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We have been studying the book of Proverbs, and particularly the opening chapters, where the father is speaking to the son about the need for wisdom, and then we have gotten beyond those introductory chapters to a subsequent point where it gets into more of a topical study. regarding wisdom and we have been as a first order dealing with the subject of pride and that's particularly appropriate because if we are not humble enough to listen to hear and to heed God's word then really going through the rest of the book will profit us nothing so it's an appropriate subject as we consider the book of Proverbs to undertake first but trusting that you're all there let's ask for God's blessing on the preaching of his word Lord God and Heavenly Father, we are thankful for preaching. We are thankful that through those whom you have called, you address your people. We ask that you would circumcise our ears, that your word might find entry into the depths of our heart. and there take root to bring forth fruit for your honor and glory. Hear us, we pray, for Jesus' sake. Amen. 1 Peter chapter 5, we'll be reading verses 5 through 7. Young men, in the same way, be submissive to those who are older. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." And thus far, the reading of God's Word. Four points to the sermon this morning, and there are four G's. Guilt, Grace, Gratitude, and Greatness. guilt, grace, gratitude, and greatness. I am deeply indebted to C.J. Mahaney. I don't know if you're familiar with him. C.J. Mahaney's book on humility, which in the course of preparing for this particular series a few weeks ago, so impressed me that I thought I should preach this particular sermon before we leave the subjects of pride and humility. There are two commands here in this text. with respect to humility. The first is in verse 5. Peter had been addressing young men in the first part of that passage. He says, in the same way, be submissive to those who are older, but then expands his application in the second part of verse 5 when he says, all of you. And the first command with respect to humility is found there. It's all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another. now occasionally in new testament you know if you're a good student of the bible that there are these exhortations to clothe yourselves uh... with various uh... characteristics or in this case virtues however it seems that uh... this is a reference to particular practice in new testament times it used to be that there were uh... today we might call it a schmata or rag or some kind of cloth but that was an item which was worn in the tunic externally for all to see which identified you to somebody as a slave rather than as a free man and this article of clothing or item of clothing was worn by slaves so that they would be recognized by everybody for what they were And if that's the case, then what Peter is saying here is that we are to clothe ourselves with the virtue of humility, and that for Christians, humility is to be recognized in us by both our character and our conduct. That humility is to be recognized in a Christian by the Christian's character and by their conduct. So what does Paul mean when he says, clothe yourselves with humility? He's saying in your character and in your conduct, you should be humble. And we'll look at that. How do we actually do that, or accomplish that, or discover that, as it were, will be the content of the sermon. But second, you see in verse 6, The second command with respect to humility is in verse 6, humble yourselves therefore under God's mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time. Please note the word therefore and at the risk of insulting your intelligence when you see the word therefore it is therefore a reason. It is therefore a reason because it is a consequence, it is a result, it is a conjunction which is connected to that which precedes it. That which precedes it in verse 6, of course, is the citation from the book of Proverbs. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Peter refers to the book of Proverbs, and that particular proverb in chapter 3, and then says, therefore, the command to humble yourself under God's mighty hand. I point that out to you because really this sermon I want you to see, although it is more topical in nature than exegetical as is my normal custom, is following the pattern of Peter. That is, it's following what we've looked at in Proverbs regarding the problems of pride and humility in an attempt to apply that now so that we, in our character and in our conduct, might clothe ourselves with humility. Alright? So, we'll come back to this passage in a moment, but allow me to proceed then with that understanding amongst us to the first point. How do we clothe ourselves with humility? How can we cultivate in our character and in our conduct this virtue of humility, which last week we noted is so elusive to us? Well, my suggestion is, first of all, is that guilt helps us do this, alright? Look, if you will, at Mark chapter 10 and verse 45. Mark chapter 10 and verse 45. Mark chapter 10 and verse 45, you'll remember we looked at this in a previous sermon. The request of James and John to sit on the right and on the left in glory, the right and the left of Jesus. And then Jesus says, those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles, in verse 42, lord it over people. But then verse 43, not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. And then the verse I want to draw your attention to is verse 45, 4. Here's the reason, the rationale, if you will, underlying the instruction of Jesus that whoever wants to be great needs to be a servant or a slave. Why is that, Jesus? Well, here's the answer. