Pride & Humility

Humility in the Proverbs

The posture of a receiver is humble

Why would you not hear from God?

The fear of the Lord is ultimately humble

1:29-31, 3:5-8, 34, 8:13, 11:2, 12, 12:9, 15-16, 15:25 15:31-33, 16:5, 18-19, 18:12, 21:4, 22:4, 26:12,16, 27:1, 28:26, 29:23,

Wise in your own eyes

Do not listen Hates reproof: 13:1, 13 15:5, 31-33, 19:27, 28:9 Humbly putting yourself under the authority of the Lord or the Law

Scoffer 15:12, 21:11, 24*

Anger 14:29, 16:32, 19:11, 30:33

20:9,14

Hastiness 29:20

Stubbornness 29:1

Trust in yourselves rather than the Lord

The way I came to know Christ

Submission to authorities is humility in practice

Do you like the book of Proverbs, or even need it? Do you need wisdom to go about your life?

What do I have that I didn’t receive? Acknowledge that whatever wisdom we have comes ultimately from God, chastening my pride in thinking that anything came from me and keeps me humble knowing that whatever wisdom I do need, I am dependent on the Lord to get it rather than my own abilities, spiritually or intillecually.

Thankfulness

Repentance

Prayer

Is pride truly at the root of all sin? Calvin?

How well do you accept discipline and rebuke?

The random collection of Proverbs reflects the messiness of life (Longman) The lack of structure is based on the refusal to see life as a neat system.

Being or appearing humble as a means of self exaltation

http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/ask-pastor-john/how-do-you-remain-humble

What is Pride – Definition

What is humility – Definition

*The way I came to know Christ - The Fear of the Lord - The posture of a receiver is humble Think of the cross

*Thankfulness: –gratefulness, transfer glory to God, Identify evidences of grace

*Repentance: study sin, be very aware that you don’t have it all together

*Accountability: Accept rebuke and Invite and pursue correction

*Depend: Prayer -Dependence and need

*Service

Pride doesn’t accept the counsel of the Lord,

Pride doesn’t accept the counsel of Men

Pride trusts in itself

Slugishness,

Intellectual pride