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RarE. Mark 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross , and follow me .
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Mark 8:34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, andtake up his cross, and follow me. • Galatians 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. • Philippians 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
RarE • HUMBLE yourself before God • I should be HUMBLE BECAUSE of: • Sin • Grace • Creation • Conformity • If that’s Who Christ is… who are You?
RarE • HUMBLE yourself before God • I should be HUMBLE BECAUSE of: • Sin • Grace • Creation • Conformity • What is the PROOF of Humility?
2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
RarE • HUMBLE yourself before God • I should be HUMBLE BECAUSE of: • Sin • Grace • Creation • Conformity • What is the PROOF of Humility?
HUMILITY: Possessing such a COMPLETE spiritual AWARENESS and comprehension that God is ALL, that I am brought to absolute and total nothingness before Him, and thus, the COMPLETE ABANDONMENT of SELF and SELF-WILL.
RarE • HUMBLE yourself before God • I should be HUMBLE BECAUSE of: • Sin • Grace • Creation • Conformity • What is the PROOF of Humility?
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
1 John 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
“Humility is not thinking meanly of yourself.Humility is not thinking of yourself AT ALL.”
2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. • Galatians 6:3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
Romans 2:1Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
1 Corinthians 3:13Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
Ezekiel 1:28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. • Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
John 21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Revelation 1:17(a)And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
1 Corinthians 12:25-27That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Galatians 6:10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
1 Peter 2:21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps
HUMILITY: Possessing such a COMPLETE spiritual AWARENESS and comprehension that God is ALL, that I am brought to absolute and total nothingness before Him, and thus, the COMPLETE ABANDONMENT of SELF and SELF-WILL.
1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?
- The humble man feels no jealousy or envy. He can praise God when others are preferred and blessed before him. He can bear to hear others praised and himself forgotten. Because in God’s presence, He’s learned to say with Paul: “I be nothing” -
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. • Romans 8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
HOW? RarE Mark 8:34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, andtake up his cross, andfollow me. Galatians 2:20I amcrucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Philippians 3:10 That I may know him, andthe power of his resurrection, andthe fellowship of his sufferings, being madeconformable unto his death; Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 1 Corinthians 15:31(b) … I die daily.
HOW? • HUMBLE yourself before God RarE • ISN’T the ability to EXPRESS humility before God • IS the ability to EXERCISE humility toward Men • What is the PROOF of Humility?