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is true humility possible?
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you came from heaven to Earth to show the wayBecoming flesh to ammend.
from the Earth to the cross my debt to pay
from the cross to the sky Lord I lift your name on high
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Great Thread!
MIC. 6:8.
'He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does The LORD require of you,
but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly (lowly-modestly) with your God'?
our Heavenly Father gives us the greatest example of 'humility', in the 'spelling of His Name' -
the first letter of Jehovah, in Hebrew, is the 'smallest' letter in the Hebrew alphabet -
let's get real, is this 'modest and lowly or what???, where-as, the 'largest letter' is,
Lamed, which means 'to learn'...PS. 119.
thank You Father for this Holy example...
MIC. 6:8.
'He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does The LORD require of you,
but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly (lowly-modestly) with your God'?
our Heavenly Father gives us the greatest example of 'humility', in the 'spelling of His Name' -
the first letter of Jehovah, in Hebrew, is the 'smallest' letter in the Hebrew alphabet -
let's get real, is this 'modest and lowly or what???, where-as, the 'largest letter' is,
Lamed, which means 'to learn'...PS. 119.
thank You Father for this Holy example...
If you refuse to "waste time" defending the whole Bible, them I will show you the power of defending the whole Bible, I will do it to prove that I'm a nice guy, or at least nicer ...
Oh! There exist provoked self righteousness, hmm ...
Now we see why "love is not easily provoked"
And to say "that is proven" why? For underlying lack of humility?
Oh! There exist provoked self righteousness, hmm ...
Now we see why "love is not easily provoked"
And to say "that is proven" why? For underlying lack of humility?
Should I say thank you?
I humbly thank you?
I appreciate your kindness, may this God-given thread edify
In all honesty, I believe it's quite a daunting task to try to defend the whole new testament let alone the whole Bible just to prove that I'm a nice guy and even if I defend it I'll feel that all the effort will ultimately go down the drain
That is why self righteousness is a sin
Self righteousness seems like an oxymoron to me because righteousness. Right standing, includes denying self, humility.
Me: hi God
God: are you bitterly motivated?
Me: um ...
God: Jesus took the bitterness on cross, you know that, right?
Me:
Perhaps forgiveness can also help the process of humility, it is all about being Christ-likeMe: hi God
God: are you bitterly motivated?
Me: um ...
God: Jesus took the bitterness on cross, you know that, right?
Me:
Probably "I'm not going to argue with God."I always wonder what was going thru his mind when the HS inspired him to write that
If you recall he underestimated himself at the burning bush, and as a result his brother Aaron became the spokesman. And even after that Aaron messed up.
You know CharliBear, the longer I walk along side of Christ the more I learn just how unlike Him I am. I am full of sinful habits and react badly when something doesn't go like I planned. I keep wondering just how Jesus is going to save me from this body of death. When I delve into His word, I see myself an this evil wretch that God has shined His grace on. It never ceases to amaze me that He still cares and puts up with me. It is a very humbling walk.
That is helpful to me, knowing that we will always need Him, desperately, that we are wretched and hopeless without Him, that as we get to know Him, the more we see how insignificant we are outside of Him, that our worth is in Him alone!!!You know CharliBear, the longer I walk along side of Christ the more I learn just how unlike Him I am. I am full of sinful habits and react badly when something doesn't go like I planned. I keep wondering just how Jesus is going to save me from this body of death. When I delve into His word, I see myself an this evil wretch that God has shined His grace on. It never ceases to amaze me that He still cares and puts up with me. It is a very humbling walk.
I agree that it is action. But isn't humility in all things, how we think, feel and do? Hearers and doers of the word? I think there should be less of ourselves in all ways. I think it is like love and mercy. Both matter when applied, but true love and mercy is on all levels, in all things, no? I am not debating, really. I am just curious your thoughts.
You know CharliBear, the longer I walk along side of Christ the more I learn just how unlike Him I am. I am full of sinful habits and react badly when something doesn't go like I planned. I keep wondering just how Jesus is going to save me from this body of death. When I delve into His word, I see myself an this evil wretch that God has shined His grace on. It never ceases to amaze me that He still cares and puts up with me. It is a very humbling walk.
