Get Your Pretense On!

Chapter 2: The Principle of Reversal and the Upside-Down Kingdom of God • 51

• The law breaker and the undeserving are saved, Matt. 21.31-32. • Those who humble themselves shall be exalted, 1 Pet. 5.5-6. • Those who exalt themselves shall be brought low, Luke 18.14. • The blind shall be given sight, John 9.39. • Those claiming to see shall be made blind, John 9.40-41. • We only become truly free by being Christ’s slave, Rom. 12.1-2. • God has chosen what is foolish to shame the wise, 1 Cor. 1.27. • God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong, 1 Cor. 1.27. • God has chosen the low and despised to bring to nothing things that are, 1 Cor. 1.28. • We only gain the next world by losing and letting go of this one, 1 Tim. 6.7. • Love this life and you’ll lose it; hate this life, and you’ll keep the next John 12.25. • You become the greatest by being the servant of all, Mark 10.42-45. • Store up treasures here, and you forfeit heaven’s reward, Matt. 6.19. • Store up treasures above in order to gain heaven’s wealth, Matt. 6.20. • Only if you truly die to yourself can you fully come to live again, John 12.24. • Release all earthly reputation to gain heaven’s favor, Phil. 3.3-7.