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Humility — a prominent Christian grace

Romans 12:3

3  For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

Romans 15:17-18

17  Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

18  For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

     

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God. For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

1 Corinthians 3:5-7

5     What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one.

     6     I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

     7     So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

    

2 Corinthians 3:5

5     Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

    

Philippians 4:11-13

11     Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

     12     I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.

     13     I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

    

It is a state of mind well pleasing to God

1 Peter 3:4

4     but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

    

it preserves the soul in tranquillity

Psalm 69:32-33

32  The humble have seen it and are glad;

You who seek God, let your heart revive.

33  For the Lord hears the needy

And does not despise His who are prisoners.

    

and makes us patient under trials

Job 1:22

22  Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.

Christ has set us an example of humility

Philippians 2:6-8

6  who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.

8  Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

    

We should be led thereto by a remembrance of our sins

Lamentations 3:39

39     Why should any living mortal, or any man,

Offer complaint in view of his sins?

    

and by the thought that it is the way to honour

Proverbs 16:18

18     Pride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

    

and that the greatest promises are made to the humble

Psalm 147:6

6     The Lord supports the afflicted;

He brings down the wicked to the ground.

    

Isaiah 57:15

15     For thus says the high and exalted One

Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,

And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit

In order to revive the spirit of the lowly

And to revive the heart of the contrite.

    

Isaiah 66:2

2     “For My hand made all these things,

Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.

“But to this one I will look,

To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

1 Peter 5:5

5     You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

    

It is a “great paradox in Christianity that it makes humility the avenue to glory.”

Humility of Christ, The.

1.     Declared by himself. Mt 11:29.

2.     Exhibited in his

a.     Taking our nature. Php 2:7; Heb 2:16.

b.     Birth. Lu 2:4-7.

c.     Subjection to his parents. Lu 2:51.

d.     Station in life. Mt 13:55; Joh 9:29.

e.     Poverty. Lu 9:58; 2Co 8:9.

f.     Partaking of our infirmities. Heb 4:15; 5:7.

g.     Submitting to ordinances. Mt 3:13-15.

h.     Becoming a servant. Mt 20:28; Lu 22:27; Php 2:7.

i.     Associating with the despised. Mt 9:10,11; Lu 15:1,2.

j.     Refusing honours. Joh 5:41; 6:15.

k.     Entry into Jerusalem. Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5,7.

l.     Washing his disciples’ feet. Joh 13:5.

m.     Obedience. Joh 6:38; Heb 10:9.

n.     Submitting to sufferings. Isa 50:6; 53:7; Ac 8:32; Mt 26:37-39.

o.     Exposing himself to reproach and contempt. Ps 22:6; 69:9; Ro 15:3; Isa 53:3.

p.     Death. Joh 10:15,17,18; Php 2:8; Heb 12:2.

3.     Saints should imitate. Php 2:5-8.

4.     On account of, he was despised. Mr 6:3; Joh 9:29.

5.     His exaltation, the result of. Php 2:9.

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Humility.

1.     Necessary to the service of God. Mic 6:8.

2.     Christ an example of. Mt 11:29; Joh 13:14,15; Php 2:5-8.

3.     A characteristic of saints. Ps 34:2.

4.     The who have

a.     Regarded by God. Ps 138:6; Isa 66:2.

b.     Heard by God. Ps 9:12; Isa 10:17.

c.     Enjoy the presence of God. Isa 57:15.

d.     Delivered by God. Job 22:29.

e.     Lifted up by God. Jas 4:10.

f.     Exalted by God. Lu 14:11; 18:14.

g.     Are greatest in Christ’s kingdom. Mt 18:4; 20:26-28.

h.     Receive more grace. Pr 3:34; Jas 4:6.

i.     Upheld by honour. Pr 18:12; 29:23.

5.     Is before honour. Pr 15:33.

6.     Leads to riches, honour, and life. Pr 22:4.

7.     Saints should

a.     Put on. Col 3:12.

b.     Be clothed with. 1Pe 5:5.

c.     Walk with. Eph 4:1,2.

d.     Beware of false. Col 2:18,23.

8.     Afflictions intended to produce. Le 26:41; De 8:3; La 3:20.

9.     Want of, condemned. 2Ch 33:23; 36:12; Jer 44:10; Da 5:22.

10.     Temporal judgments averted by. 2Ch 7:14; 12:6,7.

11.     Excellency of. Pr 16:19.

12.     Blessedness of. Mt 5:3.

13.     Exemplified

a.     Abraham. Ge 18:27.

b.     Jacob. Ge 32:10.

c.     Moses. Ex 3:11; 4:10.

d.     Joshua. Jos 7:6.

e.     Gideon. Jdj 6:15.

f.     David. 1Ch 29:14.

g.     Hezekiah. 2Ch 32:26.

h.     Manasseh. 2Ch 33:12.

i.     Josiah. 2Ch 34:27.

j.     Job. Job 40:4; 42:6.

k.     Isaiah. Isa 6:5.

l.     Jeremiah. Jer 1:6.

m.     John the Baptist. Mt 3:14.

n.     Centurion. Mt 8:8.

o.     Woman of Canaan. Mt 15:27.

p.     Elizabeth. Lu 1:43.

q.     Peter. Lu 5:8.

r.     Paul. Ac 20:19.

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[1]Torrey, R. The New Topical Text Book : A Scriptural Text Book for the Use of Ministers, Teachers, and All Christian Workers. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos research Systems, Inc., 1995, c1897.

[2]Torrey, R. The New Topical Text Book : A Scriptural Text Book for the Use of Ministers, Teachers, and All Christian Workers. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos research Systems, Inc., 1995, c1897.

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