Welcome to Eastern Hills Baptist Church
We are so glad that you decided to join us in worship today. Here at Eastern Hills we realize that we are all in different places on our journey with Christ, and that's okay. Whether you are a seeker, looking for answers, or a long-time follower of Christ, you are welcome here.

"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions will die for Him."

— Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

TODAY'S POINTS:

The world's perspective of greatness vs: the kingdom perspective:

1) The world: POWER; the kingdom: HUMILITY

2) The world: SERVED; the kingdom: SERVICE

3) The world: BUILD YOUR OWN KINGDOM; the kingdom: GIVEN BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH

“Even as membership in the kingdom is the reverse of how the world thinks, for the last have become first and the first last (13:30), so too greatness within the kingdom is the reverse of how the world thinks.”

— Robert H. Stein, New American Commentary Series: Luke

TAKE IT HOME QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK:

— Who is someone that you used to think was the greatest, and now you don't? What changed?
— Where do you feel the pull of "worldly greatness" most strongly in your daily life (i.e. work? school? home? ministry?)?
— What is one concrete thing that you can do this week to serve someone else who cannot possibly repay you?
— How does remembering that the Kingdom of God is given, not earned, free you to live differently from the world?