Andrew Murray “Humility before God is nothing if not proved in humility before men.”
1. A person who’s life is described by pride- a pattern of life, a description of character, attitude, disposition, or perspective
2. Disobedience (unfaithful) is pride- That secret quiet motive that says, I will do it my way.
Pharaoh was the counterfeit! The false
son and shepherd; who standing on a kingdom of 3000 years could not turn. The
servant of God is unassuming, pointing to humility and repentance which would
mean freedom to a whole people group. But Pharaoh would not.
Pride is probably the most basic and earliest sin, subtle and slithering into every life lived; Humility on the other hand was purchased by Jesus Christ on the cross, free to all; we must first empty our heart of self and then be full to overflowing with life.
WE become addicted to our drunken euphoric self-righteous holy pride, you know the one we hide, wash and worship- the one that comforts us saying “you’re ok” you’re doing better than them; so don’t worry.All is idolatrous religious trash unless broken at the cross.
5This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness; we lie and do not practice the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
25-The LORD tears down the house of the proud but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
33-The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
a. Defined33-The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
i. What is this Pride? n. 1. Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in Webster’s
ii. What is proud? Adj --In linguistics, an adjective is a "describing word", the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified ---
1. A person who’s life is described by pride- a pattern of life, a description of character, attitude, disposition, or perspective
2. Disobedience (unfaithful) is pride- That secret quiet motive that says, I will do it my way.
a.
Ignorance=failing
to find out what God wants
b.
Idolatry=me
and others know better than God
3.
Pride
predates mankind!- Satan
Isaiah 14:12-15-Ezekiel
28:15-17
a.
Two
passages addressed to evil kings (of Babylon and Tyre) symbolically reveal Satan’s
fall
b.
Pride
is the currency of Bad Leadership
1.
Directed
by self, emotion
c.
Reserving
for myself that which belongs to God
1.
Defining-
truth beauty goodness
4.
Adam
and Eve fallow =
a.
Genesis
3:6-7 So when the woman saw that the
tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the
tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and
ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7Then
the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed
fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
1.
Keyword
is saw-
a.
A
picture is worth a thousand words
b.
Seeing
is believing
c.
Believing
whatever I want or like; I should have.
5.
Korah
Numbers 16:1-50
a.
Cousin
of Moses and Aaron
b.
Rebellion
– not satisfied with God’s plan – carry ark
c.
I
want to be the leader, who is this man over me.
b. Warnings
i. God protects the week
1. Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. – no peace
2. Proverbs 23:10 Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless -- warning
3. Psalms 68:5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his habitation
4. Psalms 146:9 The lord watches over the sojourners: he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
5. James 1:27 True Religion=Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
ii. God rejects Pride
1. James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
2. Proverbs 6:17 There are six things that the LORD hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue,and hands that shed innocent blood,18 heart that devises wicked plans,feet that make haste to run to evil,19 false witness who breathes out lies,and one who sows discord among brothers. ß
seven that are an abomination to him:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue,and hands that shed innocent blood,18 heart that devises wicked plans,feet that make haste to run to evil,19 false witness who breathes out lies,and one who sows discord among brothers. ß
3. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall – Gods mercy, we can see our pride and repent.
4. Proverbs 29:23 Ones pride will bring him low
v God Judged Nebuchadnezzar (I built
this city) Daniel 4:30-Nabal (I owe nothing to David) 1Samuel 25:10 and Jehoram
(I decide how Judah is to worship, its working for Israel)2 chronicles 21:13.
o
Pharaoh
who hardened his heart for pride sake. Exodus 5-10
§ Who was Pharaoh?
·
The
son of Re, claiming Godhood.
·
The
emissary of Re- the sun God
·
The
head of the government
·
The
high priest of every temple
·
He
was shepherd of the land
·
Oaths
were sworn in his name
Pharaoh was the counterfeit! The false
son and shepherd; who standing on a kingdom of 3000 years could not turn. The
servant of God is unassuming, pointing to humility and repentance which would
mean freedom to a whole people group. But Pharaoh would not.
o
He
is god of his heart and cannot obey
o
When
we are prideful, God will hand us over to it making it swell within us, we will
be blind to it becoming fat with self-righteousness and superiority.
o
Before
you stone me hear me out, we all like sheep gone astray and justify ourselves,
look at the Westminster confession of faith for a high standard of explanation
and encouragement in God’s word.
Chapter 16 of good works, end of section 1.
§ They must be performed by a person
who is justified by the righteousness of Christ, and renewed by his Spirit. 2.
