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FROM PRIDE TO HUMILTYFROM PRIDE TO HUMILTY
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What the natural man wants
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The Darkness Hates the LightThe Darkness Hates the Light
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PRIDE – THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON - STRONGS NT 5244
1. showing oneself above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent2. especially in a bad sense, with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty.
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HUMILITYHUMBLE – THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON – STRONGS 5011 (Adjective) & 5012 (Verb)
Lowly in spirit, humble… not rising far from the ground… a deep sense of one's (moral) littleness; modesty, humility, lowliness of mind
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HUMILITYHUMBLE – VINES EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY – STRONGS 5011 (Adjective) & 5012 (Verb)
primarily signifies "low-lying." …"of low degree, brought low," … "lowliness of mind"
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Contrast between pride and humilityContrast between pride and humility
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CHIEF EXAMPLES OF PRIDE AND HUMILITYCHIEF EXAMPLES OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY
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Phil 2:5-8Phil 2:5-8
……He humbled Himself by becoming He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. - NASVdeath on a cross. - NASV
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HUMBLE BIRTH IN A MANGERHUMBLE BIRTH IN A MANGER
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John 13:14John 13:14 "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
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Hectic lives
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Isa 13:14 I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High. – The Bible in Basic English
SATAN’S PRIDE
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Isa 14:11 - Your Isa 14:11 - Your pride has been pride has been brought down to brought down to Sh'olSh'ol -- The Complete Jewish Bible. The Complete Jewish Bible.
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Ezek 28:17Ezek 28:17 - - Your heart grew Your heart grew proud because proud because of your beauty, of your beauty, you corrupted you corrupted your wisdom for your wisdom for the sake of your the sake of your splendor.splendor.
The Complete Jewish Bible.The Complete Jewish Bible.
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King Solomon married King Solomon married strange wives and strange wives and worshipped their gods.worshipped their gods.
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1 Kings 11 - 9 So the LORD became angry with Solomon, 1 Kings 11 - 9 So the LORD became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God because his heart had turned from the LORD God NKJVNKJV
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Inquisition Inquisition
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Dan 7:25 - He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High… NKJV
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2 Thess 2:3-43 … the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. NKJV
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John the Baptist
Peter
Mary
David
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Mark 1:7 - And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. NKJV
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Luke 1 - 46 And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. 48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; NKJV
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Luke 5:88 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!" NKJV
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2 Sam 16: 9 Then Abishai… said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please, let me go over and take off his head!" NKJV
2 Sam 16:11 And David said… "See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now may this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the LORD has ordered him. NKJV
2 Sam 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day.“NKJV
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2 Tim 4:162 Tim 4:16 May it not be charged against them.May it not be charged against them. NKJVNKJV
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E255 par 3 – Those lacking self-confidence are made useful by the… Spirit of truth TOO HUMBLE?
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Phil 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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2 Cor 12:9 - … "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. NKJV
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OTHER EXAMPLES OF PRIDE
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Matt 23:5-12 SINS OF THE PHARISEES* Do works to be seen by men* Love the best seats* Love greetings* Love to be called Rabbi
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Matt 6:6 - …your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. NKJV
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R875:4 - To aspire to advancement for self-glory or self-gratification, to desire personal preferment above others, is contrary to the spirit of God's plan which is love.
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R1487:1 - The man who underrates his worth comes much nearer to the truth than the man who overrates.
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R4163 : page 111 - "There is a pride that looks up with envy, as well as a pride that looks down with scorn."
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KING UZZIAH’S PRIDE
2 Chron 26:16-23• King Uzziah’s heart lifted up in pride• Entered temple to burn incense unlawfully• Azariah and eighty other priests opposed the king.• God struck the defiant king with leprosy • King Uzziah remained a leper till he died
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2 Chron 26:16 – “his heart was lifted up, to his destruction”
Prov 16:18 says, “Pride goes before destruction."
R4786
• King Uzziah considered himself above God’s rules
• Lesson is humility
• Good intentions are not enough. Study is required to learn and practice God’s Divine Will.
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2 Tim:2:5 - And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules. - Weymouth
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2 Tim:2:5 - And if any one takes part in an athletic contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules. - Weymouth
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Matt 7:22-2322 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' NKJV
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Matt 7:22-2322 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' NKJV
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Num 12:3 - Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth. NKJV
MOSES
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Num 20:7 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8 "Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water… NKJV
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Num 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, "Hear now,
you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?" NKJV
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Num 20:11 Then Num 20:11 Then Moses lifted his Moses lifted his hand and struck hand and struck the rock twice the rock twice with his rod; and with his rod; and water came out water came out abundantly, and abundantly, and the congregation the congregation and their animals and their animals drank. NKJVdrank. NKJV
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Num 20:12 - Then Num 20:12 - Then the LORD spoke the LORD spoke to Moses and to Moses and Aaron, "Because Aaron, "Because you did not you did not believe Me, to believe Me, to hallow Me in the hallow Me in the eyes of the eyes of the children of Israel, children of Israel, therefore you therefore you shall not bring shall not bring this assembly into this assembly into the land which I the land which I have given them." have given them." NKJV NKJV
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Num 20:10 - Must we bring water for you out of this rock?" - NKJV
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Num 16 - Korah and 250 leaders rose up against Moses and Num 16 - Korah and 250 leaders rose up against Moses and Aaron accusing them of self exaltation above the assembly.Aaron accusing them of self exaltation above the assembly.