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many. We noted last week in looking at Philippians chapter 2 the great example of humility that Jesus set for us, and as Paul examines that in Philippians chapter 2, he says, you should have the same mind as that which was in Jesus, who did not consider equality of God something to grasp on, but humbled himself, became obedient even to the point of death, death on a cross. But there's much more you see than just the example of Jesus. We need, not just the example of Jesus, we need the enabling of Jesus. We need the enabling of Jesus. And that's what's talked about here in verse 45. Even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many. Here's true greatness. True greatness is serving others for the glory of God, rather than serving yourself. Now, we've looked enough at pride to know that that's serving ourself. It's self-serving. Anything that's prefixed or hyphenated, preceded by self, is a matter of pride. We've considered a number of those things over the past few weeks. But true greatness, Jesus says, is serving others for the glory of God. And let me tell you, it's the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross for your sins and for my sins alone. It's that sacrifice alone that enables us to serve others for the glory of God. Serving others for the glory of God, or a life that is characterized by and is conducted according to the Word of God, by serving others for the glory of God, is both an effect and an evidence of His sacrifice for our sins. The word ransom here is interesting. To give his life as a ransom for many. The word ransom, we think of it in connection with kidnapping. Mel Gibson or something, you know. Kidnapped, right? Or maybe if we're old enough, Robert Louis Stevenson and the classic novel, Kidnapped. But ransom meant something very different in the biblical world. Ransom was the price paid to free a slave, or a prisoner of war, or a condemned criminal. That's what a ransom originally was. And Jesus says, I came to give my life as a ransom for you. Now what does that say about you, and what does it say about me? It says that we are the ones who are slaves. Anyone who sins is a slave to sin. We are the ones who are prisoners. We are prisoners of pride. And we are the ones who are justly condemned. The soul that sins, it shall die. But Jesus came to give His life as a ransom in our place, He says. You see, you can't free yourself. I can't free myself. We need a divine rescue. And that's what Jesus says He has come to do. A divine rescue is necessary. And if you're in Jesus Christ, if you turn from your sins, and if you're trusting in Jesus Christ alone for the forgiveness of your sins and eternal life, you're no longer a slave. You're no longer a prisoner of pride. You no longer have to sin, Paul says in Romans 6. And there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. That's the gospel, you see. And that's what Jesus is saying. He connects this greatness of serving others for the glory of God to His sacrifice for our sins. That He substituted Himself for us. That He sacrificed Himself for our sins so that we could be free. It's for freedom that Jesus has set us free. And what's that freedom for? Well, we've looked at this back at the twins' profession of faith. is that we may no longer serve ourselves, but that we might serve God and that we might serve others. That's what we've been set free from. So how are we to clothe ourselves with humility? Well, we can only do it as Jesus Christ enables us to do it, as He alone can set us free from condemnation, can liberate us from bondage to sin, and can free us from the prison of pride. And that's what He does by His sacrifice. He's given Himself as a ransom for our sins. Now secondly, if we're to clothe ourselves with humility, Well, we can only do that in Christ, but specifically, I would encourage you to contemplate, even meditate often, on the cross of Jesus Christ. To meditate, to contemplate often, the cross of Jesus Christ, and what Jesus was actually doing in laying down His life as a ransom for you. Alright? This is what we were just saying about in the words of number 350, isn't it? When I survey the wondrous cross, on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. How can you, and if you do, how dare you, stand in the shadow of the cross and dare to be arrogant, dare to be proud?" John Stott, who's British, pastor and author, and quite a good one. He says this, particularly instructive. He says, every time we look at the cross, Christ seems to be saying to us, I am here because of you. It's your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying. Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the cross. All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousness, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there. at the foot of the cross that we shrink to our true size. Do you remember the two crimes for which Jesus was crucified? One was, of course, that he came to be a king. So it was insurrection. It was rebellion. But the other was that he claimed to be God. Blasphemy. My friends, those are the two sins that you and I are guilty of. We want to be God. We suffer from pride. And Jesus died for that sin. so that we would be free from the prison of pride to serve others for the glory of God. We are the ones who want to be king and live not according to every word that proceeds from the mouth of God, but according to our own will. Nobody tells me what to do. How dare you tell me how I ought to live? Jesus died for that sin, so that you could be free to live according to every word that proceeds from His mouth. You want to clothe yourself with humility? You want to die to pride? Get in the shadow of that cross. But thirdly, under this guilt rubric, if you will, look at Luke 9. Verse 23, then He, that is Jesus, said to them all, if anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. The cross has been sanitized in our Contemporary Christian world. There are charms we put on bracelets and jewelry we wear around our necks, or there's something that adorns the steeples of buildings and towns and cities. All well and good. However, let us never forget that when Jesus spoke these words to his disciples, they didn't understand it as something cute and charming. They understood that the cross was an instrument of death. And it was the most horrific form of punishment reserved for the lowest of the low. And when Jesus says, if you want to come after me, you have to deny yourself and take up your cross. He's saying, you have to die. And look at what He says. Take up your cross daily. Daily. Every day you have to die. Every day you should remind yourself in your family altars or in your personal devotions of what your sin cost God. Of what your sin did to the Son of God in bearing the wrath of God and the judgment of God. An eternal, horrific hell that He underwent in His crucifixion on that cross because of you. And you see, that will make you hate pride. That will make you hate pride. When you see the vestiges of pride, and when you see the arisings of pride in yourself, you'll say, that's what killed my Savior. And you'll hate it. And you've got to put it to death every day. Every day. This is what the catechism talks about, is the putting off of the old man, the putting on of the new man. That's simply reflecting Ephesians chapter 4. Ephesians chapter 4, I don't want you to turn there, but you can look at it later. Paul simply says, you did not come to know Christ that way. You were taught with regards to your old self to put off that old man which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires. To be made new in the attitude of your minds and to put on the new man which is created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. And that's the process of sanctification. And this is what Luther talked about when he said, life is repentance. He said, you have to repent every day. This is why it's nourishkite. It's foolishness to teach our children, oh, you get to a certain point and you have to repent and believe. You've got to repent and believe every day. It never stops. And that's what Jesus is saying. You want to follow me? You've got to deny yourself. Because there's no room for you and me. It's me. And then you've got to die daily. That pride is going to stick up its ugly head every day. The minute you wake up, you know what? Pride hasn't been sleeping. It's not been sleeping. You've got to put it to death. And through the day, as you think about yourself, your own interests, your own pursuits, you've got to remind yourself, seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. I'm not here for myself. I'm here for others. And I'm here for the glory of God. I have to love God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. And I have to love my neighbor as much as I love myself. Forget about yourself. Forget about yourself. You see, you've got to put it to death every day. And then turn back to 1 Peter 5. Peter, as a good pastor, is very instructive with respect to disclosing oneself with humility. In verse 6, he issues the command in light of the Proverbs, Humble yourselves therefore under God's mighty hand that He may lift you up in due time. And then in verse 7, he tells you how to humble yourself. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. See, anxiety is a symptom of pride. Worry is a manifestation of pride. Where there's pride, where there's anxiety, where there's worry, pride is at the root of it. Why? How do you analyze this? Why is that? Because you're trying to be self-sufficient. You think that it all depends on you, you see. And that's why anxiety is pride. And Peter says, you've got to cast all your anxiety on the Lord. God gives grace to the humble. God gives grace to you to be carefree. And note this, God may be sending you cares and God may be sending you concerns. God may be sending you circumstances in order to teach you humility. To teach you that not to be self-sufficient, not to be independent, not to be autonomous, not to think that it all depends on you, but to realize and to recognize that you're completely, entirely, totally dependent upon Him. And that His grace is sufficient, no matter what. And that's why they did make an