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INTRODUCTION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
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INTRODUCTION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
2. Humi l i ty establ ishes a Foundation for all other atti tudes
3. Love, Thankfulness & Obedience follow humil i ty!
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INTRODUCTION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
2. Humi l i ty establ ishes a Foundation for all other atti tudes
3. Love, Thankfulness & Obedience follow humil i ty!
4. Jesus’ point in Luke 9:23
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Luke 9:23
Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to comeafter Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
daily, and follow Me.
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Luke 9:23
Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to comeafter Me, let him deny himself , and take up his cross
daily, and follow Me.
Requi rements to Follow Jesus:
1. Deny H imself
2. Take up his cross
3. Fol low
Deny - aparneomai - to forget one‟s self, lose sight of
one‟s self and one‟s own interests (Thayer)
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INTRODUCTION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
2. Humi l i ty establ ishes a Foundation for all other atti tudes
3. Love, Thankfulness & Obedience follow humil i ty!
4. Jesus’ point in Luke 9:23
5. We want to determine:
a. What is Humility?b. What are God‟s thoughts on Humility?
c. What are God‟s thoughts on Pride?
d. What are the Benefits of Humility?
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I. What is Humility?
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I. What is Humility?
A. Secular Defini tion:
1. Webster's: unassuming nature or modest; modesty in self-estimation, lowly
2. Am. Heritage:1. Marked by meekness or modesty in
behavior, attitude, or spirit; 2 . Showing deferential or
submissive respect 3 . Low in rank, quality, or station;unpretentious or lowly
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I. What is Humility?
A. Secular Defini tion:
1. Webster's: unassuming nature or modest; modesty in self-estimation, lowly
2. Am. Heritage:1. Marked by meekness or modesty in
behavior, attitude, or spirit; 2 . Showing deferential or
submissive respect 3 . Low in rank, quality, or station;unpretentious or lowly
B. Bible Word Defined…
1. Humble or Humility used 66 times in Bible
2. Greek word means: “to make low, bring low” (Thayer)
3. Root word: “not rising far from the ground” (Thayer)
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I. What is Humility?
A. Secular Defini tion:
1. Webster's: unassuming nature or modest; modesty in self-estimation, lowly
2. Am. Heritage:1. Marked by meekness or modesty in
behavior, attitude, or spirit; 2 . Showing deferential or
submissive respect 3 . Low in rank, quality, or station;unpretentious or lowly
B. Bible Word Defined…
1. Humble or Humility used 66 times in Bible
2. Greek word means: “to make low, bring low” (Thayer)
3. Root word: “not rising far from the ground” (Thayer)
C. Opposite of Words l ike:
pride, arrogance, haughtiness, superiority, self-importance
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II. God’s Thoughts on Humility…
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II. God’s Thoughts on Humility…
A. We are Commanded to be Humble!
1. This was the case in the Old Testament Micah 6:8
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M icah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what doesthe LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God ?
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II. God’s Thoughts on Humility…
A. We are Commanded to be Humble!
1. This was the case in the Old Testament Micah 6:8
2. This is the case in the New Testament
James 4:10, Col 3:12, Phil 2:12, Eph 4:1-3
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James 4:10 - Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord , and he
shall lift you up.
Colossians 3:12 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind ,
meekness, longsuffering; 1 Peter 5:5
Phil ippians 2:3 - Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than
himself.
Ephesians 4:1-3 -
1
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with
one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.
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II. God’s Thoughts on Humility…
A. We are Commanded to be Humble!
1. This was the case in the Old Testament Micah 6:8
2. This is the case in the New Testament
James 4:10, Col 3:12, Phil 2:12, Eph 4:1-3
3. Humility is commanded…we Choose to obey or disobey!
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II. God’s Thoughts on Humility…
A. We are Commanded to be Humble!
1. This was the case in the Old Testament Micah 6:8
2. This is the case in the New Testament
James 4:10, Col 3:12, Phil 2:12, Eph 4:1-3
3. Humility is commanded…we Choose to obey or disobey!
B. A Humble attitude can be dif f icul t!
1. We tend to think mighty high of ourselves! Rom 12:3
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Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that
is among you, not to think of himself more highly than heought to think ; but to think soberly , according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that
is among you, not to think of himself more highly than heought to think ; but to think soberly , according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Thayer - “to put a moderate estimate upon one‟s self, think of
one‟s self soberly”
RWP - not to “over think” of ourselves, but to be “right minded”.
