"It is pride that allows you to crawl up out of your own
hole and condemn others." ~John MacArthur
Day One: Listen to this sermon by John MacArthur. As you listen take notes. If you want, you can print the manuscript and highlight it.
Pray for God to make these truths a reality in your heart.
Day Two:
These four points summarize what true humility is. Read them and write below each one a specific area of your life that you need more humility in.
1) It is a sense of one's spiritual bankruptcy and utter unworthiness as manifested in the Beatitudes and in the sermon Jesus preached in Matthew 18 and in the book of James.
2) It is an attitude that continues after our salvation when we recognize that we are no more worthy now than we ever were in the past.
3) It is an attitude that realizes the suffering and pain that comes into our lives that cuts so deeply and buffets us...and that's a word from
2 Corinthians 12 that means fist, it's a blow to the face, the very same word used of the soldiers who punched Jesus in the face. And when we get punched around in life and falsely accused, we embrace that because we understand that through it God humbles us and the humbler we are the more powerful He is through us.
4) It's the kind of humility that is more concerned about our sins than the sins of everybody else or anybody else. It's the kind of humility that particularly looks on the interest of others demonstrated in the condescension of Jesus Christ...that's humility.
Day Three: Read Matthew chapter five. "theirs is the kingdom of heaven, for they shall be comforted, for they shall inherit the earth, for they shall be satisfied, for they shall receive mercy, for they shall see God" this is the language Jesus used to describe those who are truly saved. Who does this chapter say are the true believers? What is a sign that you belong to that kingdom, that you are a true believer?
If you are (vs. 3):___________in ______________.
If you (vs. 4):________________.
If you are (vs. 5):___________________.
If you (vs.6) ______________ and _____________ for
_____________.
According to the sermon, and the description of the believer in Matt. 5, the Kingdom belongs to the:_____________________. (hint)
Day four: Review the highlighted parts of your notes from Day One's sermon. Pray and ask God to reveal new areas of humility you need to grow in. Listen to this song: "High in the Heavens". Read the words along with the song. Make this last verse a prayer to Him.
Let us be found in your likeness,
learning to serve as you served,
filled with your Spirit, your fullness,
the fragrance of grace on the earth.
You love the heart that is humble,
you desire worship that’s true;
voices that sing for your glory
and lives that bring honour to you.
Day Five: Read Romans 7:21-8:1 (You might have memorized this for Fort this year) How does Paul's humility and ours relate to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives based on these verses? Write your answer to this in the comment box on this post.
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Humility; true greatness.
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As Psalm 19 says, we are all guilty of sins both obviously willful and secretly hidden in our hearts. The sin of pride can be seen in either of these categories. Paul says that we are in "captivity to the law of sin which is in our members." We cannot deliver ourselves from the law of sin (pride)--only Jesus can. If we have been saved by Him, we now no longer face the condemnation of the Father, and we have been given the Spirit so we can walk in true humility.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, this is Carly, not Spencer.