The gospel says, “Your shame is real, even more real than you know. But this is what God has done. He put it all onto Christ at the cross, where your Substitute was utterly shamed and exposed and condemned for you. Now your shame no longer defines you. What defines you, what reveals your future forever, is this word: ';adorned' [Rev. 21:2]. Not shamed. Adorned. Lovely. Attractive. And the moment is coming when He will look into your eyes with glad adoration, and you will look into His eyes with confident surrender. And nothing will ever, ever spoil it again.”
Ray Ortlund

HUMILITY

HUMILITY

HUMILITY

  1. Necessary to the service of God # Mic 6:8
  2. Christ an example of # Mt 11:29 Joh 13:14,15 Php 2:5-8
  3. A characteristic of saints # Ps 34:2
  4. THE WHO HAVE 4a) Regarded by God

    # Ps 138:6 Isa 66:2

4b) Heard by God # Ps 9:12 Isa 10:17 4c) Enjoy the presence of God # Isa 57:15 4d) Delivered by God # Job 22:29 4e) Lifted up by God # Jas 4:10 4f) Exalted by God # Lu 14:11 18:14 4g) Are greatest in Christ’s kingdom # Mt 18:4 20:26-28 4h) Receive more grace # Pr 3:34 Jas 4:6 4i) Upheld by honour # Pr 18:12 29:23 5) Is before honour # Pr 15:33 6) Leads to riches, honour, and life # Pr 22:4 7) SAINTS SHOULD 7a) Put on # Col 3:12 7b) Be clothed with # 1Pe 5:5 7c) Walk with # Eph 4:1,2 7d) Beware of false # Col 2:18,23 8) Afflictions intended to produce # Le 26:41 De 8:3 La 3:20 9) Want of, condemned # 2Ch 33:23 36:12 Jer 44:10 Da 5:22 10) Temporal judgments averted by # 2Ch 7:14 12:6,7 11) Excellency of # Pr 16:19 12) Blessedness of # Mt 5:3 13) Exemplified 13a) Abraham # Ge 18:27 13b) Jacob # Ge 32:10 13c) Moses # Ex 3:11 4:10 13d) Joshua # Jos 7:6 13e) Gideon # Jud 6:15 13f) David # 1Ch 29:14 13g) Hezekiah # 2Ch 32:26 13h) Manasseh # 2Ch 33:12 13i) Josiah # 2Ch 34:27 13j) Job # Job 40:4 42:6 13k) Isaiah # Isa 6:5 13l) Jeremiah # Jer 1:6 13m) John the Baptist # Mt 3:14 13n) Centurion # Mt 8:8 13o) Woman of Canaan # Mt 15:27 13p) Elizabeth # Lu 1:43 13q) Peter # Lu 5:8 13r) Paul # Ac 20:19