Well, we're here in
Thompsonville, Illinois,
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and having... or West Frankfort.
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I guess the Worship Center
is in Thompsonville, right?
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3ABN just a little bit down
the road is in West Frankfort.
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But we are so glad
that you are joining us
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no matter where you're
tuning in from around the world
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because we're having a
good time at Camp Meeting. Amen?
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Amen!
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Well we have... This
afternoon is going to be
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an interesting afternoon.
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And I'm going to tell
you the reason is that
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God has really been
doing something in my heart
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and I'm going to share
with you a new teaching.
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It's a brand new teaching.
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But it's something that God
has been working in my heart
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and I'm anxious
to share it with you.
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And it's I think going to be
something that will bless you.
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But before we do
that we have with us today
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Celestine Berry. And Celestine
is a member of our local church.
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She and her husband
Michael attend church here.
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And I'll tell you something:
she has such a precious heart
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and such a precious voice.
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And she's going to sing for us
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Make My Life A Prayer To You.
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Make my life a prayer to You
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I wanna do what You want me to
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No empty words and no white lies
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No token prayers no compromise
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I wanna shine the light You gave
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Thru your Son
You sent to save us
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From ourselves and our despair
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It comforts me to know
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You're really there.
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Well I wanna thank You now
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for being patient with me
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Oh it's so hard to see
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When my eyes are on me
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I guess I'll have to trust
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And just believe what You say
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Oh You're coming again
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Coming to take me away
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I wanna die and let You give
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Your life to me so I might live
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And share the
hope You gave to me
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The love that set me free
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I wanna tell the world out there
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You're not some
fable or fairy tale
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That I've made up inside my head
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You're God the Son
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You've risen from the dead
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Oh I wanna thank You now
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for being patient with me
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Oh it's so hard to see
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When my eyes are on me
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I guess I'll have to trust
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and just believe what You say
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Oh You're coming again
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Coming to take me away
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I wanna die and let You give
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Your life to me so I might live
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And share the
hope You gave to me
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A love... yes, the love
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that set me free.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Celestine!
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That was beautiful
and it was so appropriate.
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Well, there's something
that I have to explain to you
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just right off the bat
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why I'm not going
to be holding my Bible.
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It's right here. But you
see this little wrist bandage
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of mine or this
bracelet? It's a bandage.
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And here's what happened.
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Three months ago I
went to visit my sister.
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She had just
gotten out of the hospital
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and so I was - you know -
the cavalry coming to the rescue
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to help her. And when I arrived
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the very first day that I
was there I was in a hotel room
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that had a bathtub
that was slick as ice.
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I was washing my hair
when my feet went completely
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out from underneath me
and I landed on my wrist.
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Now, I went to
the emergency room.
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They x-rayed it.
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They said: "You've
got a nasty sprain. "
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They put me in a brace.
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And two weeks later I came back
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and I was working and I
couldn't use this hand at all.
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So I went and I
had it re-x-rayed.
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No break; stay in the brace.
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But they also prescribed
5 weeks of physical therapy.
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So I went through 5
weeks of physical therapy
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with this just
killing me and them saying:
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"OK, lift these weights. "
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"Lift them
here... lift them there. "
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And after 5 weeks and I'm
not getting a whole lot better
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the doctor said: "Well
maybe we'd better do an MRI. "
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And when they did the MRI
they found out it was fractured
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in two places and I
have a torn ligament.
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Now that is 5... 7...
almost 8 weeks into it.
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But I'm not telling
you this for your pity.
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But don't you feel
sorry for me? Poor baby.
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But the reason I wanted to
share this is 'cause I thought
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"What a perfect illustration
of a spiritual principle. "
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If you think of the x-rays,
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that's kind of
like our conscience.
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You know we kind of see a
little bit into our own heart,
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don't we? But we don't always
see the root of the problem.
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And the physical
therapy is everything that we do
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to try to make ourself better.
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We say: "Oh, if
only I prayed more. "
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"If only I read my
Bible more. " "If only
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I would do this more. "
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We get a case of the "do mores"
and that's our physical therapy
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to try to heal us spiritually.
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But that MRI in
the spiritual realm
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think of it as God's
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"majestic
redeeming investigation. "
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When He looks into our hearts -
and only God knows our hearts -
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we don't know our hearts.
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But He looks into
our hearts and He sees
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the root of the problem.
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And I have to tell you
I won't be carrying this.
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Normally I carry my
Bible in my left hand.
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I don't know why I
can't turn pages right-handed.
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It just messes me up.
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But as I... The
last couple of months
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I read through
the Old Testament.
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And this wasn't a
study. You can't go through the
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Old Testament in just two
months and call it a study.
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This was a read.
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You know, sometimes it's
good to just sit down and read
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the Bible because when
you go through it rapidly
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like a story you
really kind of get
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the overall picture in
your mind a little bit better.
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And as I was reading
through the Old Testament
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something just kept coming to
the surface over and over again.
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And that is this:
that man's greatest problem
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is we have been
infected with pride.
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And our greatest need
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is the grace of humility.
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And so today we
are going to be talking
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about God's humble
heart. His humble heart...
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and the need in our own
hearts to have that restored.
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Now I want to tell you right now
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I am not an
expert on this topic.
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Anybody that thinks
they're an expert on humility
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stand up and we'll tell you...
We'll all point our fingers
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and say: "Sit down. "
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If you are proud of
being humble, you're not!
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That's it.
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So let's invite the
Lord to be with us today.
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Heavenly Father, once
again we come before You.
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Lord, sincerely I
ask in the name of Jesus
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please let me be
surrendered to You.
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And I ask, Father, that
You would send Your Holy Spirit
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to speak through
me to be our teacher.
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Give us ears to hear
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what Your Holy
Spirit has to say.
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I ask in the name of Jesus,
Father, that You will also
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empower us to put
this into practice.
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And Lord, we want it to be done
all for the glory of Your name.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Something that amazes me
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is the humility of heaven.
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It's truly an incredible thing.
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When you think of Jesus Christ
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and the Father and the Son
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who cooperate in perfect harmony
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who never
compete with one another
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who are always looking
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to reflect love and to
reveal their humble heart
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it is amazing to me
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when we think that the essence
of the character of the Trinity
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is humility.
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Jesus did absolutely nothing
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contrary to His Father's will.
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In fact He said: "I have
come not to do my own will
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but to do the
will of the Father. "
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He was always
bringing glory to the Lord...
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to the Father. He
said that "This teaching
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that I have is not Mine.
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It's My Father's. I
can do nothing of Myself...
