Re: This Thursday’s Bible Study Topic: Humility

Humility is needed for a person to grow spiritually.

Re: This Thursday’s Bible Study Topic: Humility

what does being humble mean?

we can throw these terms (humility and humble) back and forth at each other and still have a hazy picture of what they are.

here are a few dictionary definitions that I thought could help clear things up:

HUMBLE: not proud or arrogant; modest: 'to be humble although successful.'
courteously respectful
to make meek: to humble one's heart.

MODEST:
1 placing a moderate estimate on one's abilities or worth
2: neither bold nor self-assertive

MEEK:
1 : enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
2 : deficient in spirit and courage : submissive
3 : not violent or strong : moderate

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Knowing these words helps paint a picture of what Humility is. Here is the dictionary definition of
Humility: the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.

we can associate all of the above definitions with humility, those are definitions from a secular perspective, now lets discuss in more detail,what this means from biblical perspective, how accurate are those definitions and how do they match up the Christian humility?

Re: This Thursday’s Bible Study Topic: Humility

Hello everyone!

Lets look at these verses:

Matthew 23:11-12 (New King James Version)

11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 20:26-28 (New King James Version)

26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Amazing! Jesus humbled himself. If He humbled himself how we ought to humble ourselves.

How do we humble ourselves?

Colossians 3:8-11 (New King James Version)

8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

May God help all of us.

Sincerely Paul S.

Re: --Humility--

Hello everyone!

Philippians 2:5-11 (New King James Version)

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Being humble is being obedient to Gods Words.

Have a wonderful day my friends!