Living a Life That Points to Christ

What makes someone the greatest person who ever lived? It's not miracles, accomplishments, or recognition. According to Christ himself, it was John the Baptist, a man with no recorded miracles, whose entire life did one thing: point to Jesus. As we begin a new Coptic year, this sermon asks a beautifully uncomfortable question: who is the main character of your story? This sermon explores: Why Christ called John the Baptist the greatest born among women, despite having no recorded miracles The temptation to make ourselves the center of our own story and how it echoes the fall of Satan How the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist both modeled radical self-emptying before God What it means to have "the mind of Christ" and to see others through his eyes The beautiful symbolism of Coptic iconography, where every saint's face resembles the face of Christ How spending time with Christ transforms us the way a fragrance lingers after an embrace