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only what I see the Father do. "
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Turn to Philippians
chapter 2 if you will.
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That's where we're
going to spend our time today
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is in Philippians chapter 2.
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But when we think
and really look at how
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Christ had such
reverence for the Father
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that He never competed with Him
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and we'll look at how the
Holy Spirit never competes
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with Christ. It is
amazing to consider
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the humility of heaven.
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Philippians 2 is...
let's look at verse 5.
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This... the life of Christ
showed the perfect reflection
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of His humble heart.
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So let's look at
verse 5. We'll begin...
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Philippians 2 verse 5:
"Let this mind be in you
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which was also
in Christ Jesus. "
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Oh, how many of you
want the mind of Christ?
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Oh we need the mind of Christ.
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He says: "Who,
being in the form of God,
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did not consider it
robbery to be equal with God. "
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Jesus knew who He was.
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He knew His authority.
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He knew His power.
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He did not think to say these
things was setting Himself up
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to be in
competition with the Father.
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"But yet He made
Himself of no reputation. "
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No reputation. "Taking
the form of a bondservant
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and coming in the
likeness of men. "
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Now keep your finger
there. We're not through with
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Philippians 2 but let's
unpack this for just a moment.
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Kenneth Cox has an illustration
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that I remember. I've
only heard him say it once.
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But when he said it, it
absolutely grabbed my attention.
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He said that if you
consider the created...
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the order of created things
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there is angels, then man,
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then animals, then insects.
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Now, when we
think of the incarnation
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of our Creator - Christ,
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He didn't come as an angel.
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No, He skipped that
level. He came as a man.
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And what Kenneth Cox said
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was that would be
like you or me as a man
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skipping the level of an animal
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and being
incarnated as an insect.
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Can you imagine
coming as a cockroach
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to save a bunch of cockroaches?
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Think about it.
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Think about the
humility of Jesus Christ.
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He didn't arrive
as a powerful man...
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He arrived as a baby.
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A baby... where there was no
place for Him to lay His head.
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He was not born in the palace.
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He was born in a feed trough.
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He wasn't a noble. He
appeared as a carpenter's son.
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And Isaiah 53 said
that there was nothing...
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nothing about Him
to attract man to Him.
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His physical
appearance was very average.
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You know, think about this.
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He could have
chosen to be born handsome.
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Rich. Showing up
as a powerful person.
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But He didn't.
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Instead, the self-sacrificing
love of humility
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chose the path of humility.
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Now He worked for 3-1/2 years
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with 12 men very
closely, didn't He?
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Let me ask you:
in those 3-1/2 years
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did the disciples
develop the same humble heart
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of Jesus Christ?
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Oh no! At the Last Supper
what are they arguing about?
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Who is going to be the greatest?
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Here they've walked
with Jesus for 3-1/2 years
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and they're
arguing among themselves:
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"Who's going to
be the greatest? "
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And how did
Jesus respond to them?
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He simply said: "I
am in the midst of you
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as one who serves. "
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Then He got up, He
took off His outer robe,
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tied a towel around Himself,
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and He modeled humility
in the unselfish service
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of washing their feet.
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My, my, my.
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Washing the feet.
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You know, in that day
they walked around in sandals.
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There weren't many paved roads.
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Their feet were dusty.
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They could have had cow dung
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or other animal
dung on their feet.
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To wash someone's
feet was such a menial task
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that only a non-Jewish slave
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was assigned to that task.
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But the Creator
of the universe -
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their Creator - got
down and washed their feet.
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And you know what amazes me?
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He washed the feet of Judas.
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Oh that is so amazing.
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Then He said to them:
"If your Lord and teacher
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has done this, you ought
also to do it for one another. "
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Because we are not... no student
is better than their master,
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are we?
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Now, His life
of perfect humility
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was lived not only
before God His Father
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but before mankind.
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And let's
continue in Philippians 2.
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Let's look at verse 8.
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He says... "and... " here He
talked about Him being humbled,
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coming in the form of a man:
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"being found in
appearance as a man
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He humbled Himself
and became obedient
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to the point of death...
even the death of the cross. "
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His humble heart, His
life of perfect obedience
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and self-denial is
what led to our salvation.
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The ultimate
expression of Christ's humility
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was His death on the cross...
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this sacrificial
death to ransom us.
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And when you think
about this: He was beaten
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with a flagellum.
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He was flogged by the Romans.
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Did you know the Romans?
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The Jewish people had
a law that you couldn't
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strike somebody in
flogging more than 40 blows.
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So they always stopped at 39
just in case they miscounted.
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The Romans did
not have any such law.
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This was an
instrument of torture
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made of leather with
multiple tongs, and it had
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bits of iron,
bits of broken glass
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and things in it. And
ancient writers said that
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as people were flogged
often they were disemboweled.
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Their bones were laid bare.
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The Creator of the universe
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took these stripes upon Himself
00:19:52.86\00:19:55.43
that we might be healed.
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Then He was crucified naked.
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Naked.
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What a shame to think
00:20:02.44\00:20:04.72
I mean that just... for
some reason that just hit me
00:20:04.92\00:20:07.22
that our Lord, our Savior,
00:20:07.52\00:20:11.98
was put in such a
humiliating position
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before all of His enemies
00:20:16.82\00:20:19.84
who were spitting at Him.
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He was crucified naked.
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How humble could He be?
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What a hideous death crucifixion
was in the first place.
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But the point is that because
of Christ's reverent submission,
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because of His humble heart,
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God exalted Him.
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Look at verse 9...
Philippians 2 and verse 9.
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It says: "Therefore also
God has highly exalted Him
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and given Him the name
which is above every name.
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That at the name of Jesus
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every knee should
bow - of those in heaven,
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of those on earth,
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and of those under the earth -
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and that every
tongue should confess
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that Jesus Christ is Lord
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to the glory of
God the Father. "
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Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
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Now I want you to keep
your finger there in your Bible
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or put a marker.
We're going to come back
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to Philippians 2
in just a moment.
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But how wonderful.
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Jesus did everything
to glorify the Father
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and the Father
glorified Jesus. Amen?
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Does the Holy Spirit
share in His humble heart?
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Absolutely!
There's indivisible unity
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in the Godhead.
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The Father, the Son, and
the Spirit are one in essence,
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one in purpose, one in
thought, and one in action.
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And the Holy Spirit
does not compete with Jesus.
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He does everything
for the glory of Christ.
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Listen to Jesus' words.