Self-conceit is here treated as a species of insanity
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Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that
is among you, not to think of himself more highly than heought to think ; but to think soberly , according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1. The WARNING is: watch arrogance, high-mindedness, PRIDE!
2. Why…
Thayer - “to put a moderate estimate upon one‟s self, think of
one‟s self soberly”
RWP - not to “over think” of ourselves, but to be “right minded”.
Self-conceit is here treated as a species of insanity
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Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that
is among you, not to think of himself more highly than heought to think ; but to think soberly , according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1. The WARNING is: watch arrogance, high-mindedness, PRIDE!
2. Why…The H IGHER we are, the HARDER we Fall ,
and many sins are spawned in tr ying to avoid a Hard Fall !
Thayer - “to put a moderate estimate upon one‟s self, think of
one‟s self soberly”
RWP - not to “over think” of ourselves, but to be “right minded”.
Self-conceit is here treated as a species of insanity
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II. God’s Thoughts on Humility…
A. We are Commanded to be Humble!
1. This was the case in the Old Testament Micah 6:8
2. This is the case in the New Testament
James 4:10, Col 3:12, Phil 2:12, Eph 4:1-3
3. It is commanded…we CHOOSE to obey or disobey!
B. A Humble attitude can be dif f icul t!
1. We tend to think mighty high of ourselves! Rom 12:3
2. We need to think Soberly: self-controlled & moderately
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III. God’s Thoughts on Pride…
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III. God’s Thoughts on Pride…
A. God HATES a Proud Atti tude!
1. Old Testament Teaching… Prov. 6:16, Prov. 15:25, Isa 13:11, Mal 4:1
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Proverbs 6:16-17 - These six things doth the LORD hate: yea,
seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look , a
lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, .
Proverbs 15:25 - The LORD will destroy the house of the proud :
but he will establish the border of the widow .
I saiah 13:11 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the
wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of
the proud to cease , and will lay low the haughtiness of the
terrible.
Malachi 4:1 - For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as anoven; and all the proud , yea, and all that do wickedly,
shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them
up , saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch .
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III. God’s Thoughts on Pride…
A. God HATES a Proud Atti tude!
1. Old Testament Teaching… Prov. 6:16, Prov. 15:25, Isa 13:11, Mal 4:1
2. New Testament Teaching… Rom 1:30-32, James 4:6
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Romans 1:30-32 - Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud ,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,..32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they whichcommit such things are worthy of death , not only do the
same, but have pleasure in them that do them .
James 4:6 - But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God
resisteth the proud , but giveth grace unto the humble .
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III. God’s Thoughts on Pride…
A. God HATES a Proud Atti tude!
1. Old Testament Teaching… Prov. 6:16, Prov. 15:25, Isa 13:11, Mal 4:1
2. New Testament Teaching… Rom 1:30-32, James 4:6
3. Examples of the Proud being Punished…
a. Pharaoh - Exodus 5:2
b. Uzziah - 2 Chron 26:16
c. King Saul - 1 Sam 15:17
d. Nation of Israel - Hosea 5:5, 7:10
e. Nebuchadnezzar - Dan 4
f. Ananias & Sapphira - Acts 5:1-11
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a. Pharaoh - Exodus 5:2 - “ And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD,
that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know
not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.”
b. Uzziah - 2 Chron 26:16 - “ But when he was strong, his heart
was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed
against the LORD his God, …”
c. King Saul - 1 Sam 15:17- And Samuel said, When thou wast
little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head
of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed theeking over Israel?
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d. Nation of I srael - Hosea 5:5 - And the pride of Israel doth testify
to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in
their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Hosea 7:10 - And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God,
nor seek him for all this
e. Nebuchadnezzar - Daniel 5:20 - But when his heart was lifted
up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed
from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from
him:
Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol
and honour the King of heaven, all whose works aretruth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in
pride he is able to abase.
