus\u2019 words would declare Daisy the greatest in the Grantham mansion, above any member of the family.<\/p>\n

In the Kingdom of God, there is not meant to be competition like there is in the world, where everyone tries to be better than the rest and ultimately the greatest. In the Kingdom of God, Jesus says, if you want to be first and great, you must be last and a servant. If you want to be big, you must be little\u2026 like a child.<\/p>\n

In Mark 10, Jesus has another encounter with children and their parents, and this time the disciples are mad and attempted to chase them away, perhaps believing that Jesus was too important and too busy for children. Jesus made it clear: \u201cLet the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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4. James 4 \u2013 proud vs. humble<\/h4>\n

In our Epistle reading, James pick up that same theme with his words about humility. \u201cGod opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble\u2026 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.\u201d God has something to say about prideful, boastful opinions of one\u2019s self\u2026 just 4 words: \u201cGod opposes the proud.\u201d If you are high on yourself, if you think you\u2019re the greatest, if you boast of your own accomplishments\u2026 God opposes you! God is not going to make it easy on you.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like that story of the talking donkey in the Old Testament. Balaam was hired by King Balak of Moab to curse God\u2019s people of Israel. Initially he said he could only do what God told him to do, but eventually he got on his donkey to issue the curse. As they were going along a narrow path, the donkey saw what Balaam didn\u2019t \u2013 an angel of God blocking the way. The donkey stopped a couple of times and Balaam struck the donkey. Finally, the donkey laid right down and was struck again. That\u2019s when the donkey started reprimanding Balaam until Balaam finally saw the angel in the way. God opposed the proud, money-hungry, stubborn Balaam.<\/p>\n

In the same way, if you\u2019re stubbornly going your own direction, a way other than God\u2019s way, God\u2019s going to oppose you, God\u2019s going to send an angel to block the way. In contrast to that, James says that God gives grace to the humble. He goes on to urge people – US – to submit to God, to draw near to God, to purify our hearts, and then again to humble ourselves before the Lord.<\/p>\n

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5. Humility is greatness<\/h4>\n

What does humbling ourselves mean? What does it look like for you?<\/p>\n

Listen again to Jesus\u2019 various responses to the questions and arguments about greatness:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever receives one such child in my name receives me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat one who humbles himself and believes like a child is great.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Jesus washed His disciples\u2019 feet, He interpreted His actions for them: \u201cIf I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another\u2019s feet. For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul taught about humility in Philippians 2:3,4 \u2013 \u201cDo nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.\u201d A little bit more servant Daisy, a little bit less snooty nobility.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, we heard Paul apply this principle in this way: \u201cSubmit to one another out of reverence for Christ.\u201d That submission is a voluntary yielding in love.<\/p>\n

Jesus is making clear in all these responses that humility is greatness, that greatness is found in being humble, in being a servant.<\/p>\n

So again\u2026what does that table-turning response of Jesus look like for you? In your life? We don\u2019t wash feet in the same way as they did in 1st<\/sup> century Israel. But there are other ways that \u2013 out of love for others – we can voluntarily yield our rights and privileges, and serve others.<\/p>\n

You might \u2013 without even being asked \u2013 shovel the snow off your neighbour\u2019s sidewalk in January.<\/p>\n

You might offer up a \u201cdate night\u201d to your son and daughter-in-law while you enjoy your grandchildren.<\/p>\n

You might give an elderly friend a ride to a doctor\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n

You might take a meal over to someone who has just lost a loved one or to a couple who has just had a baby.<\/p>\n

You might consider who is humble today \u2013 like these new believers in Christ \u2013 and then be a brother or sister who helps them learn and grow, to be like Jesus, to draw near to God.<\/p>\n

You might\u2026 well, you fill in the blanks \u2013 there are lots of ways that we can serve others.<\/p>\n

Oh, and here\u2019s something many are doing \u2013 wearing a mask here in the sanctuary to respect and protect others, even though provincial health orders don\u2019t require it for churches. That, in its own way, is serving others in love.<\/p>\n

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6. Jesus \u2013 great in His servanthood<\/h4>\n

Although the Gospel reading featured the disciples\u2019 argument about greatness, it starts off with humility, and giving grace. Jesus said [about Himself], \u201cThe Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when He is killed, after three days He will rise.\u201d As St. Paul wrote to the Philippians, Jesus did not hold on securely to His divine nature, but He humbled Himself, emptied Himself, and was willing to die on the cross \u2013 ALL FOR US!! So, when James wrote that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble \u2013 well, that grace was most evident when we look at the cross and the empty tomb. That\u2019s where we find God\u2019s grace for us.<\/p>\n

Pastor Jock Ficken wrote: God\u2019s grace is not just \u2018nice\u2019 grace (things like: God makes my child part of His family by Baptism, God gives me daily bread, God gives me peace in my family, God gives me good government, good weather, good friends, etc.). No, God\u2019s grace is amazing! grace.\u00a0 God offers me grace even though He knows what kind of person I have been! That\u2019s nothing less than amazing! Grace, in its truest form, is understood to be God\u2019s undeserved gift of forgiveness and salvation in Jesus. It comes to those who humbly acknowledge and profess Jesus as Lord and Saviour. That is amazing!<\/p>\n

The disciples argued about who is the greatest. They somehow didn\u2019t realize that the One in their midst, the One before whom they were silent, was the greatest of all!! Jesus is great! Many polls that rank the greatest person who ever lived list Jesus in top spot. Some cite his teachings, but Jesus\u2019 own words in v. 31 nail it (excuse the pun): \u201cHe will be killed and after three days rise!\u201d Killed for your forgiveness and raised for your salvation. He had come to be a servant, to give His life as a ransom for many\u2026 for you!<\/p>\n

The Servant of all sets you free to serve, and in that humble service to be great. Jesus exalts you to be his humble servant, reflecting His own glory to all you serve. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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