You can receive more grace from God based on humility
Graces gifting in romans and Corinthians, saving grace as in Titus, grace is unearned favor
James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:6, 7
Matt 11: 29 meek and lowly God
Pride of life in 1 John 2:16
All pride comes from Devil, bragging, boasting, and arguing
Scripture say one thing and you say something else due to self-exaltation, and your wisdom
God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble James 4:6, 7
Resist exalting your wisdom, understanding is submitting then resisting the devil
Proverbs 3:5 leaning on your wisdom is pride
You can make wrapped into yourself, selfish, self-centeredness will make hit hard for you working
against Gods law of humility
Example: marriage partner choosing
You can never satisfy self
James 4:8 Draw near to God after humbling yourself
Humility should be voluntary…. Humility forced is humiliation (scandals exposed)
1 Peter 5:5 God resists proud, Proverbs 3:34 resist proud
Looking down on others
1 Peter 5:6, 7 Cast your care upon God is Pride, trying to fix things yourself… anxiety is an issue of pride
Until you let go God can’t solve it, humility is depending on God
More humility more grace received
Isaiah 14:12 Satan author of pride, jealousy towards God
Selfishness unable to see big picture, thinking about yourself is pride
James 3:16 envy and strife; prideful want their credit, attention back to themselves, couldn’t give glory
to God
1 Timothy 3:16 novice not to be deacon
Matthew 16:22 Peter says Jesus is son of god and then says don’t go to cross but Jesus said get behind
me Satan. Peter was mindful of his opinion and not God’s.
Jesus didn’t want to suffer and prayed garden gethsemane but he accepted Gods will over his will
Don’t promote yourself allow God to promote you
Don’t defend yourself Romans 12:19 allow God to defend
2 Chronicles 7:14- Humility, Matthew 6:5- don’t show off or compare
Matthew 16:25 take up cross and deny it; put God first; you die to self and take up cross; put gods
purpose first
Choose Gods choice over yours and Gods comfort over yours
People don’t owe you anything you’ve to earn their respect
1 Timothy 4 -Don’t let anyone despise your youth be example, earn respect
Psalm 75:6 Promotion doesn’t come from east or west
Ephesians 6:5, 6 be obedient and submissive work for the Lord
Ephesians 6:8, Colossians 3:23-God repays you
Criticize others - Exodus 20:16 - Don’t bear false witness
Pharaoh disobedience in pride and arrogance, any disobedience.
Job self-righteousness and was proud of his righteousness asked God to come and debate him
Job was saying he’s more righteousness than God… Job repented humbled himself after seeing God and
after he spoke
Isaiah when he saw the Lord in his glory humbled himself
Proverbs 6:17 proud look God hates
Proverbs 16:18, 19
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Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the
proud (haughty, arrogant).
Proverbs 29:23 Pride brings him low
In Gods Kingdom the way up is down humble yourself under hand of God and he’ll
exalt you
1 Peter 5:6