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Matthew Kratz

Everton Community Church | 30 sermons

November 2008

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on Matt 18:1–4
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tagged Series: The Christian's High Calling

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Humble Yourself in Childlikeness Servanthood and Brokenhearted Boldness

Matt 18:1–4

*Matthew 18:1-4. Humble Yourself in Childlikeness, Servanthood, and Brokenhearted Boldness*
Everton Community Church. Sunday December 9th 2007
 
One of the *greatest joys of the Christmas season* is *experiencing it with Children*. *Children* have *an awe* and *expectation* that *goes above* *any distraction*. Many of us *adults get bogged down* in *so many plans* and* engagements* *this time of year* that it is *often the children* who *remind us of the joy* and *wonder of Christ in Christmas.* We saw it *last week* with the *Bothwell family advent leading* and with the *kids club presentation during the Christmas dinner.*
 
Scripture describes and identifies *the people of God by many names*. But *more frequently than anything else* we are *called children*-children *of promise*, children *of the day*, children *of the light*, *beloved* *children*, *dear children*, and *children of God.*
 
*As believers* we can *rejoice in the wonderful truth* that, *through Christ*, *we have become God’s own children*, *adopted through grace*. Consequently, *we bear the* *image of God’s family *and are *joint heirs* *with Jesus Christ of everything God possesses.* *We enjoy* *God’s love, care, protection, power, and other resources in abundance for all eternity.*
 
But there is *another side to our being children*, and in Scripture believers are also referred to as *children in the sense that we are incomplete, weak, dependent, undeveloped, unskilled, vulnerable, and immature.*
 
*Matthew 18* *focuses on* those *immature, unperfected, childlike qualities* *that believers demonstrate* as they *mutually develop* *into conformity to the fullness of the stature of Jesus Christ.*
 
*This chapter* is *a single discourse* or *sermon* *by our Lord* *on the specific theme of the childlikeness of the believer*, *speaking directly to* *the reality that we are spiritual children* with *all the weaknesses that childhood* *implies*. It is also essential to see that *the chapter teaches the church, as a group* *of spiritually unperfected children* *how to get along with each other*. 
 
There’s an old joke in regards to *preaching on the topic of humility:*
*Joke*: *The Humble Minister*
Did you hear about *the minister who said he had a wonderful sermon on humility* but was *waiting for a large crowd before preaching it?* (Galaxie Software. (2002; 2002). /10,000 Sermon Illustrations/. Biblical Studies Press)
 
*The key to Humility is* *1) Childlikeness 2) Servanthood & 3) Brokenhearted Boldness*
 
*1) The key to Humility is* *Childlikeness: **Matthew 18:1 *
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*The setting for the sermon* is indicated by the phrase *at that time*, which refers to a *period* *soon after Jesus told Peter to go to the Sea of Galilee and retrieve the corn from the fish’s mouth* (17:27). *While* Peter was paying the tax with the coin *or*, more likely, *just after he returned*, *the rest of* *the disciples came to Jesus*, *possibly at Peter’s house in **Capernaum**.*
 
The two scenes are closely connected in time and in thought. *On the same day* the *disciples received the lesson on being citizens of the world* they were given a series of *lessons on the issues related to being children of God.*
 
*The Lord’s teaching was prompted* *by the disciples themselves*, who *asked Him a very selfish question* that *betrayed their sinful ambitions*. We learn *from Mark and Luke that the question*, *Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?* *resulted from an argument* *the Twelve had been having among themselves* “as to *which of them might be the greatest”* (Luke 9:46; cf. Mark 9:34). Although *Jesus omnisciently knew* what had happened, *He asked*, “*What were you discussing on the way*?” *The disciples* were *so ashamed of their attitude* and* conversation *that “*they kept silent*” (Mark 9:33-34).
 