interesting study of sleep in the Bible. It's why the saints, it's why the righteous, it's why God's dearly loved people can sleep. You ever realize what a magnificent gift sleep is? How many times have you had your sleep interrupted because your brain is running in circles because you're worried sick? Been there, done that? Know anybody like that? Seen him in the mirror this morning? Right? What is that? You see, it's self-sufficiency. It's pride. Now, if it's productive thought, you know, how many hours do I have to work to make money to pay the bill? That's alright, okay? But unproductive thought is just the treadmill, isn't it? The movie never stops. It goes on and on and on. It never gets to the end. You see, that's unproductive. That's worry. That's anxiety. God may be bringing those things to you just so that you learn humility. That you trust God, not yourself. That you depend on Him, not yourself. Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him. Right? God gives grace, you see, to the humble. So guilt, good guilt, alright, not guilt trip, not guilt manipulation, but good guilt, you see, helps us clothe ourselves with humility. Secondly though, grace. Look at verse 10 in 1 Peter 5. Verse 10 in 1 Peter 5, And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast. To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen. The God of all grace who called you to His eternal glory. Grace. A daily reminder of the grace of God. will enable you to clothe yourself with humility. Why? Because God is sovereign in salvation. If we love, it's because He loved us first. He's the one who called us. He's the God of all grace, you see. I think it's one of the most ironic things in the world that those who profess to believe what are referred to as the doctrines of grace, that is the sovereignty of God and salvation, calling, election, justification, etc., etc., etc., that those who profess to believe in the doctrines of grace are actually arrogant and obnoxious about it. that we can look down our noses at other people who don't believe in this and think that somehow they're inferior and that we're their intellectual superior. God forbid. And if that's you, may God help you. The teaching of election is intended to inculcate one thing. Who gets the glory? God gets the glory. He's the God of all grace. He called you. It's not so that you can go around preened and primped as intellectually superior to everybody else because somehow through the pursuit of your theological studies you've attained enlightenment. How dare you? Grace inculcates humility. You want to clothe yourself with humility? You meditate for a few thousand years on this question this afternoon. Why me, Lord? Why me? I look at my family and I'm the only believing person in my family. And I say, why me? I was a bum. My aunt's a better person than I was. Why me, Lord? I wasted all the blessings you ever gave me. They were good stewards. Why me, Lord? I raised my fist in rebellion and relentlessly pursued disobedience and spit in your face. They at least were nominal in their Christianity and put on some kind of show. Why me? And the answer comes back, for no other reason than my good pleasure. God doesn't look down and say, oh, Matthew, you're the most handsome boy in the congregation. And He doesn't look down and say, oh, Abigail, you're the cutest. And He doesn't look down and say, oh, Eric, you're the most obedient. You're the ones who are going to get my favor. You're the ones who are going to get my salvation. No, it's while we were yet sinners that Christ died for us. It's a message of grace. Why me? I deserve to go to hell. That's what I deserve. Because He's the God of all graves, you see. He's the God of all graves. See, graves leaves no room for self-congratulation. Graves leaves no room for self-glorification. Remind yourself Of who God is, He's the God of all grace. You want to see how small your greatness is? Read Isaiah 40 until it sinks into the very fabric of your heart. God repeatedly says, who taught me? Who do you think you are? Thirdly, gratitude. Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a lesson in humility. And I'm convinced it's why we as a society are increasingly rejecting to use even the designation for this Thursday past as Thanksgiving Day. It's Turkey Day. It's anything but Thanksgiving Day. Why? Because if it's a day for Thanksgiving, There's somebody, or something at least, that needs to be thanked besides yourself. You see, once you acknowledge that there's thanksgiving to be given, that's a humbling thing, because you have someone or something besides yourself to whom you owe thanks. Paul says, what do you have except that which you've received? What? What do you have that God didn't give you? The hair on your head? As little as some of us may have. The coat on your back? The breath you take? The money in your wallet? What do you have that you've not received? God gave it to you. God gave it to you. Gratitude, you see, is humbling. And boys and girls, This is why manners are so important. It's why it's so important when somebody gives you something, you say thank you. It's why it's so important when you receive a present, you write a thank you to somebody. Because you're acknowledging that they didn't have to do that. They didn't owe you anything. That they freely gave you something. And manners