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He says: "When He, the
Spirit of Truth has come,
00:22:07.34\00:22:10.48
He will guide you into all truth
00:22:10.78\00:22:13.12
for He will not
speak on His own authority
00:22:13.32\00:22:15.93
but whatever He
hears He will speak. "
00:22:16.13\00:22:19.26
That's what Jesus
said about Himself:
00:22:19.46\00:22:21.23
"I only speak what I
hear from the Father. "
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Now the Holy Spirit
only speaks what He hears
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"and He will tell
you things to come. "
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Jesus said: "He will glorify Me
00:22:30.88\00:22:33.06
for He will take of what is
mine and declare it to you. "
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So the Holy
Spirit glorifies Christ
00:22:38.37\00:22:41.91
who glorifies the
Father. And the Father
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in turn glorifies Jesus Christ.
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What humility!
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What absolute humility.
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Now in sharp
contrast we have to...
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To talk about humility
we have to talk about pride.
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So where did the
root of pride begin?
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You know, when you consider
what Ezekiel chapter 28 says
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it's talking about Lucifer
who was the anointed cherub.
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Who was created
in perfect beauty.
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.56
Perfect wisdom. Walking
in the very presence of God.
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He was perfect until
iniquity was found in his heart.
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And what was that iniquity?
00:23:25.30\00:23:27.56
Pride. Isaiah says in...
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Just listen to this. We
don't have time to turn to every
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passage, but Isaiah 14:12-14.
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This is very familiar to you.
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These are the words. It says:
00:23:39.46\00:23:42.86
"How you are fallen
from heaven O Lucifer,
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Son of the Morning.
00:23:46.12\00:23:47.49
How you are cut
down to the ground
00:23:47.52\00:23:49.88
you who weakened the nations.
00:23:50.08\00:23:52.03
For you have said in your heart
00:23:52.33\00:23:54.81
'I... I will ascend into heaven.
00:23:55.11\00:23:58.91
I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God.
00:23:59.11\00:24:04.22
I will also sit on the
mount of the congregation
00:24:04.52\00:24:07.50
on the farthest
sides of the north.
00:24:07.70\00:24:09.69
I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds.
00:24:09.99\00:24:14.18
I will be like
the Most High. ' "
00:24:14.39\00:24:17.01
Satan's heart - because of
his perfection and his beauty
00:24:17.41\00:24:21.73
and his wisdom - became haughty
00:24:21.93\00:24:24.83
and he reached
the pinnacle of pride
00:24:25.13\00:24:27.96
when he desired to be like God.
00:24:28.26\00:24:32.31
The self-exaltation resulted
in rebellion against God's
00:24:32.71\00:24:37.18
will and the great controversy
between good and evil,
00:24:37.39\00:24:41.67
between pride
and humility, began.
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The hellish power of pride
00:24:45.94\00:24:50.53
has a Satanic origin.
00:24:50.73\00:24:53.25
And if you don't hear
anything else, listen to this:
00:24:53.35\00:24:56.36
that hellish power
is rooted in self love.
00:24:56.66\00:25:02.55
It is the sinfulness
of pride and selfishness
00:25:03.51\00:25:07.47
that is also
infecting the human heart.
00:25:07.67\00:25:11.50
Now you know, it's
pretty easy for us sometimes
00:25:11.80\00:25:14.57
we think to identify those
who share Satan's haughty heart.
00:25:14.77\00:25:19.84
When a life is infected
with the poison of pride
00:25:20.79\00:25:23.37
there is a lot of evidence.
00:25:23.57\00:25:25.17
And as we consider
briefly some of this evidence
00:25:25.37\00:25:28.44
I want to warn
you about something.
00:25:28.64\00:25:30.34
The root of all
sin, I believe, is pride.
00:25:31.08\00:25:34.24
But it blinds
us... pride blinds us
00:25:34.94\00:25:39.49
to our most offensive sins.
00:25:39.79\00:25:42.32
When we're proud, we
don't even recognize our sin.
00:25:42.52\00:25:45.00
We can see
everybody else's problem
00:25:45.20\00:25:48.00
but we don't see ours.
00:25:48.20\00:25:49.78
So as we go through
speaking of some of these
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I want you to
promise me one thing.
00:25:53.86\00:25:56.46
I don't want to
make you stumble.
00:25:56.66\00:25:58.54
I don't want to
make you judgmental.
00:25:58.74\00:26:00.53
So don't sit here and start
thing: "Oh, yeah, I know someone
00:26:00.73\00:26:04.39
who's just like
that, you know. "
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.05
No! Look and let's
examine our own hearts.
00:26:07.29\00:26:12.38
Because one of the trail
of evidence of the prideful
00:26:12.68\00:26:17.40
is that when they are
weighed in the balance of divine
00:26:17.70\00:26:22.49
love they are
found sadly wanting.
00:26:22.69\00:26:26.78
If... it's basically this:
00:26:27.95\00:26:31.89
humility is
self-sacrificing love.
00:26:32.19\00:26:35.21
Pride is self love,
00:26:35.61\00:26:38.94
self confidence, self seeking,
00:26:39.14\00:26:42.11
self exaltation,
self centeredness.
00:26:42.31\00:26:44.99
Notice the pattern?
00:26:45.19\00:26:47.14
Self, self, self.
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Oh how we all need to
get our eyes off self.
00:26:51.08\00:26:55.08
Celestine prayed about...
she was singing about that
00:26:55.28\00:26:58.83
in her song.
00:26:58.93\00:27:01.64
We've got to get our eyes
off self and onto the Lord.
00:27:01.84\00:27:05.79
Inflated egos. How many of...?
00:27:06.09\00:27:09.79
We know somebody
with inflated egos.
00:27:10.09\00:27:12.28
We all probably have an
inflated ego in somewhere.
00:27:12.38\00:27:15.45
We want to be first in line.
00:27:15.85\00:27:17.61
I remember... I remember
when we were going to...
00:27:17.71\00:27:20.58
were going out to California
and I was getting ready to speak
00:27:20.78\00:27:24.55
at a very large meeting.
And there was a Friday night
00:27:24.75\00:27:27.59
and several
presentations on Sabbath.
00:27:27.79\00:27:30.01
And so we got...
I don't remember...
00:27:30.31\00:27:33.70
somewhere in
northern California.
00:27:33.90\00:27:35.61
And when we got
there, guess what?
00:27:35.91\00:27:37.73
Our flight had been cancelled.
00:27:38.03\00:27:40.66
And I was like:
"Wait! I'm speaking
00:27:41.06\00:27:44.96
Friday night! I
mean, this is the night.
00:27:45.16\00:27:46.96
I'm speaking tonight! "
00:27:47.06\00:27:48.74
And I can remember
when we went to get in line
00:27:48.94\00:27:52.30
with other people
to see how can we...
