VAIN VIRTUAL REALITY VICTORY LAPS

•    not about elevating this religion to state-approved status
•    boasting risks throwing our accuracy off

PHARISEES’ PITFALLS

•    hypocrisy: say one thing but do another
•    burdensome legalism: elevate tradition over Biblical truth
•    lack empathy: won’t lift a finger to help
•    vanity: everything done for show – fashion, visibility, acknowledgment

THE GREAT ONE - AND THE GREAT LEVELLER

•    God the greatest: one Master / Father / Teacher
•    levels believers - sisters & brothers in Christ

THE SECRET TO TRUE GREATNESS

•    greatest is the person who serves – like Jesus; “How can I help?”
•    greatness linked to humility: Jesus made Himself nothing; “What needs to be done?”