{"id":6451,"date":"2018-01-27T10:10:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6451"},"modified":"2018-01-27T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T15:10:36","slug":"so-anyone-who-becomes-as-humble-as-this-little-child-is-the-greatest-in-the-kingdom-of-heaven-matthew-184-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/so-anyone-who-becomes-as-humble-as-this-little-child-is-the-greatest-in-the-kingdom-of-heaven-matthew-184-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven&#8221; (Matthew 18:4 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9p11e\" data-offset-key=\"f9q80-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f9q80-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f9q80-0-0\">WHO WILL BE THE GREATEST?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9p11e\" data-offset-key=\"3kcm3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3kcm3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3kcm3-0-0\">The disciples were constantly debating among themselves the question of who would be the greatest when Jesus came into His kingdom. They finally asked Jesus. He answered by calling a little child over to Him and saying that unless they repented of their sins and became as this child they wouldn&#8217;t even get into the kingdom of heaven, much less be great. For the currency of the kingdom isn&#8217;t the currency of the world. The currency of the kingdom is asking, not earning; it&#8217;s humbling oneself, not seeking glory. It&#8217;s welcoming a child on Christ&#8217;s behalf and in effect, welcoming Christ Himself.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9p11e\" data-offset-key=\"auq6q-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"auq6q-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"auq6q-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9p11e\" data-offset-key=\"dghjb-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dghjb-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dghjb-0-0\">Applying this to our church, it seems to me that those who willingly serve in our children&#8217;s ministries may be on to something&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO WILL BE THE GREATEST?<br \/>\nThe disciples were constantly debating among themselves the question of who would be the greatest when Jesus came into His kingdom. They finally asked Jesus. He answered by calling a little child over to Him and saying that unless they repented of their sins and became as this child they wouldn&#8217;t even get into the kingdom of heaven, much less be great. For the currency of the kingdom isn&#8217;t the currency of the world. The currency of the kingdom is asking, not earning; it&#8217;s humbling oneself, not seeking glory. It&#8217;s welcoming a child on Christ&#8217;s behalf and in effect, welcoming Christ Himself.<\/p>\n<p>Applying this to our church, it seems to me that those who willingly serve in our children&#8217;s ministries may be on to something&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1307],"scripture-chapter":[1351],"oyb_day":[1553],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6451","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-matthew","scripture-chapter-1351","oyb_day-january-27"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6451"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}