You raise an interesting point. What is the centre of who we are? What governs our behaviour and our motivations?
When you see children playing, everything is just a sea of one thing of interest followed by another, with accidents
and things happening along the way. There is little layers or complexity, just exploration and reacting.
Jesus called us to become like this again, or we can never enter the Kingdom of heaven.
When we discover we are fundamentally different from Jesus, we are being asked to change, and build something
new in us through the foundation of the cross and His life.
When you start to let God work at this level, you lose defence, objectivity, and you become what your heart expresses
and you are an expression of His love in the world.
So Stephen saw Jesus, walked with Him, was anointed by the Holy Spirit, and knew He was God.
He was so fed up with the pharisees and teachers of the law, he just told them where they were, and what Jesus had
done, because love mattered above anything else, and God was the light in the world, whether others recognised
it or not, much better to state the truth, even if these hypocrites took ones life, it was far better to go and be
with Jesus than stay in this cazy sinful world. So Stephen preached and died. Amen
I was going to say, "I agree," but that would obviously sound kind of weird. I am the very same, feel the very same, so in this regard, I AGREE. God bless you my dear bro……...jYou know CharliBear, the longer I walk along side of Christ the more I learn just how unlike Him I am. I am full of sinful habits and react badly when something doesn't go like I planned. I keep wondering just how Jesus is going to save me from this body of death. When I delve into His word, I see myself an this evil wretch that God has shined His grace on. It never ceases to amaze me that He still cares and puts up with me. It is a very humbling walk.
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Proverbs 21:28
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
A false witness, which is the witness who may be using God’s Word, but is not using God’s Word in the context of righteousness (Proverbs 8:8, 12:17, Romans 1:16-18). The Bible tells us plainly that those who are perishing are those who consider the preaching of the Cross foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18). Let’s be clear. Those who are not preaching the message of the Cross as the avenue to meet with God, commune with God, and to receive all that God has offered man, are not preaching the message because it is foolishness to them. I have been in that mindset before as I thought I had gone on beyond the Cross, but now I have learned that to go on beyond the Cross, is to go on without the Lord working in my life (Galatians 1:6, 5:1-4).
The man who hears is the man who is hearing the Truth, and the man who is hearing the Truth is not ashamed to declare the Truth, which is the message of the Cross. The more they hear, the more they are found sharing. Those who aren’t sharing Truth are NOT hearing Truth.
Seeking God in His Word and experiencing Him through faith in the sacrifice of Christ!
Pastor Curtis
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“when I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand (Ezek. 3:18).
The Lord, in effect, has made every single Preacher of the Gospel a “watchman.” We are to watch for people’s souls. We are to watch for false doctrine — especially for false doctrine.
If the Preacher sees wrong direction being followed, it is incumbent upon him to point out that wrong direction, and, if necessary, to the ones who are leading the false way. The Scripture is abundantly clear on the subject.
If the person or people aren’t warned, they will still die lost, because ignorance is not Salvation; however, their blood will be required at the hands of Preachers who were silent when they should have spoken up. That’s the sin of the modern Ministry, i.e., “Don’t rock the boat!” Let me also say this:
If it is any message other than the Cross, then it’s false doctrine. The Apostle Paul said so (Gal. 1:8-9).”
—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
“when I say unto the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand (Ezek. 3:18).
The Lord, in effect, has made every single Preacher of the Gospel a “watchman.” We are to watch for people’s souls. We are to watch for false doctrine — especially for false doctrine.
If the Preacher sees wrong direction being followed, it is incumbent upon him to point out that wrong direction, and, if necessary, to the ones who are leading the false way. The Scripture is abundantly clear on the subject.
If the person or people aren’t warned, they will still die lost, because ignorance is not Salvation; however, their blood will be required at the hands of Preachers who were silent when they should have spoken up. That’s the sin of the modern Ministry, i.e., “Don’t rock the boat!” Let me also say this:
If it is any message other than the Cross, then it’s false doctrine. The Apostle Paul said so (Gal. 1:8-9).”
—Donnie Swaggart (taken from the “Word for Every Day”)
Donnie Swaggart
