"For I SAY, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."
ROMANS 12 : 3
It is nearly impossible for a modern-day pastor to fulfill all that is required in the apostle Paul's admonition to believers not to think of themselves more highly than they ought to be that was the verse say.. the drive for success and the covetousness in the quest for number leave room, if any, for genuine himility.
Humility is an elusive grace. It ought to be highly desired and pursued. But the manifestation of true humility turns off many modern professors of Christianity. How can this be?
Many mordern Christian thinkers believe humility to be elusive due to faulty notions. They think it is the sort of grace that once you realize you have it, you don't. That is not the case. For example, Moses continually and fervently mediated for the nation before God, but he considered his personal reputation and achievement to be nothing, God's glory and agenda were everything to him. There are times when God does the humbling. In Isaiah, we see God using a "hired razor" (Isa. 7:20) to humble His people as they were carried into captivity. God humilated them. He made them of no reputation. He brought them low so that they would look to heaven for his deliverance. But God was not done with Israel or Judah.
Throughout the first 28 chapter of Isaiah, the reader meets a contrast between the way of the proud and the way of the humble. Those who were to be a testimony to the nation were too proud in their sin. They thought all was well. But the living God knew how things really were. God's humbling of his people has a purging effect.
All too often those who profess to be God's people don't desire God's work of humbling because they are looking for exaltation in its place. Men do not naturally esteem themselves lowly in order for God or others to be lifted up. How many times have people praised a message that ought to have melted them away? Humility as a grace and humilation
as the work of God are outside of the understanding and expectation of God's people today.
There is another misunderstanding of humilty that has caused the propagation of the Gospel to be softened. The most subtle form of this practicpal heresy says, "Doctrine divides while love united." A person who asserts the ancient and proven dogmas of scripture is often looked at as sole fossilized dinosaur called the arrogantosaurus. Humility before God and man makes a meek man a powerful tool for good in God's arsenal.
Christian are to be humbled by the teaching of Scripture. They are to willingly place themselve under the authority of God's truth. This means forgoing their truly arrogant "right" to believer what they want. Believers must love God with all of their minds. This includes submission to Him as the giver of truth. Being humble before God and man does not mean that must assert boldly the claims of the truth. It is not arrogant in and of itself to speak of absolute truths.
Humility remain the elusive grace. The question to stir our souls if not, "What Would Jesus do? and how can I follow His example? Seek God's humbling grace before your humilation in chastisement or at the end of time. At that point, all men will surely bow the knee before King Jesus, the humble sovereign
ROMANS 12 : 3
It is nearly impossible for a modern-day pastor to fulfill all that is required in the apostle Paul's admonition to believers not to think of themselves more highly than they ought to be that was the verse say.. the drive for success and the covetousness in the quest for number leave room, if any, for genuine himility.
Humility is an elusive grace. It ought to be highly desired and pursued. But the manifestation of true humility turns off many modern professors of Christianity. How can this be?
Many mordern Christian thinkers believe humility to be elusive due to faulty notions. They think it is the sort of grace that once you realize you have it, you don't. That is not the case. For example, Moses continually and fervently mediated for the nation before God, but he considered his personal reputation and achievement to be nothing, God's glory and agenda were everything to him. There are times when God does the humbling. In Isaiah, we see God using a "hired razor" (Isa. 7:20) to humble His people as they were carried into captivity. God humilated them. He made them of no reputation. He brought them low so that they would look to heaven for his deliverance. But God was not done with Israel or Judah.
Throughout the first 28 chapter of Isaiah, the reader meets a contrast between the way of the proud and the way of the humble. Those who were to be a testimony to the nation were too proud in their sin. They thought all was well. But the living God knew how things really were. God's humbling of his people has a purging effect.
All too often those who profess to be God's people don't desire God's work of humbling because they are looking for exaltation in its place. Men do not naturally esteem themselves lowly in order for God or others to be lifted up. How many times have people praised a message that ought to have melted them away? Humility as a grace and humilation
as the work of God are outside of the understanding and expectation of God's people today.
There is another misunderstanding of humilty that has caused the propagation of the Gospel to be softened. The most subtle form of this practicpal heresy says, "Doctrine divides while love united." A person who asserts the ancient and proven dogmas of scripture is often looked at as sole fossilized dinosaur called the arrogantosaurus. Humility before God and man makes a meek man a powerful tool for good in God's arsenal.
Christian are to be humbled by the teaching of Scripture. They are to willingly place themselve under the authority of God's truth. This means forgoing their truly arrogant "right" to believer what they want. Believers must love God with all of their minds. This includes submission to Him as the giver of truth. Being humble before God and man does not mean that must assert boldly the claims of the truth. It is not arrogant in and of itself to speak of absolute truths.
Humility remain the elusive grace. The question to stir our souls if not, "What Would Jesus do? and how can I follow His example? Seek God's humbling grace before your humilation in chastisement or at the end of time. At that point, all men will surely bow the knee before King Jesus, the humble sovereign
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