What does true greatness look like in the Kingdom of Heaven? Jesus’ answer may surprise us. In this sermon, we encounter John the Baptist at his lowest moment and hear Jesus call him the greatest who has ever lived. From prison cells to ordinary lives that seem to be going just fine, Jesus radically redefines greatness as something that transcends circumstances and upends the values of the world.

True greatness, we learn, is not found in status, success, or recognition, but in becoming least, giving freely, and following the self-emptying way of Christ.