and etiquette are an indication of considering others better than yourselves, of thinking of others before yourself. The very concrete manners you see are Christian. Christian children should be the most well-mannered children. Shouldn't be brats. I'm not saying any of our children are. Don't misunderstand me. I'm just saying, boys and girls, this is why manners are important. You see, this isn't just a matter of being nice, this is a matter of Christianity put into practice, of thinking of others before yourself, considering others more highly than yourself, of thanking others that they don't owe you anything, you see. An ungrateful person is a proud person. This is why one of the worst things that could ever happen is not to pray before you eat. is not to pray before you eat. Now, it doesn't need to be around the world prayer. You get some people, you know, you sit down at a meal, it's around the world, all of a sudden it becomes, we're going to pray for everything and the food's getting cold, alright? It doesn't have to be that, okay? But you have to acknowledge that God put that food on your table, alright? Even though some of us may never understand and never see a cow milked, Alright? That milk comes out of a container. Alright? God made the grass grow, which fed the cow, which, in the wonder of biology and animal biology, produced milk that came out of an udder and was pasteurized and homogenized and refrigerated until it got to my table on my milk, and yummy, it tastes good. God gave me that milk. You see? God gave you that milk. So what do you do before you pray? Lord, thank you. Thank you for providing for this meal. An ungrateful person is a proud person. An arrogant person. And this is a problem we have in our society. In our society, increasingly, we have a welfare mentality. People deserve what they get. They deserve it. And when you have a welfare mentality, it makes it increasingly difficult to preach grace. Because grace is a message to those who deserve nothing. And if you have a society that thinks they're entitled to everything, it's very hard to teach grace. Start your day with gratitude. First thing, remember, pride hasn't been sleeping when that alarm clock goes off. You've been asleep, but pride's not been asleep. Start your day with gratitude, not grumbling. Somebody said, thankfulness is the soil in which pride doesn't easily grow. Alright, greatness. Turn back to Mark 10, please. Mark 10. Greatness. We said that greatness, true greatness, is defined here by Jesus as serving others for the glory of God. Serving others for the glory of God. Just some concrete, specific, practical instruction with respect to this. Matthew chapter 10, 43 and 44. Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant. And whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. How can you consider others more highly than yourself? How can you think of others before yourself? How can you love your neighbor as much as you love yourself? How can you clothe yourself with humility? How can you serve others for the glory of God? How can you actually do this? Here are some things you can do. One, encourage others. Encourage others. I find all too often in the Christian church that church members have the gift of discouragement. Always got something negative and critical to say. Now, criticism, if it's constructive, is always welcome. But let's cultivate the gift of encouragement. Encourage one another. Encourage people. Look at them, and instead of finding fault, Look at them and instead of seeing a chink in their armor, look at them and instead of seeing something that ain't picture perfect, find something that you can encourage them about. Encourage them. Secondly, ask about others. Ask about others. Alright? Ask them about themselves. Instead of talking about yourself, Remember I reminded you a couple of weeks ago about conversation, how we often tend to manipulate the conversation back around so the attention is on ourselves? That's pride, right? That's pride. We want everybody to be thinking about me. We want everybody to hear about my story. We want everybody to hear about what I did, right? Ask about others. Forget about yourself. What did you do today? How was God good to you today? How did God bless you today? What did God teach you today? Ask about others. Ask about them. Think of others before yourself. Think of others before yourself. Fourthly, look for grace in others. This is kind of similar to encouragement, but look for grace in others. Look at Paul in 1 Corinthians 1. It's a marvelous example. 