The winner took home more than $100,000. The HPT host likes to call that first-place money "life-changing cash" - and for some people, it certainly would be.
But what if you could change your life, without any cash at all? It's possible, you know....
He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 18:2-3
Jesus Christ's lesson is here is quite the opposite from what males are usually told. The dressing-down moment often includes the phase, "Grow up!" So why would Jesus seemingly say the opposite? Keep reading....
"Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 18:4
Win a $100,000-plus first prize in a poker tournament, and it certainly would be tempting to brag about it to the world. But Jesus's point is that we need to be humble, instead of arrogant and boastful. That's a true change - and life-thinking. And consider why He said that....
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" - Matthew 18:1
Other parts of the New Testament indicate several disciples wanted that title for themselves (Luke 22:24). We think a better approach is to acknowledge Jesus as the greatest of all - even in the character trait of humility.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death - even death on a cross! - Philippians 2:8
Jesus's example has changed many lives down through the centuries. Have you examined it closely, to see if it might change yours?
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