Catching Up

About this sermon

If you ever go into a job interview, headhunters and personnel experts will tell you there is one question you will always be asked and you had better be prepared to answer correctly and it is this one, “How do you measure success?” On one occasion, the disciples came to Jesus, and they asked him this question, “At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’” (Matthew 18:1). The disciples thought the ultimate success would be to be chosen as the greatest in the kingdom. In fact, two of the disciples even asked if they could sit on either side of Jesus in the kingdom. The disciples were waiting with bated breath, but Jesus as he was very capable of doing, did something totally unexpected. He bypassed their question, and he did this. “He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them” (Matthew 18:2). He said to these twelve disciples, these battle-tested harden veterans who had been with him for three years and thought they had it all together and thought they were ready for primetime, “If you want to catch up to me, you’ve got to first catch up to them.” Free Sermon Guide for This Series: https://connect.touchinglives.org/sermon-booklet-this-is-your-captain-speaking Learn How to Share Your Faith: https://connect.touchinglives.org/your-best-news To purchase Dr. Merritt's New Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0736985344/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_taft_p1_i0 Travel overseas with James and Teresa Merritt: https://connect.touchinglives.org/travel Take advantage of the free Christian resources from Touching Lives: Free Daily Devotional: https://connect.touchinglives.org/daily-devotional Free Mobile App: https://subsplash.com/touchinglives/app Free Monthly Bible Teaching Letter: https://secure.touchinglives.org/forms/account