*Please turn to 1 Peter 5*
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*Their embarrassed silence* shows *they knew that what they had been doing was inconsistent with what their Master had been teaching on humility*. But the fact that they nevertheless were arguing about their relative ranks in the kingdom *shows they were making little effort to apply what they had been taught.* They were as proud, self-seeking, self-sufficient, and ambitious as ever. In light of what they had been discussing and the way they phrased the question to Jesus, it is obvious they expected Him to name one of them as the *greatest*.
 
*1 Peter 5:5-6*   [5]Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with *humility* toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."   [6]*Humble yourselves*, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may *exalt you*, (ESV)
* At *year’s end* we tend to undergo *goal setting* endeavors. If it is *reasonable, rational and specific,* it can be a *fruitful exercise.* 
* The challenge we have being Christians is *applying what we believe.* *We show what is truly important* by how we act. We show *what we value* *by the time we spend* and *the nature of our action.* 
* *Year end* can be *a fruitful time* to *take serious stock* of *our lives* and determine if the various* thoughts and actions* in our life are *positively congruent to what we believe.* 
 * *When these two things are in harmony*, *we grow* and *show the true nature of the **Kingdom** of **Heaven**.* 
 
* *
*Illustration:** **Leonard Bernstein*
*Leonard Bernstein*, the *late conductor of the **New York** Philharmonic orchestra*, was *once asked* *to name the most difficult instrument to play*. *Without hesitation, he replied*, “The *second fiddle*. *I can get plenty* *of first violinists*, but *to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm—that’s a problem*. And *if we have no second fiddle*, *we have no harmony*.*”*
Today in the Word, January 3, 1997, p. 8
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This is *the failure of the Disciples*. Just as they had *heard but not really accepted* what *Jesus had been teaching about humility* they also had heard but not really accepted *what He had been teaching about the* *kingdom*. *They obviously still expected Jesus* *soon to set up an earthly kingdom*, and *each of them was hoping to have a high rank* in that dominion. They were *especially competitive about being number one.*
 
*Perhaps it was earlier that same day* (see 17:22-23) that *Jesus had told them* (for the third time) about *His impending suffering and death*. Although *they did not fully understand what He was saying to them *(Mark 9:32), *they should* *have sensed its gravity* And even though *they were afraid to ask Jesus what He meant* (v. 32b), it would seem they would have been discussing /that/ issue rather than which of them was to be the greatest. 
* *For the kingdom of God* there is *a cross before a crown*: 
 
*Please turn to Matthew 10*
 
*Remember the first message in this series:*
*Matthew 16:24-25*   [24]Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would *come after me*, let him *deny himself* and *take up his cross* and follow me. [25]For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (ESV)
* This is the *essence of humility* and *the calling of the **kingdom** of **Heaven*. 
* Let me *put together everything we have heard* *last week* 
1)      *Humility begins *with *a sense of subordination to God* in Jesus (*Mt **10:24*)
2)      *Humility does not* *feel a right to better treatment than Jesus got* (*Mt. **10:25*)
3)      *It speaks truth* *as a service to Christ and as love to the adversary* (*Mt **10:27**-28*)
 
*The Disciples were so caught up in their own desire* *for prestige, glory, and personal aggrandizement* that they were *impervious to much of what Jesus said-even about His suffering, death, and resurrection.* 
 
*As Christ was contemplating His death*, *one author remarked on the story of the Christ’s triumphal entry into **Jerusalem**,** before His death*:
*Quote:** It’s the Lord!*
When I saw *Sadhu Sundar Singh* *in Europe*, he had *completed a tour around the world.* *People asked him*, Doesn’t it do harm, your *getting so much honor?”* 
The *Sadhu’s answer was:* “No. *The donkey went into Jerusalem*, and *they put garments on the ground before him.* *He was not proud*. He knew *it was not done to honor him, but for Jesus, who was sitting on his back*. *When people honor me*, I know it is *not me, but the Lord, who does the job.*” (Corrie Ten Boom, /Each New Day/)
 
* This is why *this lesson* is *so valuable this time of year*. *We can assume* so much about *the nature of the Christmas message* *that we don’t really hear what Christ is saying to us. *
 * The danger is getting *so wrapped up in personal pursuits* and *fail to hear and see what is before us.* 
 
*The Disciples demonstrated** no concept of* *humility*, *very little compassion*, and *certainly no willingness to take up their own crosses and follow Christ to death as they had been taught* (Matt. 10:38-39; 16:24-26).
 