f . Ananias & Sapphi ra - Acts 5:1-11
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III. God’s Thoughts on Pride…
A. God HATES a Proud Atti tude!
1. Old Testament Teaching… Prov. 6:16, Prov. 15:25, Isa 13:11, Mal 4:1
2. New Testament Teaching… Rom 1:30-32, James 4:6
3. Examples of the Proud being Punished…
a. Pharaoh - Exodus 5:2
b. Uzziah - 2 Chron 26:16
c. King Saul - 1 Sam 15:17
d. Nation of Israel - Hosea 5:5, 7:10e. Nebuchadnezzar - Dan 4
f. Ananias & Sapphira - Acts 5:1-11
B. PRIDE is a Trait of False Teachers - 1 Tim 6:3-5
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1 Timothy 6:3-5
3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine
which accords with godliness, 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which
come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of
men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that
godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
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1 Timothy 6:3-5
3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine
which accords with godliness, 4 he is proud , knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which
come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of
men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that
godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
• tufow tuphoo - to make proud, puff up with pride, render
insolent, to be puffed up with haughtiness or pride, to
blind with pride or conceit, to render foolish or stupid
• The FIRST TRAIT MENTIONED!!
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III. God’s Thoughts on Pride…
A. God HATES a Proud Atti tude!
1. Old Testament Teaching… Prov. 6:16, Prov. 15:25, Isa 13:11, Mal 4:1
2. New Testament Teaching… Rom 1:30-32, James 4:6
3. Examples of the Proud being Punished…
a. Pharaoh - Exodus 5:2
b. Uzziah - 2 Chron 26:16
c. King Saul - 1 Sam 15:17
d. Nation of Israel - Hosea 5:5, 7:10e. Nebuchadnezzar - Dan 4
f. Ananias & Sapphira - Acts 5:1-11
B. PRIDE is a Trait of False Teachers - 1 Tim 6:3-5
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
A. Acceptable before God!
1. Luke 18:9-14
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Luke 18:9-14
9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they
were righteous, and despised others: ( Arrogant & Proud )
10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a
tax collector.
11 "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, „God, I thank You
that I am not like other men - extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as
this tax collector. 12 „I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.‟
13 "And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his
eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, „God, be merciful to me a
sinner!‟
14 "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the
other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted.
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
A. Acceptable before God!
1. Luke 18:9-14 2. God recognizes & accepts the Humble & Obedient
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
A. Acceptable before God!
1. Luke 18:9-14 2. God recognizes & accepts the Humble & Obedient
B. We wil l be Exal ted!
1. 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 14:11
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1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that he may exalt you in due time.
Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted .
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
A. Acceptable before God!
1. Luke 18:9-14 2. God recognizes & accepts the Humble & Obedient
B. We wil l be Exal ted!
1. 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 14:112. Exalt - “to lift up; to raise to the very summit of
opulence and prosperity, to raise to dignity,
honour and happiness ” Thayer
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
A. Acceptable before God!
1. Luke 18:9-14 2. God recognizes & accepts the Humble & Obedient
B. We wil l be Exal ted!
1. 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 14:112. Exalt - “to lift up; to raise to the very summit of
opulence and prosperity, to raise to dignity,
honour and happiness ” Thayer
3. Of course spiritually, but perhaps on earth as well! Prov. 18:12, Prov. 22:4, Matt 5:16
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Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before
honour is humility
Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour , and life.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
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IV. Benefits of Humility…
A. Acceptable before God!
1. Luke 18:9-14 2. God recognizes & accepts the Humble & Obedient
B. We wil l be Exal ted!
1. 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 14:112. Exalt - “to lift up; to raise to the very summit of
opulence and prosperity , to exalt, to raise to
dignity, honour and happiness ” Thayer
3. Of course spiritually, but perhaps on earth as well! Prov. 18:12, Prov. 22:4, Matt 5:16
C. Humble wil l go to Heaven!
Matt 18:4, Matt 5:3
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Matthew 18:4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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CONCLUSION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
2. Humi l i ty establ ishes a Foundation for all other atti tudes
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CONCLUSION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
2. Humi l i ty establ ishes a Foundation for all other atti tudes
3. Remember about Humility…
a. It is Commanded & is a Choice
b. It can be Difficult
c. It is for our own good - many sins associated with ego!
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CONCLUSION:
1. Of all the attr ibutes that a Chr istian can possess,
Humi l i ty is the most important!
2. Humi l i ty establ ishes a Foundation for all other atti tudes
3. Remember about Humility…
a. It is Commanded & is a Choice
b. It can be Difficult
c. It is for our own good - many sins associated with ego!
4. Remember about Pride… a. God HATES it!!!
b. It has led to the Downfall of Many
c. It is a Key Component for False Teachers.
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CONCLUSION:
5. I f we want to be Acceptable before God, we must be
Humble!
6. I t is a FACT that we need less arrogance and more
Humility in the Lord’s church today!!