00:27:52.50\00:27:55.14
I mean, first of all, how
can they just cancel the flight?
00:27:55.34\00:27:58.13
And so we're trying
to get other arrangements
00:27:58.33\00:28:00.74
so I can get there to speak.
00:28:00.84\00:28:02.67
This is a big complication!
00:28:02.87\00:28:05.01
And J.D. is just
as calm as he can be.
00:28:05.21\00:28:07.82
And he says: "Honey, the
Lord knows all about this. "
00:28:07.92\00:28:10.05
And all I'm thinking is
"let me get to the front
00:28:10.25\00:28:12.27
of the line
because I'm important! "
00:28:12.37\00:28:14.92
You know, sometimes we think
our business is so much more
00:28:16.07\00:28:20.23
important than everybody else's.
00:28:20.33\00:28:21.96
We didn't make it
that night, by the way.
00:28:22.06\00:28:23.76
They got somebody... they
got somebody to fill in for me.
00:28:23.96\00:28:26.76
I can be replaced.
00:28:27.06\00:28:29.07
All right.
00:28:29.37\00:28:30.91
You know, the interesting
thing about our world:
00:28:31.78\00:28:34.83
prideful people
are often power hungry
00:28:35.14\00:28:38.18
and, you know, they wear their
pride like a status symbol.
00:28:38.48\00:28:44.07
And the world bows down to it.
00:28:44.37\00:28:46.82
Our world sets people
up for the sin of pride.
00:28:47.02\00:28:50.40
They recognize
it as an attribute
00:28:50.50\00:28:54.70
rather than as the root of sin.
00:28:54.91\00:28:57.35
If you ever get
in a conversation
00:28:57.55\00:28:59.39
with a prideful person,
this will sound familiar.
00:28:59.49\00:29:02.67
And ask yourself if you do this
'cause I've been asking myself
00:29:02.97\00:29:05.94
"How often do I do this? "
00:29:06.14\00:29:07.89
When you're in the conversation
with a prideful person
00:29:08.09\00:29:12.66
they are masterful
at turning it around
00:29:12.86\00:29:16.85
to where the focus is on them.
00:29:17.05\00:29:19.11
How often do we do that to
someone who comes to tell us
00:29:20.82\00:29:23.78
one of their problems
00:29:23.98\00:29:25.62
and we start telling
them one of our problems?
00:29:25.92\00:29:28.88
The haughty heart of
Satan is made manifest
00:29:30.10\00:29:34.90
in mankind...
even within the church.
00:29:35.40\00:29:39.44
Now this may not sound like you.
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.55
You may be saying:
"No, I'd never do what
00:29:41.76\00:29:43.38
Shelley Quinn
just said she did. "
00:29:43.48\00:29:44.98
It may not sound like you.
00:29:45.48\00:29:48.07
But what about when the
pressure's on in the heat of
00:29:48.37\00:29:50.95
controversy? What
comes out of your heart?
00:29:51.05\00:29:54.13
Is it His humble heart
or Satan's haughty heart?
00:29:54.53\00:29:58.73
Are you dogmatic and
have angry outbursts?
00:29:59.52\00:30:02.69
You know, prideful people
have a hard time admitting
00:30:02.99\00:30:05.56
when they're wrong.
00:30:05.76\00:30:07.24
There's a lot
of finger pointing,
00:30:07.54\00:30:08.92
blame shift, and justify.
00:30:08.95\00:30:10.83
And I want you to know:
I know some really humble
00:30:11.03\00:30:15.47
people who are not...
They're humble in church,
00:30:15.67\00:30:19.04
they're humble at work,
but they're not humble at home.
00:30:19.24\00:30:21.57
If you're humble, the
place that you should let your
00:30:22.39\00:30:26.86
humility shine is in your home.
00:30:26.96\00:30:29.90
This is where you
should be the most humble.
00:30:30.20\00:30:33.06
We are to submit to one another.
00:30:33.26\00:30:35.42
You are to be
kind to your spouse.
00:30:35.62\00:30:38.32
You are to be
humble before your spouse,
00:30:38.62\00:30:40.50
and that simply means
self-sacrificing love.
00:30:40.70\00:30:44.85
You know, God puts His
finger on the pulse of pride.
00:30:46.62\00:30:50.38
In context, scripture
defines pride as disobedience.
00:30:50.94\00:30:55.68
Disobedience is prideful.
00:30:57.07\00:31:00.40
Every time we disobey
we are being self willed.
00:31:00.60\00:31:05.02
We are putting
self above God's Word.
00:31:05.32\00:31:08.09
And by the way,
I want to tell you:
00:31:09.11\00:31:10.77
when you do obey
don't get proud about it.
00:31:10.97\00:31:13.41
You only obey by grace.
00:31:13.61\00:31:15.06
You know, it is only if God
works in you to will and to do
00:31:16.11\00:31:18.82
His good pleasure
00:31:18.92\00:31:20.29
'cause you can't save yourself.
00:31:20.48\00:31:22.41
So disobedience is when
people refuse to acknowledge
00:31:23.39\00:31:29.22
God's rule. That's what
happened with Adam and Eve
00:31:29.42\00:31:32.85
wasn't it? What was their sin?
00:31:33.05\00:31:34.46
They wanted to be like God.
00:31:34.86\00:31:37.31
"Eat of this and
your eyes will be opened.
00:31:38.62\00:31:40.44
You'll be like God. " PRIDE.
00:31:40.54\00:31:42.34
"Yeah, I'd like
to be like God. "
00:31:42.64\00:31:45.42
"Let me decide what's
good for my life, what's bad
00:31:45.72\00:31:48.51
for my life. "
The Tower of Babel...
00:31:48.61\00:31:50.79
the same sinful pride of
self glorification was evident.
00:31:50.89\00:31:55.78
And God expelled these
sinners from their homes.
00:31:55.92\00:31:59.48
The vanity of human pride and
arrogance was the preeminent sin
00:31:59.68\00:32:04.86
of God's people
in the Old Testament
00:32:05.06\00:32:07.35
and I would say
in the church today.
00:32:07.66\00:32:10.23
They had pride
in human resources
00:32:10.53\00:32:13.37
rather than in the Lord.
00:32:14.59\00:32:16.66
They became
comfortable and complacent
00:32:17.36\00:32:20.55
like the Laodicean church.
00:32:20.95\00:32:23.09
And what happened - I'm
going to skip through this -
00:32:23.39\00:32:27.69
is this:
00:32:27.99\00:32:30.16
when you look at pride
00:32:31.05\00:32:33.84
God sets Himself against those
who don't have His humble heart.