*Several months after this lesson in Capernaum*, *their selfish ambition was still very much evident*. Probably at her sons’ instigation, *the mother of James and John* *asked Jesus, *“Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left” (*Matt. 20:20-21*). *The other disciples* were *indignant at the two brothers*, but *their indignation* was *not* *righteous* *but envious* (v. 24).
 
It must have been especially painful to Jesus that, just as on the occasion recorded in chapter 18, *this self-seeking request came immediately after* He had *predicted His suffering and death* (20:19). There is *no indication of sympathy*, *consolation, or grief concerning what their Lord was about to endure on their behalf* and on the behalf of His elect. And *on the night before He died*, while He was *eating the Last Supper* with them, *they were still arguing about their own greatness* (Luke 22:24). *Their insensitivity and selfishness* is thus demonstrated as all the more sinful because it *occurred at times when Jesus was speaking of His own suffering and death*.
 
*The rest of the disciples may have been jealous of **Peter*, knowing that *he was the most intimate with Jesus* and was always *their chief spokesman*. Peter was one of the three privileged to *witness Jesus’ transfiguration*, and only Peter had *walked on the water* or *had his **Temple** tax miraculously provided*. But it was also *only Peter who had been told by Jesus, *“*Get behind Me*, *Satan*” (Matt. 16:23), and *perhaps the other disciples* *thought the number one position was not yet finalized*.
* In *this time of year* it is particularly challenging to *consider others before ourselves.* 
 
*Quotes:** **The Test of a Truly Great Man*
It was *John Riskin who said*, *“*I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do *not mean by humility, doubt of his own power, or hesitation in speaking his opinion*. But really great men *have a* ... feeling that the *greatness is not in them but through them;* that they could not do or be anything else than God made them.*” *
*Andrew Murray said*, *“*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 while he is forgotten because ... he has received the spirit of Jesus, who pleased not Himself, and who sought not His own honor. Therefore, in putting on the Lord Jesus Christ he has put on the heart of compassion, kindness, meekness, longsuffering, and humility.*”* 
*M. R. De Haan used to say*, *“*Humility is something we should constantly pray for, yet never thank God that we have*.”* (Galaxie Software. (2002; 2002). /10,000 Sermon Illustrations/. Biblical Studies Press.)
 
*Like all of us*, *the disciples needed* *repeated lessons in humility*, and *here Jesus used a child as His illustration*. 
 
*The key to Humility is* *1) Childlikeness *
*2) Servanthood*
In *verse two*: *calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them*
/ /
/Paidion/ identifies a very young *child*, sometimes even an infant. This particular *child* was *perhaps a toddler*, just old enough to run to Jesus when *He called* him *to Himself*. Because *the group was likely in Peter’s house*, the *child* *may have belonged to Peter’s family* and *already been well known to Jesus*. In any case, *the child readily responded* and *allowed himself to be taken up into Jesus’ arms* (Mark 9:36). Jesus loved children and they loved Him, and as He sat before the disciples holding this small child in His arms, He had a beautiful setting in which to teach them profound lessons about the childlikeness of believers. *In taking the child up into his arms*, *Jesus put Himself on the same level as the child* and the *other adults around him*.
 
*Illustration**: **Wrong Clothes*
A *young man* who had *been invited to a dinner given by the South African statesman John Cecil Rhodes* *arrived by train* and *had to go directly to Rhodes’s house* in his *travel-stained clothes*. To the young guest’s horror, he *found a room full of people in full evening dress*. Soon *Rhodes** appeared*, *wearing an old suit*. He *had heard of the young man’s problem* and *wanted to spare him further embarrassment*.
 
