SS1 CRS
2nd Term
HUMILITY
Meaning of humility (Phil 2:1-11): Humility is
a personal quality of one not thinking that he or she is better than others. As
a way of showing humility, one should esteem others better than oneself, and be
ready to take the lowest position like Jesus who though being God, yet reduced
himself to man, and even among men, he had to die the lowest kind of death – a
death of shame on the cross. If one humbles oneself before God, one will be
lifted up, because God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.
Ways of
demonstrating humility (James 4:10, I Peter 5:5-9, John 11:3-5): (1)
By esteeming others better than oneself. (2) By accepting corrections from
others. (3) By correcting others with love (4) By obedience to elders and other
authorities
Consequences
of pride (James 4:6, I Peter 5:5, Matt 23:12)
1. 1.Resistance from God: God
resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.
2. 2.Inability to learn: Since
the proud refuse correction, they cannot learn.
3. 3.Unnecessary hardship: people
do not cooperate with a proud person, and this makes his or her work
unnecessarily hard.
4.Uncelebrated success:
even if a proud person eventually succeeds, people would be reluctant to
celebrate him. In fact, it is his faults and failures in other aspects that they
would look out for, reveal and emphasize over his success.
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