00:32:34.44\00:32:40.05
Paul wrote something
interesting to Timothy.
00:32:40.55\00:32:43.77
Just make a note
of it if you want.
00:32:43.97\00:32:45.34
It's I Timothy 3:6.
00:32:45.47\00:32:47.00
He's talking
about electing elders.
00:32:47.40\00:32:49.45
Don't get a novice.
And here's the quote:
00:32:49.65\00:32:52.32
"Don't get somebody that's
a brand-new baby Christian
00:32:52.72\00:32:55.55
lest if you're elevating them
00:32:55.75\00:32:59.04
being puffed up with pride
00:32:59.34\00:33:02.41
he fall into the same
condemnation of the devil. "
00:33:02.71\00:33:07.58
See, pride's inconsistent with
true devotion and discipleship.
00:33:07.88\00:33:12.96
It exempts faith. It
makes it absolutely impossible.
00:33:13.06\00:33:16.07
Christ prayed that we may
be one as He and the Father
00:33:16.37\00:33:19.93
are one so that we might
display the indivisible unity
00:33:20.03\00:33:24.76
of God. And the church will
never be able to bear witness
00:33:24.96\00:33:30.56
to the true identity of God
00:33:30.76\00:33:33.07
until such time
as we stand unified
00:33:33.37\00:33:36.42
and reflecting His humble heart.
00:33:36.72\00:33:41.57
The common element in
history of God's people
00:33:43.00\00:33:46.27
is that pride was the
prelude to their destruction.
00:33:46.47\00:33:50.67
Why? 'Cause pride
invites the antidote
00:33:50.87\00:33:56.37
from God. You know,
throughout the Bible
00:33:56.58\00:34:00.52
every time
someone lifted themself up
00:34:00.72\00:34:03.60
God loved them enough to
send them humbling circumstances
00:34:03.90\00:34:09.21
because He did not want
them to be lost for eternity.
00:34:10.10\00:34:14.41
The pride of Israel led them
to repeatedly rebel against God.
00:34:14.61\00:34:20.60
They had evil
actions, evil deeds.
00:34:20.80\00:34:24.56
And the surest antidote
against this poison of pride
00:34:24.86\00:34:28.49
was a humiliating experience.
00:34:28.79\00:34:31.10
And God brought it to them.
00:34:31.50\00:34:33.22
He sent them prophets
over and over to warn them
00:34:33.52\00:34:36.87
that it was coming
00:34:36.97\00:34:38.34
but they generally did not
heed the message of the prophet.
00:34:38.37\00:34:41.97
But finally the exile came.
00:34:42.17\00:34:45.48
The Babylonians
humbled His people.
00:34:45.78\00:34:48.03
And God loved that Babylonian
king - king Nebuchadnezzar -
00:34:48.23\00:34:51.60
enough to even humble him
00:34:51.70\00:34:54.93
when Nebuchadnezzar
was lifted up in pride.
00:34:55.23\00:34:58.46
God... You know,
pride brought his insanity.
00:34:58.86\00:35:02.00
Pride can bring insanity.
00:35:02.30\00:35:04.53
But God humbled
him. He spent seven years
00:35:05.59\00:35:08.57
with the mind of an animal.
00:35:08.77\00:35:10.59
And when he repented and came
to himself, God restored him.
00:35:10.79\00:35:15.51
So sometimes
God allows suffering
00:35:15.91\00:35:20.34
to instill humility.
00:35:20.54\00:35:23.46
And sometimes even
God's blessings we need to be
00:35:23.66\00:35:27.31
careful about.
Because we can be like Israel
00:35:27.41\00:35:31.91
who thought: "Oh,
we're God's remnant people.
00:35:32.11\00:35:35.21
We're the chosen people
00:35:35.41\00:35:37.19
and we don't have to
worry about anything. "
00:35:37.49\00:35:40.24
But you know what? Paul
- who had these marvelous
00:35:40.54\00:35:45.06
revelations -
wrote to the Corinthians
00:35:45.26\00:35:49.04
in II Corinthians
chapter 12 and he said:
00:35:49.14\00:35:51.39
"Lest I should be
exalted above measure... "
00:35:51.59\00:35:55.88
which would
bring his downfall...
00:35:58.40\00:36:00.49
"God sent me a
thorn in the flesh.
00:36:01.62\00:36:04.08
And I prayed three
times 'Lord, remove it. ' "
00:36:04.38\00:36:07.59
But God didn't remove it
because He knew Paul needed
00:36:07.79\00:36:12.37
that thorn in the flesh.
00:36:12.47\00:36:14.18
And finally... It's not that
Jesus didn't answer his prayer
00:36:14.79\00:36:20.75
'cause the third time he
prayed this is what he heard:
00:36:21.05\00:36:23.71
"Paul, My grace
is sufficient for you
00:36:24.11\00:36:28.07
for My power is made
perfect in weakness. "
00:36:28.27\00:36:32.01
And Paul says:
"Ha! I will celebrate
00:36:32.21\00:36:35.85
all of my
infirmities, all of my problems
00:36:36.16\00:36:40.01
because when I'm
weak then I'm strong. "
00:36:40.21\00:36:42.31
You see, the root
of humility is love.
00:36:42.51\00:36:47.46
It's love for God
and it's love for man.
00:36:47.66\00:36:51.34
John 14:15 Jesus
said: "If you love Me,
00:36:51.64\00:36:55.62
obey My commandments...
keep My commandments. "
00:36:56.02\00:36:59.56
But now... you got your
finger there in Philippians 2?
00:36:59.86\00:37:01.98
Let's look back because
if we are humble before God
00:37:02.08\00:37:06.44
we will be humble before men.
00:37:06.64\00:37:10.59
We're going to look
back at Philippians 2
00:37:11.92\00:37:14.34
and we're going to
back up just a little bit.
00:37:14.54\00:37:16.72
Before Paul is
talking about Christ
00:37:17.13\00:37:20.86
here's what he says to
us. Philippians 2 verse 1.
00:37:21.06\00:37:23.85
He said: "Therefore, if there is
any consolation in Christ... "
00:37:25.08\00:37:30.78
and there is - "if
any comfort of love... " -
00:37:30.98\00:37:35.30
oh, and there is -
00:37:35.50\00:37:36.94
"if any fellowship of
the Spirit, if any affection
00:37:37.14\00:37:40.09
and mercy, fulfill my
joy by being likeminded... "
00:37:40.20\00:37:44.98
Be united!
