NLT)
15 The high and lofty one who lives in
eternity,
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
the Holy One, says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
This was one of the verses in my meditation of
The Word this week, (Rom 12:2
[ NLT] Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then
you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.) God reveals to us – line
upon line precept upon precept His plans for us when we meditate on His
Word.
Of
interest words humble and contrite – in light of Fruit of Spirit
in our study last week - Gal 5:22 Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our
lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control.
PRAY
Humble
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1.
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not proud or arrogant; modest: to be
humble although successful.
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2.
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having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience,
etc.: In the presence of so many world-famous
writers I felt very humble.
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3.
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low in rank, importance, status, quality, etc.; lowly: of humble origin; a humble home.
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4.
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courteously respectful: In my humble
opinion you are wrong.
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5.
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low in height, level, etc.; small in size: a humble member of the galaxy.
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–verb
(used with object)
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6.
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to lower in condition, importance, or dignity; abase.
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7.
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to destroy the independence, power, or will of.
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8.
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to make meek: to humble one's heart.
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[Origin: 1200–50; ME (h)umble
< OF < L humilis lowly, insignificant, on the ground. See humus, -ile
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] Humus
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the dark organic material in soils, produced by the
decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of
the earth.
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Note: Essential for growth
I would submit that every fruit of the spirit mentioned in Gal 5,
parallels
Humble and contriteness (deeply sorry or repentant)
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Lets look at Isa. 57:15 – 15 The high and lofty one who lives
in eternity,
(God always has been, always will be – My habitation, no time needed, where I live)
(God always has been, always will be – My habitation, no time needed, where I live)
the Holy One, says this:
(The Great I Am – not was…not a has been, or will be – Jesus tells us Love God with all your heart and have faith that He will provide what we need, then He says - “sufficient for this day are this days troubles” – In other words don’t worry, The Great I Am, who takes care of you in the present.
(The Great I Am – not was…not a has been, or will be – Jesus tells us Love God with all your heart and have faith that He will provide what we need, then He says - “sufficient for this day are this days troubles” – In other words don’t worry, The Great I Am, who takes care of you in the present.
A. how many examples of Jesus saying I Am can you think of :
1. Way, Truth and Life – Vine and you are branches…. – (class)
“I live in the high and
holy place
(My domain – where I live)
(My domain – where I live)
He says to us:
those whose spirits are contrite
and humble.
(truly sorry and are righteous through My Only Begotten, and who are or have an attitude or mentality or lifestyle of meekness or teachable ness preferring others over themselves)
(truly sorry and are righteous through My Only Begotten, and who are or have an attitude or mentality or lifestyle of meekness or teachable ness preferring others over themselves)
I
restore the crushed spirit of the humble
(Take care of the ones who have a lifestyle of putting other first)
(Take care of the ones who have a lifestyle of putting other first)
and
revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
(Bring back to life the boldness of those who truly have an
attitude of repentance)
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The idea is
that if we have an attitude, or make a lifestyle of showing the fruit of the
spirit. We will live with Him and He
will do all of these things for us.
He will prefer us – put us first – humble Himself to us!
(all
about you to him, to you, etc.…. all about us to GOD! )
·
We have been
equipped by the Power of God (His Word of Power, not by the power of His Word –
{explain diff}), (many versions say “powerful
word”. Correct translation is “Word of Power” – gives idea of infinite power) and
it is essential if Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior to put others first. God
through Paul & Timothy tells us to put each other first
(read) Rom 12:10 & 1 Tim 5:21
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We must choose
to be humble / if we have a free will to worship God and to be saved, we
have to choose to show the attributes of Him
2
Cor. 5:7 - We live by faith, not
by sight. – We
do the right thing (have a humble attitude show the fruit of the Spirit)
because we have faith that it is the right thing to do not because or when we
feel like it.
There
will always be times when we don’t feel like being nice or being humble,
(examples) but when we do it because it is the right thing to do that is
when GOD rejoices.
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When we put other first, we will never be offended, we will
arrest the offense by saying to ourselves (why should he … examples)
