What God says about pride & humility... Part 2

What God says about humility…

“Humility is a virtue more often praised than sought.”

“They that know God will be humble; they that know themselves cannot be proud.” John Flavel

“I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.” John Newton

“Humility is the displacement of self and the enthronement of Christ. Humiltiy means Christ is all and self is nothing.” T.A. Hegre

Humble people…
- Are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need
- Are compassionate; can forgive much because they know how much they have been forgiven
- Esteem others better than themselves
- Have a dependent spirit; recognize their need for others
- Are not argumentative
- Yield their rights; have a meek spirit
- Are self-denying – put others needs before their own
- Are motivated to serve others
- Are motivated to be faithful and make others a success
- Have a sense of their own unworthiness; are thrilled that God would use them at all
- Are humbled by how much they have to learn
- Are not concerned with self at all
- Are willing to risk getting close to others and to take risks of loving intimately
- Accept personal responsibility and can see where they are wrong in a situation
- Receive criticism with a humble, open spirit
- Are concerned with being real; what matters to them is not what others think but what God knows – are willing to risk their reputation
- Are willing to be open and transparent
- Once broken, don’t care who knows or who will find out – are willing to be exposed because they have nothing to lose
- Are quick to admit failure and seek forgiveness
- Are able to acknowledge specifics when confessing their sin
- Take the initiative to be reconciled when there is a misunderstanding or a conflict in relationships, no matter how wrong the other may have been
- Compare themselves to the holiness of God and feel desperate need for His mercy
- Walk in the light of truth
(Taken from Seeking Him Study)

“For everone who exalts himself will be humbled and he would humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11

“Do nothing from selfishness (contentiousness) or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in (among) yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped (utilized/asserted), but emptied (laid aside His privileges) Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on (of) a cross.” Phil 2:3-8