00:37:45.18\00:37:46.93
"having the same love, being
of one accord, of one mind.
00:37:47.24\00:37:50.86
Let nothing be
done through selfish
00:37:51.16\00:37:56.72
ambition or conceit but
in lowliness of mind... "
00:37:56.92\00:38:01.95
In humility is
what that's saying.
00:38:02.25\00:38:05.55
In lowliness of mind.
00:38:05.65\00:38:07.02
"in humility let each esteem
others better than himself.
00:38:07.05\00:38:11.86
Let each of you look not
only out for his own interest
00:38:12.26\00:38:16.26
but also for the
interest of others. "
00:38:16.46\00:38:18.92
What would our world be like
00:38:19.12\00:38:21.49
if we all had His humble heart?
00:38:21.69\00:38:23.98
What would our world be like
00:38:24.38\00:38:27.37
if we were all looking
out for the needs of others
00:38:27.57\00:38:33.34
and esteeming them more highly?
00:38:33.58\00:38:36.67
You know, God said: "Be holy
00:38:37.17\00:38:42.58
for I am holy. "
00:38:42.68\00:38:44.14
I think we could also say
00:38:45.63\00:38:47.85
"Be humble for I am humble. "
00:38:47.95\00:38:50.06
You cannot be holy - you
cannot live a sanctified life -
00:38:50.36\00:38:55.41
if you're not humble.
00:38:55.61\00:38:57.73
If His humble
heart is not in you,
00:38:58.13\00:39:02.82
if you heart's not
beating one with His,
00:39:03.02\00:39:06.08
you're not holy.
00:39:06.38\00:39:07.98
And you want to know
the secret to holiness?
00:39:08.38\00:39:11.43
Ah, I love this scripture:
I Thessalonians 3:12-13.
00:39:11.63\00:39:16.85
Paul said: "May the Lord
make you increase and abound
00:39:17.25\00:39:21.92
in love... " That self-
sacrificing love of humility.
00:39:22.12\00:39:26.73
"to one another and to
all just as we do to you... "
00:39:26.93\00:39:30.09
Why? "so that He may establish
00:39:30.29\00:39:34.64
your hearts blameless...
00:39:34.84\00:39:38.46
that He may establish your
hearts blameless in holiness
00:39:38.76\00:39:42.85
before our God and Father
00:39:42.95\00:39:44.32
at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ
00:39:44.35\00:39:46.44
with all of His saints. "
00:39:46.54\00:39:47.91
Do you want to be holy?
00:39:48.12\00:39:50.70
All you have to do is
say: "Oh, Lord, fill me
00:39:51.10\00:39:53.72
with Your Holy
Spirit. " Romans 5:5 says
00:39:53.82\00:39:57.34
that "God sheds
His love abroad. "
00:39:58.58\00:40:01.41
He pours out His
love into our hearts
00:40:01.61\00:40:05.16
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:40:05.37\00:40:07.82
See, God is holy, God is love.
00:40:08.02\00:40:12.89
The Holy Spirit is
the spirit of holiness
00:40:13.13\00:40:16.10
but He's also
the spirit of love.
00:40:16.20\00:40:17.90
So when He dwells in you
00:40:18.10\00:40:20.83
the humble heart of heaven
00:40:21.90\00:40:24.62
will become your way of life.
00:40:25.79\00:40:30.60
That's self-sacrificing love.
00:40:31.20\00:40:33.95
Turn to
Galatians chapter 5 please.
00:40:34.25\00:40:36.66
Galatians chapter 5.
00:40:36.96\00:40:39.36
I want to show you something.
00:40:40.80\00:40:43.35
His humble heart, the self-
sacrificing love of Christ,
00:40:44.82\00:40:49.32
His humility, His
meekness, His gentleness,
00:40:49.72\00:40:52.86
can be ours through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:40:53.06\00:40:56.29
Hallelujah!
00:40:56.69\00:40:58.25
Galatians 5...
00:40:58.65\00:41:00.79
chapter 5 and verse 22.
00:41:02.20\00:41:04.79
"But the fruit... "
Notice that's singular.
00:41:04.99\00:41:08.02
There are not nine
fruits of the Spirit.
00:41:08.26\00:41:12.34
There is one
fruit, and this one fruit
00:41:12.55\00:41:16.70
is like a multi-faceted
diamond if you will.
00:41:16.80\00:41:20.76
This fruit of the Spirit,
00:41:21.71\00:41:23.80
the work which His abiding
presence within us accomplishes,
00:41:23.90\00:41:27.95
"is love, joy, and peace,
00:41:28.15\00:41:31.93
longsuffering" -
which is patience
00:41:32.23\00:41:35.15
and even temper...
having forbearance -
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.42
"kindness,
goodness or benevolence,
00:41:38.63\00:41:42.38
thankfulness, gentleness... "
00:41:42.58\00:41:46.77
which is synonymous -
gentleness is synonymous
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.83
with meekness and humility.
00:41:51.23\00:41:54.11
So humility and self control
00:41:54.81\00:41:59.17
is a fruit of the Spirit.
00:41:59.47\00:42:02.23
If we are rooted in His love -
00:42:02.53\00:42:05.25
His humble heart
- the root is good.
00:42:05.75\00:42:08.77
And if the root is good
the fruit's going to be good.
00:42:08.87\00:42:10.59
Amen, Mollie?
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.25
Humility develops from
the power of the Holy Spirit
00:42:13.25\00:42:16.63
living inside of us.
Therefore, it is a working
00:42:16.73\00:42:20.89
of God's grace. It
is God working in us
00:42:21.09\00:42:25.34
to will and to
do. And I'll tell you,
00:42:25.54\00:42:28.92
everything about
a humble person...
00:42:29.12\00:42:32.21
the evidence of
their humility...
00:42:32.41\00:42:35.37
is all just the
opposite of what we talked about
00:42:35.57\00:42:38.16
with the prideful person.
00:42:38.56\00:42:40.65
The humble walks in obedience.
00:42:40.86\00:42:42.89
The humble doesn't
put themselves first.
00:42:43.09\00:42:48.06
The humble... they regard others
00:42:48.47\00:42:54.08
with... they're constantly
trying to uplift others,
00:42:54.48\00:42:59.10
encourage others.
00:42:59.20\00:43:00.74
I want to tell you: I
live with what I believe
00:43:00.95\00:43:03.94
is one of the most
humble men in the world.
00:43:04.14\00:43:07.28
My precious husband J. D. Quinn
00:43:08.19\00:43:10.36
is so humble. He's always
putting everybody else first.
