“HUMILITY”

Genesis 3.7 shows sin to be self-conscious:  “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

Humility, however, is altogether different.

Notice,

1A.   THE EXAMPLE OF HUMILITY (Philippians 2.1-10)

2A.   THE POSTURE OF HUMILITY (Matthew 18.3-4)

3A.   THE INSIGHT/HONESTY OF HUMILITY (Psalm 69.29, 32)

4A.   THE REWARDS OF HUMILITY (Psalm 9.12; 10.17)

1B.      Immediate reward - Grace (James 4.6; First Peter 5.5)

2B.      Eventual reward - Exaltation (Matthew 23.12; James 4.10; First Peter 5.6)

Are you humble?  How do you react when you are rebuked, rejected, ridiculed, disappointed, betrayed, etc?

Your reactions are a wonderful and usually accurate indicator for humility, the place where God’s grace is found.