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452» 1Pet 5:5b . . and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
The Greek word for humble basically pertains to lowliness of mind; viz:
modesty, which Webster's defines as freedom from conceit or vanity.
Lowliness of mind is to be greatly desired for its blessing.
● Matt 5:3 . . Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
Humility is very rare on internet forums. Active members are typically easily
insulted and infected with vanity; plus imperious, domineering, despotic,
assertive, confrontational, arrogant, conceited, reactive, thin-skinned, self
righteous, emotional, critical, and defensive. Those are not what I would call
good Christian attributes. They also have a propensity to jump to
conclusions, get the wrong impression, and fly off the handle. Those aren't
good Christian attributes either; in point of fact; none of those attributes are
blessing-worthy.
"Grace" is one of those ambiguous abstract nouns that nobody seems to
agree upon. Noah found grace in God's eyes (Gen 6:8) which in his case,
regarded providence; which can be defined as kindly patronage. It was by
God's providence that Noah and his family survived the Flood while the sons
of God and their harems didn't. Let that sink in. Just because people label
themselves a Christian, and profess a belief in Christ, is no guarantee they'll
escape the horrors of the book of Revelation. Noah was a righteous man,
and perfect in his generation; too many of today's card-carrying Christians
are neither.
The Greek word for "proud" basically means appearing to be above others,
viz: haughty. Those kinds of people typically regard others with contempt,
i.e. undeserving of respect or even so much as common courtesy. Haughty
people are typically cruel, thoughtless, insensitive, and badly infected with a
superiority complex, which goes hand in hand with arrogance: defined as an
exaggerated sense of one's importance, sometimes manifested in an
overbearing manner.
Arrogant people can be intolerably pushy and assertive at times; standing up
to them usually always provokes an indignant reaction and a call to arms, so
to speak, because these folk regard any and all disagreements with their
way of thinking as demeaning attacks upon their core values and their
distorted sense of self worth. These people have very little interest in
harmony; they're stand-up fighters whose primary interest is defeating
and/or suppressing the opposition.
Seeing as how Heaven is reputed a place of peace, then the arrogant, the
haughty, and the proud cannot be allowed to go there with their impious
personalities. For sure they'd just end up making things very uncomfortable
for Heaven's normally mild-mannered, affable society.
_
452» 1Pet 5:5b . . and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
The Greek word for humble basically pertains to lowliness of mind; viz:
modesty, which Webster's defines as freedom from conceit or vanity.
Lowliness of mind is to be greatly desired for its blessing.
● Matt 5:3 . . Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
Humility is very rare on internet forums. Active members are typically easily
insulted and infected with vanity; plus imperious, domineering, despotic,
assertive, confrontational, arrogant, conceited, reactive, thin-skinned, self
righteous, emotional, critical, and defensive. Those are not what I would call
good Christian attributes. They also have a propensity to jump to
conclusions, get the wrong impression, and fly off the handle. Those aren't
good Christian attributes either; in point of fact; none of those attributes are
blessing-worthy.
"Grace" is one of those ambiguous abstract nouns that nobody seems to
agree upon. Noah found grace in God's eyes (Gen 6:8) which in his case,
regarded providence; which can be defined as kindly patronage. It was by
God's providence that Noah and his family survived the Flood while the sons
of God and their harems didn't. Let that sink in. Just because people label
themselves a Christian, and profess a belief in Christ, is no guarantee they'll
escape the horrors of the book of Revelation. Noah was a righteous man,
and perfect in his generation; too many of today's card-carrying Christians
are neither.
The Greek word for "proud" basically means appearing to be above others,
viz: haughty. Those kinds of people typically regard others with contempt,
i.e. undeserving of respect or even so much as common courtesy. Haughty
people are typically cruel, thoughtless, insensitive, and badly infected with a
superiority complex, which goes hand in hand with arrogance: defined as an
exaggerated sense of one's importance, sometimes manifested in an
overbearing manner.
Arrogant people can be intolerably pushy and assertive at times; standing up
to them usually always provokes an indignant reaction and a call to arms, so
to speak, because these folk regard any and all disagreements with their
way of thinking as demeaning attacks upon their core values and their
distorted sense of self worth. These people have very little interest in
harmony; they're stand-up fighters whose primary interest is defeating
and/or suppressing the opposition.
Seeing as how Heaven is reputed a place of peace, then the arrogant, the
haughty, and the proud cannot be allowed to go there with their impious
personalities. For sure they'd just end up making things very uncomfortable
for Heaven's normally mild-mannered, affable society.
_
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