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A. THE CHILD ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE
INDISPENSIBLE CONDITION OF
REDEMPTIVE LIVING
1. CHILDLIKENESS IS A REQUIREMENT
FOR DISCIPLESHIP (MARK 9:35-37
MARK 9:42; MARK 10:13-16)
2. PRIDE AND LUST FOR GREATNESS IS
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS
PRINCIPLE (MARK 9:33-34 ;LUKE 9:47;
MARK 9:34)
3. CHILDLIKENESS IS NOT A
DISPOSITION; IT IS THE CONDITION
OF HELPLESS DEPENDENCE
(EPHESIANS 4:14-15; 1 CORINTHIANS
3:1; 1 CORINTHIANS 14:20; MATTHEW
11:16-17; LUKE 18:15)
B. THE GARDEN ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE
INDISPENSIBLE DISPOSITION OF
REDEMPTIVE LIVING (SONG OF SOLOMON
4:12-15)
1. THE BRIDE’S DISCOVERY: SHE IS HIS
GARDEN (SONG 4:12; SONG 4:9)
2. TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE SURRENDER
IS THE BRIDE’S DISPOSITION TO
THAT DISCOVERY (SONG 4:16)
C. THE GRAIN OF WHEAT ILLUSTRATION
SHOWS THE INDISPENSIBLE GOAL OF
REDEMPTIVE LIVING (JOHN 12:20-21; JOHN
12:24)

1. THE SEEKING GREEKS ILLUSTRATE
THE REDEMPTIVE PART
2. BECOMING A GRAIN OF WHEAT FOR

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