October 3, 2021

“Three Pennies and a Rock – Curiosity” {sermon outline} / Chapters 3 & 4 of Pastor Jason’s book

Pastor:
Passage: Proverbs 3:13-24; Matthew 18:1-6
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  1. Introduction
    1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding Movie – people were gushing over it. So much so that I got curious about it.
    2. So, I went - I was curious. Could this movie be a funny as all these people were saying it was? 
    3. Movie wasn’t funny. The next time I heard those people, guess what, I want so curious. 
    4. Curiosity
      1. Kills the cat – but that’s an adult way of looking at the world. One that’s jaded by 1,000 different My Big Fat Greek Wedding disappointments.
        1. But, let’s notice, the saying is an adult one.
          1. One that we try to teach our kids really fast.
        2. But Kids are naturally curious and we, standing squarely in the center of adulthood could stand to learn a few things.
      2. Child-like Faith Recap
        1. Lillian story briefly
        2. Last week we talked about Wonder
          1. That sense of astonishment and gratitude over what God has done and is doing
          2. We learned that experiencing wonder has some amazingly positive benefit
            1. Slows down the passage of time (we are more patient)
            2. Recuperative health benefits (we heal more rapidly)
            3. Increases productivity and empathy (we’re better able to understand others and help them)
          3. But perhaps the best thing about experiencing the Wonder that God so richly provides is that it immediately opens up for us our next means by which to come to a child-like faith - CURIOSITY
          4. Read Scripture
            1. Matthew 18:1-6 – “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’  And calling to him a child, He put him in the midst of them and said, ‘Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ‘Whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.’”
  • Kids are Curious
    1. One of the greatest gifts Natalie and I were ever given was what I got to calling “Baby Jail”
      1. Red plastic, attachable fence that could be put together with a door to create a large, safe space for toddling children.
      2. The reason why it was the greatest gift – toddlers were contained
        1. Because they’re curious
  • Baby jail allowed our kids to be curious in a defined area that we controlled.
  1. Return to MBFGW
    1. Children are naturally curious, they have so much to figure out.
    2. Adults, on the other hand, have grown accustomed to disappointment. We’ve become jaded.
  • That experience with the movie MBFGW made me far less willing to take other people’s suggestions

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