When God does a miracle, he does it to bring glory to his name

"The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
  They were all filled with awe and praised God..."

The Kingdom of God's standards are different from worldly standards and its time to consider - which standards you wish to live by. For...

"among those of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is LEAST in the kingdom of God is greater than he"

 I believe this is speaking to John being greater in terms of human comparison that... as a prophet, there is no one greater than John.

 But in the Kingdom, the least person, in other words, the servant is greater than the prophet who is renowned for having all this power.

 So we should humble ourselves and take a position as a servant. Learn to live with God's standards instead of ours.

Jesus also often refers to wisdom rather than knowledge because

"Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up"

Thus we should utilize and ask for wisdom and not knowledge. Knowledge can be gathered, but wisdom is learnt and given. Wisdom shows Maturity. Wisdom shows love in using Knowledge. 


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