00:43:11.99\00:43:15.10
If we're at church and
we stay for fellowship lunch
00:43:15.50\00:43:19.93
we're going to
be the last in line.
00:43:20.13\00:43:21.75
He's always encouraging.
00:43:21.95\00:43:24.05
Always uplifting someone else.
00:43:24.25\00:43:26.27
I don't care how
much of a hurry we're in
00:43:26.37\00:43:28.41
he is going to take the
time to encourage someone else.
00:43:28.71\00:43:32.72
His business is never more
important than someone else's
00:43:32.92\00:43:36.32
business. But I have to
tell you this wasn't always so.
00:43:36.42\00:43:40.46
He wasn't always this humble.
00:43:41.49\00:43:45.31
He prayed for humility.
00:43:45.41\00:43:49.25
He saw the need and said:
"Oh Lord, make me like You.
00:43:49.65\00:43:55.10
I want this mind to be in
me that was in Christ Jesus.
00:43:55.40\00:43:59.53
Let me be humble. Fill
me with Your Holy Spirit. "
00:43:59.83\00:44:04.31
And God has done
such a marvelous work.
00:44:05.21\00:44:08.76
It's such a joy to be his wife.
00:44:09.06\00:44:11.60
And he is
equally as humble at home
00:44:11.90\00:44:15.21
as he is at work or on the road.
00:44:15.51\00:44:18.54
Praise the Lord.
But I have to tell you:
00:44:18.84\00:44:21.35
some people see
humility as a weakness.
00:44:21.55\00:44:24.14
A lot of the world
sees humility as a weakness.
00:44:25.20\00:44:28.52
But humility does not deny
the power and the authority
00:44:29.23\00:44:34.86
that God has given us.
00:44:35.06\00:44:37.48
Jesus said these things.
00:44:37.78\00:44:40.48
They came from His humble heart.
00:44:40.68\00:44:43.07
"I am the Bread of Life;
I am the Light of the world;
00:44:43.27\00:44:45.97
I am the Good
Shepherd; I am the Resurrection
00:44:46.17\00:44:48.66
and the Life; I am the
Way, the Truth, and the Life;
00:44:48.86\00:44:51.46
I am the True Vine. "
00:44:51.66\00:44:53.89
This One who was
perfect in humility
00:44:54.39\00:44:58.44
knew who He was.
00:44:59.76\00:45:02.06
He knew His power and authority.
00:45:02.26\00:45:03.90
And I believe
that... You know, I have this
00:45:04.10\00:45:07.91
ongoing
conversation with Jim Gilley.
00:45:08.11\00:45:10.83
He'll say: "Shelley, now
don't get fooled because of... "
00:45:11.23\00:45:15.42
You know, we talk about
who's humble or who's not.
00:45:15.62\00:45:18.79
And he'll: "Don't be
fooled by someone's personality.
00:45:18.99\00:45:21.91
Just because someone has
a shy, retiring personality
00:45:22.21\00:45:25.98
does not mean they are humble.
00:45:26.18\00:45:27.55
Sometimes their heart
is lifted up with pride. "
00:45:27.89\00:45:31.36
And just because someone may
be rather loud and boisterous
00:45:31.56\00:45:35.97
and ta-ta-da doesn't
mean that they're prideful.
00:45:36.17\00:45:39.06
They may have the most
self-sacrificing love there is.
00:45:39.26\00:45:42.37
But the humble... When
His humble heart is within us
00:45:42.57\00:45:46.51
it causes us to recognize
00:45:46.81\00:45:50.20
who we are in Christ Jesus.
00:45:50.40\00:45:53.84
We are not weak.
00:45:54.14\00:45:56.08
See, true
humility is just exactly...
00:45:56.28\00:46:00.08
My husband taught me
to pray for humility.
00:46:00.11\00:46:02.55
I didn't pray
for it specifically,
00:46:02.95\00:46:04.68
I prayed to be surrendered.
00:46:04.78\00:46:06.15
And you have to be totally
surrendered to be humble.
00:46:06.18\00:46:08.26
But I've added that to my prayer
00:46:08.56\00:46:10.36
and I'm so glad
that he taught me that
00:46:10.56\00:46:12.60
because it has my eyes
more focused on that quality
00:46:13.00\00:46:18.80
of humility. But we
have to be absolutely
00:46:18.90\00:46:23.32
surrendered to the Lord
to receive this humble heart.
00:46:24.64\00:46:29.40
To walk in obedience.
00:46:29.80\00:46:31.78
And can I get on a... I'm
going to get on my hobby horse
00:46:32.08\00:46:35.59
for a second. Did you
know Pacific Publishing
00:46:35.79\00:46:40.60
is my publisher or who
publishes my books I should say.
00:46:43.00\00:46:47.56
The Lord gave me
a teaching on grace,
00:46:49.28\00:46:51.47
and I called it
the Grace Pipeline.
00:46:51.57\00:46:53.18
There is a program
that's coming up on that.
00:46:53.28\00:46:55.16
But they told me: "Oh, you
cannot have grace in the title.
00:46:55.88\00:47:00.24
It will not sell. "
00:47:00.44\00:47:02.18
And I said: "What? "
00:47:02.48\00:47:04.43
And they said: "You know,
Adventists are afraid of grace -
00:47:04.63\00:47:06.69
teachings on grace. They
have heard some bad teachings. "
00:47:06.89\00:47:10.30
Oh please don't let an
incomplete or a bad teaching
00:47:10.50\00:47:14.97
on grace turn you off from grace
00:47:15.18\00:47:17.48
because everything in the
kingdom is by God's grace.
00:47:17.78\00:47:21.38
Everything. And if we recognize
00:47:22.25\00:47:27.55
it is not our sin
that causes us to recognize
00:47:27.65\00:47:33.35
our pride or our
pride that causes us
00:47:33.55\00:47:37.90
to recognize our sin.
It is the grace of humility
00:47:38.10\00:47:42.64
that causes us to
recognize our sin.
00:47:42.94\00:47:45.65
And we need to surrender so
that we may draw on God's power.
00:47:45.95\00:47:51.21
I want to think
about just a moment
00:47:53.64\00:47:57.61
some of the
humble men in scripture.
00:47:58.01\00:48:01.19
Abraham was
certainly a humble man.
00:48:01.49\00:48:03.66
Joseph... brought out of prison.
00:48:03.86\00:48:06.46
Clean shaved; new outfit.
00:48:06.66\00:48:08.42
Taken before the Pharaoh
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.38
to interpret the
dream of the seven cows...
00:48:10.68\00:48:13.51
lean cows, seven fat cows.