*Rhodes** literally clothed himself with humility*. *Clothing ourselves with humility* toward others *puts us on their level*, *in their shoes,* and *keeps us from lording it over other Christians* or *flaunting our position.*
Today in the Word, February 19, 1997, p. 26
 
*The essence of the first lesson is in* *verse three:* [3]and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never *enter the* *kingdom of heaven* 
That is an absolute and far-reaching requirement of ultimate importance. *Entrance into Christ’s kingdom* *demands childlikeness.* There is *no other way* *to receive the grace of salvation than as a child.*
* *
*The **kingdom of heaven*, *a phrase Matthew uses some 32 times*, is *synonymous with the **kingdom** of **God*. It had become *common for Jews at the end of the Old Testament era,* and especially during the intertestamental period, to *substitute out of reverence* the word *heaven for the Hebrew tetragrammaton (YHWH), God’s covenant name (often rendered as Yahweh, or Jehovah*). Used in that way, *heaven* was *simply another way of saying /God/.* Both phrases *refer to the rule of God*, *kingdom of heaven* *emphasizing the sphere *and *character of His rule*, and *kingdom** of **God** **emphatically pointing to the ruler Himself*. *God rules His kingdom* with *heavenly principles* and *heavenly blessings* and *in heavenly power, majesty, and glory*. *Entering the kingdom* *means coming under the sovereign rule of God.*
 
Our Lord is talking directly about entering God’s kingdom *by faith, through salvation* that *will result in eternal glory*. The phrase “enter the kingdom of heaven” is used three times in the book of Matthew (see also 7:21; 19:23-24) and *in each case refers to personal salvation.* It is the same experience as entering into life (18:8) and entering into the joy of the Lord (25:21).
 
The fact that a person must *enter the kingdom* *assumes he is born outside of it under* the rule of Satan and that he is *not naturally* *a heavenly citizen under the rule of God*. *The purpose of the gospel* is *to show men how they may* *enter the kingdom* and *become its citizens*:
*Colossians **1:13*   [13]He has *delivered us from the domain of darkness* *and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son*, (ESV)
* It is important therefore for us *not to assume* *some natural sinlesness in Children*. 
 
*The purpose of Christ’s ministry* and *the ministries of John the Baptist* and *the apostles* *was to call people* *to the kingdom*. That is *still the supreme task of the church*.
 
*1)      **The first component presented for entering the kingdom *is *repentance.* 
*The message of John the Baptist was:*
*Matthew 3:2*   [2]"Repent, for the *kingdom of heaven is at hand*." (ESV)
 
It was with *that identical message that the Lord began His own ministry* (4:17). The initial call for ending the kingdom was a *call for people to recognize and repent of their sin*, which *involves genuine desire to turn away from it.* This repentance is not a human work but *a divine gift* that only God can grant (see 2 Tim. 2:25).
 
*Please turn back to Matthew 5*
 
*2)      **A second component of the faith that grants entrance to the kingdom* is the *recognition of **spiritual bankruptcy*. That, too, is *a work of God*, not man, because it is *the Holy Spirit who convicts of sin* (John 16:8-11). *The Beatitudes* *begin with a call to humility*, expressed there as *poverty of spirit* (Matt. 5:3). 
* *
* *
 
*Matthew 5:3-8* [3]"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the *kingdom of heaven.*   [4]"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.   [5]"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. [6]"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. [7]"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. [8]"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (ESV)
 
The Greek term behind “*poor in spirit*” refers to *a beggar who has absolutely no resources of his own.* Because *the repentant and bankrupt person* is *deeply aware of his sin*, *he mourns over it* (v. 4); *because he has no righteousness of his own*, *he hungers and thirsts for God’s righteousness *(v. 6); and *because he cannot himself cleanse his sin*, *he longs for the purity of heart* (v. 8) *that only God can provide*.
 