KORAH’S KORAH’S REBELLIONREBELLION
Num 16:3 - "You take too Num 16:3 - "You take too much upon yourselves… much upon yourselves… Why … do you exalt Why … do you exalt yourselves …?"yourselves …?" NKJV NKJV
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God Appointed Leaders for each Age
• 1st Dispensation: Enoch & Noah• Beginning of 2nd Dispensation: Patriarchs• Jewish: Judges & Prophets• Gospel Age: Apostles & 7 Messengers• Gospel Harvest: Wise & Faithful Steward
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Numbers 16:3 - “all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them.” NKJV
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My Will or Thy Will?
1 Sam 15 - Only when King Saul was little in his own eyes could the Lord use him.
Saul
Samuel
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To obey is better than sacrifice
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“If any man considers that he has attained a satisfactory spiritual state, from that very moment he may date the beginning of his spiritual decline.” R1885:col 1, ¶4, page 250
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“It is only when we are little in our own eyes that God can use us with safety to ourselves.” - R1920 col 2, par 3
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GIVE GOD THE GLORY
1 Cor 1:26 – “…God has chosen the foolish things… that no flesh should glory…” NKJV
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR NEBUCHADNEZZAR Dan 4:30Dan 4:30
"Is not this great "Is not this great Babylon, that I have Babylon, that I have built for a royal built for a royal dwelling by my dwelling by my mighty power and for mighty power and for the honor of my the honor of my majesty?" NKJVmajesty?" NKJV
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Dan 5:20 - …when his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed… NKJV
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Rom 12:16…Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. NKJV
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R2060 col 2, point 7
Self Conceit blocks heart reformation and usefulness in God’s service.
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R2060 col 2, point 7 (continued) Distrustfulness of self and reliance upon God will enable us to depart from evil
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2 Sam 7:16
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever. NKJV
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2 Sam 7:18 - "Who am I, O Lord GOD? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? NKJV
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Gen 41:15
“I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it."
Gen 41:16
"It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace." NKJV
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GOD SHOWS MERCY TO THE REPENTANT
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King Ahab has Naboth murdered
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Elijah condemns Elijah condemns King AhabKing Ahab
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1 Kings 21:27-2827 So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning. 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 "See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house." NKJV
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HUMILITY FIRST, THEN WISDOM
F97 ¶2 “In order to have … wisdom …. We must possess … humility, else we will fail to discern our own weaknesses, ..”
Prov 9:10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”
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1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife… as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. NKJV
A HUSBAND SHOULD BE HUMBLE
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F497, ¶1
The humility which belongs to the spirit of love will hinder him from being blind to the estimable qualities which the Creator apportions to the female,
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F497, ¶1
and he will recognize that his own qualities of heart and head need to be supplemented by the other qualities which by nature specially reside in the woman.
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F497, ¶1
He will, therefore, in proportion as he has "the spirit of a sound mind," desire the help of his wife, her cooperation, her views, her sympathy, her love, and will appreciate them highly.
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1 Peter 3:
1 …wives…be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word…
A WIFE SHOULD BE HUMBLE
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1 Peter 3:
… they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, 2 as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.
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F500, ¶2 - … my husband will be blessed by the uplifting influences which I will be enabled to bring to him…
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F500, ¶2
…in proportion as I find my husband deficient, I will seek to … lift him up, to make of him a noble man … that I may thus increase my love and reverence for him.
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HUMILITY OF THE APOSTLESHUMILITY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
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1 Cor 9:27 - But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. NKJV
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HUMILITY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
2 Cor 10:1 - Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — who in presence am lowly among you… NKJV
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1 Cor 4:11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, 1 Cor 4:11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. NKJVAnd we labor, working with our own hands. NKJV
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HUMILITY OF THE APOSTLE JOHN
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Rev 1:1 - The Revelation of Jesus Christ, … He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, NKJV
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Rev 1:9 - I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. NKJV
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HUMILITY IN ELDERS 1 Tim 3:6 - not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. NKJV
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1 Peter 5:1-3: The elders who are among you I exhort… Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not… as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; NKJV
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F296, ¶2A self-seeking brother should be passed by, however capable…
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F278, ¶4 - Priest-craft, and not the teachings of our Lord and his twelve apostles, is responsible for the division of the saints into two classes, called "clergy" and "laity."
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ELECTION OF ELDERS BY VOTEELECTION OF ELDERS BY VOTE
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Acts 14: 23 - And in every Church, after prayer and fasting, they selected Elders by show of hands, and commended them to the Lord on whom their faith rested. - Weymouth “appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly.” - Rotherham
“elected elders.” - RVIC
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2 Cor 8:19 - … he is the one who was chosen by the vote of the Churches to travel with us… - Weymouth
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Acts 6:3 -Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty. Weymouth
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R3114, col 2, par 2 - "Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity."-- Pride is an abomination to the Lord and to all those who partake of his spirit. It is a weed which, if once permitted to take root in the heart, will soon crowd out every grace. The Psalmist says, "I hate vain thoughts"; and such should be our sentiments…
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R3114, col 2, par 2 R3114, col 2, par 2 (continued) - The grace of (continued) - The grace of humility, meekness, is one humility, meekness, is one of the most beautiful that of the most beautiful that can adorn the character. It can adorn the character. It takes a sober estimate of takes a sober estimate of personal qualifications, is personal qualifications, is not puffed up, does not not puffed up, does not behave unbecomingly, and behave unbecomingly, and seeks to exercise its talents, seeks to exercise its talents, not for pride and vain glory, not for pride and vain glory, but for the joy of doing but for the joy of doing good. It is modest, candid good. It is modest, candid and sincere, both in and sincere, both in consideration of its own consideration of its own qualifications and those of qualifications and those of others.others.
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FROM PRIDE TO HUMILTYFROM PRIDE TO HUMILTY