00:48:13.71\00:48:15.18
You know, after what he
had suffered it would have been
00:48:15.48\00:48:18.55
easy when the king said: "I
hear you can interpret dreams. "
00:48:18.75\00:48:22.40
"Oh, yes, king. I am here.
I can interpret your dream. "
00:48:22.60\00:48:26.60
But no, he said: "No, not I.
00:48:26.80\00:48:30.75
It is not in me, but God
will give you the answer. "
00:48:30.96\00:48:33.80
Moses - the Bible says
- was the most humble man
00:48:34.10\00:48:38.89
on earth.
00:48:39.09\00:48:40.69
David was
humble. There's so many.
00:48:40.89\00:48:43.21
John the Baptist. But Paul...
I love our dear brother Paul.
00:48:43.41\00:48:48.75
Persecuting Saul -
which was his old name -
00:48:48.95\00:48:53.00
became submissive Paul.
00:48:53.20\00:48:55.95
And Paul said in
I Corinthians 15:10
00:48:56.15\00:48:58.87
"By the grace of
God I am what I am.
00:48:59.27\00:49:03.44
And His grace
toward me was not in vain.
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.61
But I labored more
abundantly than they all.
00:49:06.81\00:49:08.62
Yet not I... but the
grace which was in me. "
00:49:08.82\00:49:12.96
You see, all of these
great men learned one thing:
00:49:13.36\00:49:17.15
that the very model
of humility and service -
00:49:17.35\00:49:22.26
if we're humble before
men we're serving mankind -
00:49:22.57\00:49:25.31
that was modeled to
them and they realized
00:49:25.72\00:49:30.90
that they had to
follow in that model.
00:49:31.11\00:49:35.17
Because Jesus said:
"Whoever desires to become great
00:49:35.37\00:49:39.91
among you shall be your servant.
00:49:40.11\00:49:41.78
Whoever of you
desires to be first
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shall be slave to all.
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For even the Son of
Man did not come to save
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but to serve... " I mean
"did not come to be served... "
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of course He came to save -
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"but to serve and to give
His life a ransom for many. "
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Always in scripture
humility is a positive quality.
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Humility commends us to God.
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And guess what? Humility
leads to exaltation by God.
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The Bible says
that God dwells...
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God actually says this.
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That He dwells with
the humble in spirit.
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That He looks to
the one who is humble
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and trembles at His Word.
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Humility brings us
into fellowship with God.
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Humility requires, of course,
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that absolute
surrender. But God gives grace
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to the humble. The scripture,
I Peter 5:5 and others,
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says that He resists the proud;
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that He gives
grace to the humble.
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"Be clothed with
humility" He says.
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But listen to this point:
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pride invites the
antidote from God.
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Humility avoids humiliation.
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When we humble
ourselves before the Lord
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we don't have to
worry about God sending us
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some type of a trial.
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You know, Proverbs
are filled with it.
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How humility comes before
wisdom. It ushers in honor.
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It helps you retain honor.
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So in conclusion
pride is a great sin.
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Humility is a great virtue.
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And we should never
think too highly of ourselves.
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We need to take heed lest
we think we stand we fall.
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Grace - God's grace -
is sufficient to deliver us
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from the temptation of pride.
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And salvation by
grace leaves no boasting
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for our good works.
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No room for pride
in salvation by grace.
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Paul said to the Philippians:
"Let this mind be in you... "
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This same humble mind
that was in Christ Jesus.
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Our lives must be
guided by His humble heart.
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By His motives to
glorify the Father.
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All who participate in the
life of Christ will be humble
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because that is a
condition for fellowship.
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Are you humble?
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Is His humble
heart beating in you?
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The life of Christ living in
us brings us the mind of Christ.
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He made Himself
of no reputation.
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He delighted to do God's will.
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He calls us to
do exactly the same.
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He says: "If anyone
would follow after Me,
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let him deny himself.
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Let him pick up his cross daily
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and follow Me. "
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I'll tell you
what: we need to make it
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the desire of our hearts.
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We need to pray
that God will impart
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humility to us.
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We need to humble
ourself before the Lord
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that He might lift us up.
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We need - not just the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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but every church on earth,
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every human being on earth -
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needs to recognize
pride distances them from God.
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And we need to come
before Him and we need to pray
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for correction. You know,
I love what Jeremiah says.
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He says: "O Lord, I know the
way of man is not in himself.
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It is not in man who
walks to direct his own steps.
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O Lord, correct
me... but with justice.
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Not in Your anger lest
You bring me to nothing. "
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Pray for correction.
You don't have to worry
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that God is going to
be too harsh with you.
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God is all loving.
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And when you pray for correction
you're open for correction.
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And when we
recognize God is our all-in-all
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we will recognize
our own nothingness.
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Let me tell you: would
you agree with this statement?
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I believe it's
a scientific fact.
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Water seeks the lowest level.
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Right? When you humble yourself
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before the Lord,
when you come before Him
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with a lowly attitude on
your knees saying: "Lord,
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I know I am nothing without You"
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He will fill you with
living water of the Holy Spirit.
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And we need His grace.
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The humble will
seek God for this grace.
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James chapter 4 verses
5 through 11 says this:
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"Do you think that
the scripture says in vain
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the Spirit who dwells
in us yearns jealously
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but He gives more grace. "
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Praise God. He's
always giving us more grace.
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And the three greatest
gifts of grace are the gift
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ,
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the gift of the Holy Spirit,
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the gift of His Word... that
when it's implanted in our heart
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it has the power
to save our souls.
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And then he
says... we're in verse 6:
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"Therefore... " he
says... "God resists the proud
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but gives grace to the humble.
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Therefore, submit to God.
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Resist the devil...
" and his haughty heart
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"and he will... " and I
added his haughty heart...
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"Resist the devil and
he will flee from you.
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Draw near to God and
He will draw near to you.
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Cleanse your hands, you sinners.
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Purify your
hearts, you double minded.
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Lament and mourn and weep.
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Let your laughter be turned
to mourning, your joy to gloom.
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Humble yourself in
the sight of the Lord.
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He will lift you up. "
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I want to tell you
that the most important
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prayer of our day
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is to ask the Lord to
fill us with the Holy Spirit.
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Day by day we
have to die to self.
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Day by day we need to
surrender control of our life
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to the Lord. And day
by day we need to pray
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that His humble heart
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will beat as one with us
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or ours with Him.
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And when we reach this point
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the beauty of it is
the work will be finished
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because the church will
stand united... not divided...
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and we will give evidence
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of the true character of
the Living God of heaven.
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God bless you all.
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I hope that His
humble heart is in you.
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