 
*The person who genuinely wants to enter God’s kingdom* *sees himself as utterly unworthy and undeserving*. His *awareness of his sin* *brings guilt* and *frustration over his inadequacy to remove it*. He knows that *he cannot himself cleanse his sin* and that he *has nothing to offer God that could merit forgiveness for it*. 
* If you remember the *fictional story of the little drummer boy* at Christmas. Taken to the correct meaning, the little boy *had nothing to bring the Christ Child*. Truly considered, *even his gift of music* was *a gift that God had given him. *
 
*3)* *A third component of the faith that allows entering the kingdom is **meekness*, which is *closely related to the sense of having nothing of value to offer God*. Because of *his sense of personal unworthiness*, *the humble and meek person* *neither claims nor demands* *anything of glory for himself*. *He is committed to fight* *for God’s causes, not his own.*
 
The one who enters God’s kingdom also *will have a desire and capacity to be obedient.* *Matthew **7:21*   [21]"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the *kingdom of heaven,* but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (ESV)
 
*Entering God’s kingdom* is *more than simply expressing the wish to be in it* and *having the conviction that Jesus is its Lord*. *The sovereign, saving God* *will produce in the soul* *a personal submission to Jesus as Lord* and *a new heart* *longing to obey His commands.* *The person who is unwilling to leave the things of the world* *for the things of the Lord* *has no genuine desire for salvation* (8:19-22). Coming into the *kingdom* assumes by the very term that one *comes under the rule of the Lord of that kingdom.*
 
*As Jesus took the young child in His arms* and *held him up before the disciples*, *the Lord gathered up all those elements of salvation explaining the beginning of verse three:*
*Matthew 18:3* [3]and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you *turn* and *become like children*, you will never *enter the* *kingdom of heaven** ESV*
* *
The phrase *turn~/are converted* translates an aorist passive of /strephō/, which elsewhere in the New Testament is always translated with an idea of “turning” or “turning around.” It *means to make an about face* and *go in the opposite direction*. Peter used a form of the term twice in his message shortly after Pentecost, as he called his hearers to: 
*Acts **3:19*   [19]*Repent* therefore, and *turn* again, that your sins may be blotted out, (ESV)
*Acts **3:26*   [26]God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by *turning every one of you from your wickedness*." (ESV)
 
*Conversion* is *the other half of repentance*. *Repentance* *is being sorry for sin and turning away from it;* *conversion *is *the expression of will* that *fully turns from sin to the Lord*. Psalm 51:13 alludes to these two halves of the turning when it declares, “and sinners will be converted to Thee.” Jesus’ use here of the *passive voice* indicates that the *disciples could not be* *converted* *from sin to righteousness by their own efforts* but *needed someone else* *to turn them around*. Although the response of a person’s will is required, only *God has the power to convert.*
 
To be *converted* requires people to *become like children*, Jesus explained. *A little child is* *simple, dependent, helpless, unaffected, unpretentious, unambitious*. *Children are not* *sinless *or *naturally unselfish*, and *they display* *their fallen nature from the earliest age*. But they are nevertheless *naive and unassuming, trusting of others and without ambition for grandeur and greatness.*
* *Children trust their daddy* *to take care of them*. *They do not lie awake* *wondering where the next meal is coming from*. *They are anxiety free* and *confident* that *everything they need will be provided*. 
 
*Quote:** “*Remember, *the Lord Jesus is talking* *about /conversion/* *not* */reversion. /*Some people *(mistakenly) think* *this verse means that you must revert back to your childhood in some unusual fashion *or that you are to *become juvenile in your actions in order to enter the kingdom of heaven.* *The Lord is not talking about* *going back to a former childhood*, *but rather of going on* *to a new life*. Here our Lord gives logic to the thinking of the disciples as *He diverts their attention* *from the matter of holding an exalted place in the kingdom to that of primary importance*; namely, of *first being able to secure entrance into that kingdom*. This is as radical as:
*John 3:3** *  [3]Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is *born again* he cannot see the *kingdom** of **God**.*" (ESV), 
 
The important thing emphasized in this verse is the new birth. *You must become a little child* *in the sense that you must be born again*. *When you are born again*, *you start out spiritually as a child”.*
(McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). /Thru the Bible commentary/. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (4:98). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.)