1 Corinthians 1. Now, I know as good Bible students, you're familiar with the church in Corinth. This was a wacky church. This was a wild and wooly church, right? I mean, these people had relationship problems, right? They had sectarian spirit, party spirit, I follow Paul, I follow Apollos, I follow this, right? You got all this going on. They had moral problems. A man has his father's wife, and they're proud of it. There's an incestuous relationship going on, and they're boasting about it, thinking this is some kind of liberation they're undergoing. You think sexual liberation began in the sixties? You're all wrong. about looking hard right they had doctrinal problems these are people denying the bodily resurrection of christ they had sacramental problems they're abusing the lord's supper god had to make some of them sick and even kill some of them because they were using the lord's supper right i mean this is all whacked church look at paul comes to them first corinthians chapter one verse four i always thank god for you Now, let me ask you a question. If you came on a church as whacked out as that, would that be the thing you'd think of first? Now, let me be honest, all right? I'll show you a little bit of my own heart. I came on a church like this, I'd say, that ain't a Christian church. Because I'm self-righteous. Remember, this is Paul, the recovering Pharisee here. I'm self-righteous. Well, Paul, the recovered Pharisee, says, I always thank God for you. Why? Look at this. Because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus. Now, I just simply want to suggest that if Paul can look at the Corinthian church and find grace in those people, we should be able to find grace in one another. Right? Shouldn't we be able to do that? Because I don't think you're as whacked out as Karin. Okay? Alright. Look for grace in others. Look for the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Love, peace, joy. Right? Look for the gifts of the Holy Spirit in other people. And put to death your own pride and self-righteousness. Look at the Hall of Fame of Faith in the book of Hebrews. Alright? Remember, this is the church of all sinners. This is the church of all sinners. If Jephthah, Barak, Gideon, Samson can be in the Hall of Fame of Faith, then less than perfect, less than fully sanctified, less than fully righteous believers can be in the church. We are the church of all sinners. We're here because Jesus has rescued us and He's in the process of sanctifying us. Be patient with me. God's not done with me yet. I hate bumper sticker theology. I don't even know why I said that. Lastly, here's a tough one. I've done easy on you up until now. Alright? Here's a tough one. Invite and pursue correction from others. Invite and pursue correction from others. For you see, pride not only destroys, but pride deceives. There is no sin more deceptive than pride. Your perception of yourself is as accurate as a funhouse mirror. You ever go in the funhouse, right? You walk in front of that mirror and it's like, it's all distorted, right? That's our perception of ourselves. That's why constantly in the Bible we're taught, don't think of yourself more highly than you ought. Why? Because you do think of yourself more highly than you ought. That's why you shouldn't. That's what you do. So what are you going to do if you have to clothe yourselves with humility, if you're going to put to death pride? Invite others to pursue correction. Alright? You need someone to hold before you the mirror, not of the funhouse, but the mirror of God's Word. And that's why those passages of reciprocal Christianity are so important in the Bible. We're going to have to do this one day. All those one and other passages in the New Testament, love one another, exhort one another, rebuke one another, encourage one another. You see, all those things are there for a reason. This is why it's important to be a member of a church and not be a lone ranger Christian. You've got to be part of a body of believers where people are going to love you enough, faithful to the wounds of a friend, to say, hey, listen, brother, you can't be doing that. Listen, sister. I want to encourage you. I see God working in your life. I see Him doing great things. I see answered prayer you may not see. But let me tell you about this, and you'll work over here. Alright? So invite and pursue correction. Have somebody that loves you enough to hold the mirror of God's Word in front of you. Alright? These are the problems you see of pride and humility. Pride is your greatest enemy. Humility is your greatest friend. Pride is satanic. It comes from the pit of hell. Humility is Christ-like and it's enabled by the Holy Spirit. Pride is encouragement to compare yourself to others. Humility is continually comparing yourself to Jesus Christ. Pride covets the success of others. Humility celebrates it. Pride is about you. Humility is about Christ and others. Pride is about your glory. Humility is about the glory of Jesus Christ. Pride says, I am God. Humility celebrates the fact that God saved me. Pride leads to arrogance. Humility leads to confidence. The point of pride is independence. The point of humility is dependence. Pride is the mother of all sin. Humility is the mother of all joy. Pride is something that can be achieved. Humility is something that must be continually pursued and is discovered when you dethrone yourself. and put Jesus Christ there instead. Because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Let's pray. Father, help us take these things to heart that we've learned over the course of these past few sermons. We're thankful for Jesus Christ. who gave his life as a ransom for proud, hell-deserving sinners such as ourselves, to liberate us from the prison of pride, to serve others for the glory of You, our Father and Jesus' Father in Heaven. Hear us, we pray, in His name, Amen. Let's sing in response, of the love of Christ, number 438. Number 438, thy love to me, O Christ.
Humility: Practical Instruction
In this sermon we learn how to discover humility by walking in the Word of the Lord.
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