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Found in Him
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I hear ya Bro Bluefrog.
The thing that really strikes my fancy about the very nature of The Lord is that He is humble.
If there is anyone that deserves to be proud of Himself-- it's Him! But I see Him in scripture in His actions, words and deeds and He melts me like a pop-sickle on a hot day with His awesome humility!
His Father announces His Awesomeness though!....
6Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
My Hero ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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HUMILITY...Hmmmmm? Thanks for your input on it is a gift. In my feeble mind I keep thinking it is a Virtue. I just can't figure it being a gift.
Humility affects us in all corners of our lives, me thinks. We are humble with other people as well as in our spiritual life.
Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt (glorify) himself shall be abased (lowered); and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted (glorified)
Colo 2:18 Let no man beguile (deceive) you of your reward (comfort)in a false humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into (investigating)those things in which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind.
Colo 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering.
On the other hand (ya knew I would say that) when it is said that those living in the flesh have no humility, I think the above says they do and some get all puffed up and it turns to arrogance. In other words, when your humility brings rewards or happiness you forget that your prosperity was a reward for your dependence on God. You turned it over to Him. Your being humble and helping someone is what Jesus did. He was a servant to man as well. He also served God. In Matthew, above, Jesus was talking to the scribes and Pharasies and really pours it on in verse 13.
I'm gonna show this to my mother-in-law. lol
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prah-ot'-ace is the Greek for humility which means meekness or lowliness of mind.
Humility is the opposite of pride.
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Hey bluefrog,
You ask if humility is a gift. Personally, I believe that you can look at it like love. Love is a gift, and love is also an act of the will. We can, by the act of our will, in response to Gods love towards us, humble ourselves before God. But humility, I believe, also can be a gift in the sense that God cultivates it in our our lives as He allows us to share in sufferings for truths sake.
With love in Christ, Daniel
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What did the women using her own tears and hair symbolize? The women was willing to give herself to Jesus, if by any means that she may find favor and mercy in His sight.
Not Biblical.
Matt.26
[12] For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
[13] Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Do you realize what you quoted does not speak of the ointment but rather her hair and her tears
And as far as humility, No one can even be convicted in their own heart of sin and realize their own evilness without the working and conviction of the Holy Spirit
Not Biblical.
If the conscience is not singed it directs fairly well as it matters to what is right or wrong.
As for the ointment, it was a very expensive thing and yet had as much power as the widows mite because of the heart of the giver.
It probably took her a few years to earn enough to get.
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Originally posted by Copper25:
What did the women using her own tears and hair symbolize? The women was willing to give herself to Jesus, if by any means that she may find favor and mercy in His sight.
Not Biblical.
Matt.26
[12] For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
[13] Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Do you realize what you quoted does not speak of the ointment but rather her hair and her tears
And as far as humility, No one can even be convicted in their own heart of sin and realize their own evilness without the working and conviction of the Holy Spirit
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Isaiah 40:6) The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field
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COPPER..Question: Someone said the other day that Humility is a Gift. I don't get it. Do you look as humility as a gift?
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It is a beautiful picture of humility Copper...Thank you for the post!
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Originally posted by Copper25:
What did the women using her own tears and hair symbolize? The women was willing to give herself to Jesus, if by any means that she may find favor and mercy in His sight.
Not Biblical.
Matt.26
[12] For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
[13] Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
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Copper25
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Luke 7
37) And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38) And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
What is the attitude of the women symbolize? This lady and the way she approached Jesus symbolized humility. She did not care about anyone else in that room or what they would think of her for her actions, She just focused on Jesus. She knew she was a sinner, she knew that she was undeserving: and so are we, we also are so undeserving of every bit of mercy that the Lord has given us. Who are we but a frame of dust? (Psalm 103:14) “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust”, (Psalm 103:13) “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” (Lamentations 3:22) “It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.” (Lamentations 3:23) “They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” It is completely of the Lord’s mercy and his compassion for us that He died for us, manifest in the flesh. (Romans 8:3-4) “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” How much we owe God no man could give back, no man can repay, (Romans 6:23) “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
What did the women using her own tears and hair symbolize? The women was willing to give herself to Jesus, if by any means that she may find favor and mercy in His sight.
The lady made her single effort and focus about Jesus and shouldn’t we do the same? (Isaiah 53:5) “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” and the Lord, our Lord should be the center of our life, our joy, our happiness, and our strength. (Philippians 4:13) “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Romans 13:14) “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” (Matthew 11:29) “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
These are the characteristic of Christ as he walked the earth before he was crucified, “meek and lowly in heart” (Philippians 2:7) “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Matthew 5:3) “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” When we put on Christ, we put on humility, the opposite of pride, the opposite of self-willed and selfishness. (Matthew 22:37) “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” (Matthew 22:39) “And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” takes a lot of unselfishness and humbleness to do. To stride to be like the Lord is to stride not to have a will of our own, but of our Father’s which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21) “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”
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