* He’s *not suggesting* *childesness.* 
*1 Corinthians **14:20*   [20]Brothers, *do not be children in your thinking*. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. (ESV)
 
*The key to Humility is* *1) Childlikeness 2) Servanthood & quickly*
*3) Brokenhearted Boldness** *
*The conclusion is then in* *verse four:*
*Matthew 18:4** *[4]*Whoever* *humbles himself like this child* is *the greatest in the kingdom of heaven*. ESV
 
*Who is this message for?* The *first word of verse four* tells us: *Whoever. *
 
“It is the person who *humbles himself like this child,”* Jesus declared, “who *is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”* The verb behind *humbles* is /tapeinoō/, which has the *literal meaning of making low In God’s eyes*, the one who *lowers himself* is the one who is elevated; the one who genuinely considers himself to be the least is the one God considers to be *the greatest*. 
 
*Jesus said:** *
*Matthew 23:11-12*   [11]The greatest among you shall be your servant. [12]Whoever exalts himself will be *humbled*, and whoever *humbles himself will be exalted*. (ESV)
 
*For the Self-righteous* Jews who *exalted themselves* so highly as to *think God was pleased with them for their own goodness*, this was a shattering blow.
* The nature of humility pictured with a child shows the *end to the desire* *for power, status, self-sufficiency, rights *and* control. * 
*Quote:** *The great Lutheran commentator *R. C. H. Lenski had a neat comment on this passage that is particularly fitting at Christmas: “*He who thinks of making no claims shall have all that others claim and by claiming cannot obtain. ... Only an *empty vessel can God fill with his gifts*. And the emptier we are of anything that is due to ourselves, the more can God pour into these vessels his eternal riches, honors, and glories*”* (/The Interpretation of St. Matthew’s Gospel/ [Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1943], 683).
 
In *considering the gifts* *God has given us*, it is *humility* that *enables us to truly use them for God’s glory:*
*Illustration**: **William Carey*
*William Carey* is *considered the father of modern missions*. The man who *spent his early years as a cobbler* *became* *one of the greatest linguists the church has ever known*. It’s reported that *Carey translated* *parts of the Bible into as many as 24 Indian languages*. *When he first went to **India**,* *some regarded him with dislike and contempt.* *At a dinner party* *a distinguished guest, hoping to humiliate Carey*, said in a loud voice, *“*I suppose, Mr. Carey, *you once worked as a shoemaker*.*” Carey responded humbly*, “No, your lordship, *not as a shoemaker, only a cobbler*.*”* *Carey didn’t claim to make shoes*, *only to* *mend them.*
Today in the Word, September 21, 1995, p. 28.
* *
*A little* *child* *makes no claims* *of worthiness or greatness*. *Just as in the realization of obtaining Christmas toys,* *he simply submits* *to the care of his parents* and others who love him, *relying on them for all that he needs*. 
He *knows he cannot meet his own needs* and *has no resources to stay alive*. *That is the kind of humble submissiveness* *that results in greatness in God’s eyes and in His* *kingdom*.
 
*Please turn to James 4*
* *
*The greatest in the kingdom of heaven* is *the one who is humble, unaffected, genuinely sincere, undemanding, not self-centered, receptive to whatever God offers, and eagerly obedient to whatever He commands.*
 
*James* presents *an invitation to salvation* that unarguably *reiterates what our Lord demands in this passage of Matthew:*
*James 4:6-10*   [6]But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives *grace to the humble*." [7]Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [8]Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. [9]Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. [10]*Humble yourselves before the Lord*, and *he will exalt you.* (ESV)

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