"Not So With You"

The Reality of Jesus’ Upside-Down Kingdom

By Chris Hallock, June 06, 2020

Matthew 20:20-28

  1. We naturally desire the seats of .

Matthew 20:20–23

  1. Moving from “ ” to service.

Matthew 20:24–25

  1. Jesus’ upside- Kingdom.

Matthew 20:26–28

Greatest among you = the servant;(diakonos: deacon – one who serves, a waiter, a domestic attendant)

First place = the slave;(doulous: a slave, no right of personal choice, completely at the will of another)

Reasons to serve God and others:

  1. Because we follow the Savior, Jesus.

Philippians 2:3-11

  1. Because we have recieved the .

Romans 1:1

Colossians 2:6-7

  1. Servanthood is the of those who find their in Christ.

John 13:1–5, 12-14