They must be done from a right principle–faith working by love. There must be
faith or persuasion that what we do is commanded by God; and we must perform it
from a respect to his authority.–Rom. xiv. 23. There must also be a faith of
the acceptance of our works only through the mediation of Christ. Our
obedience must likewise flow from love to God.–1 John v. 3. 3. They must
be performed in a right manner. They must be done in the strength
of promised grace, and in dependence upon the righteousness of Christ
for acceptance–in the exercise of gratitude to God for all his
benefits, and under a deep sense of our own unworthiness. 4. They must be
directed to a right end. Our works cannot be accounted good, except our
chief and ultimate end in doing them be the glory of God.–1 Cor. x. 31.
§ Signs of Holy Prideà if you speak of these with a sense
of taking credit for them.
·
God
picked me- spiritual insights-understanding- wisdom –Lovers of truth- Big
families – the way we dress – right education – do courtship, no dating –
·
Separation-
I’ll show them- un-forgiveness. See how they do without me. pride
·
Superiority-
that’s not what I would choose. I know better –pride
·
Special
knowledge – God told me -Pride
·
Comparing
– were better than them –pride
·
Self-justification-
is a legal act whereby we reject being completely justified by Christ and
insert our own which is not. pride
·
Unrepentant-
were sorry you misunderstood our actions – but there is no repentance. pride
o
With
these strongholds in your life evil is free to grow.
§ How do you trap monkeys? You hollow
out a small hole in the stump of a tree, making a wider opening a couple inches
inside. Placing bait inside, the monkey will grab it and the monkey will not
let go even if it means their life.
·
I’m
talking of feeling justified or ok for any other reason than Christ!
o
It’s
Idolatry , receiving comfort from falsehood – Galatians 2:20-21 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no
longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the
flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
21I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law,
then Christ died for no purpose.
iii. The antithesis
1. Pride = I am the starting point; how I feel; what I think; what I want ; what I deserve; what I desire ; me myself and I –Mine
a. How often does this describe the church? We have all heard it.
2. Humility= God is the starting point; thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Gods sovereign order in his time by his method.
3. Defined --Humble [L. humilis.]1. Low; opposed to high or lofty. Thy humble nest built on the ground.2. Low; opposed to lofty or great; mean; not magnificent; as a humble cottage. A humble roof and an obscure retreat.3. Lowly; modest; meek; submissive; opposed to proud, haughty, arrogant or assuming. In an evangelical sense, having a low opinion of one's self and a deep sense of unworthiness in the sight of God. – Webster’s 1828
a. Humility is knowing the real truth about who you are before God LOW! Seeing God for real - breaks us
i. Moses- Exodus 3:6 And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
ii. Isaiah- Isaiah 6:5 5And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
iii. Job- job 42:5-6 5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; 6therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
1. Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
a. Poor - to be thoroughly frightened, to cower down or hide oneself for fear; hence, one who slinks and crouches), often involving the idea of roving about in wretchedness "but it always had a bad sense till it was ennobled in the Gospels;
2. Remember Paul before Jesus “what shall I do?” Acts 22:10
3. “Not to be occupied with our sin but to be occupied with God brings deliverance from self. - Andrew Murray
4. Gratefulness is an act of humility- walk in it.
4. Example-Jesus- Philippians 2:7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
i. Philippians 1- expand 15 –
1. For me to live is Christ –v21
2. V2-7 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others
3. Completely selfless talk- ie, humble
4. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. – No other way!
5. Reality “If your words are laced with pride, love is not in it” A. Fischer
a. What is love in the bible? – Selfless service 1 Corinthians 13
b. Our humility is tested before others
i. Spouse
ii. children
ii. children
iii. Brothers and sisters in Christ
c. 1 Corinthians 2:15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
i. The context is that saved people really have the Holy Spirit and are instructed thereby.
ii. Judges- in this context –has insight- spirit of truth is in us. For the purpose of Loving and building up one another.
1. What do you do with it?
1. What do you do with it?
d. Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
i. Restore- repair/mend/ singular focus of restoration- no hidden agenda.
ii. This is love, service of one another
e. God calls us to dwell together in unity and it’s one of the Spirits works Ephesians 4:1-7 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift
i. Humble people will build relationships and leave a trail of unity in there wake, being filled with the Holy Spirit they don’t seek self.
ii. The best example of humility is Christ “ forgive them thy no not what they do”
iii. Stephen in Acts 7:60And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Pride is probably the most basic and earliest sin, subtle and slithering into every life lived; Humility on the other hand was purchased by Jesus Christ on the cross, free to all; we must first empty our heart of self and then be full to overflowing with life.
Walking in the Light
