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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Scripture Verses for small groups - 09/11/11 - 09-17-11

Obedience  "...What does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" ~ Micah 6:8 ~


A. The more the Christian forgets and loses himself, desiring to be nothing so that God may be all and be alone glorified, the happier he will be
  1. Isaiah 43:7, 21
  2. John 12;28, 13:31-32
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:31
  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

B. By sin this design has been thwarted. man seeks himself and his own will
  1. Romans 1:21-23
C. Grace has come to restore what sin has corrupted and to bring man to glory by the pathway of dying to himself and living solely for the glory of God. This is the humility or lowliness of which Jesus is the perfected example.
  1. John 8:50
  2. Philippians 2:7-8
D. He who would be freed from self exaltation must not think to obtain this by striving against its mere workings. No, pride must be driven out and kept out by humility -The spirit of His lowliness will work in us true lowliness.
  1. Romans 8:2
  2. Philippians 2:5
E. Gods aversion to pride and the punishment that comes upon it.
  1. Proverbs 16:5, 18
  2. Matthew 23:12
  3. James 4:5-10
  4. 1 Peter 5:5
F. Glorious promises to the lowly
  1. Psalm 34:19
  2. Proverbs 11;2
  3. Isaiah 57:15
  4. Luke 948, 14:11, 18:14
G. Humility is highly promised as one of the first virtues.
  1. Romans 12:3. 16
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:4
  3. Galatians 5:22-26
  4. Ephesians 4:2
  5. Philippians 2:3
  6. Colossians 2:13
H. Jesus whole incarnation and redemption has its roots in His humiliation
  1. Matthew 20:26, 28
  2. Luke 22:27
  3. John 13:14-15
  4. Philippians 2:7-8
I. We battle against pride with lowliness
  1. Job 40:6
  2. Isaiah 6:5
  3. Luke 5:8
J. A redeemed soul who knows that only through the death of "I" does the way to the new life lie, it is indispensable. 
  1. Romans 7:18
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:9
  3. Galatians 2:20
K. A man created for the honor of God.
  1. Genesis 1;27
  2. 1 Corinthians 11:7
L. Take singly some of these words of God from time to time and store them in your heart. The seeds of the tree of life are the words of God, carry them in your heart, and they will grow up and yield fruit.
  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  2. Hebrews 4:12
  3. James 1:21
Let faith be the chief thing. believe in the power of the eternal life that lives in you, believe in the power of Jesus, who is your life. Believe in the power of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in you. Don't attempt to hide your pride, or to forget it, or to root it out yourself. Confess this sin, with every working of it that you find, in the sure confidence that the blood cleanses and the Spirit sanctifies, learn from Jesus that He is humble and lowly in heart. Consider that he is your life, with all that He has. Believe that He gives His humility to you. the word "do it to the Lord Jesus" means be clothed with humility, so that you may be clothed with Jesus. It is Christ in you that shall fill you with humility.

Prayer: Lord, when shall we learn that with lowliness is the grace by which man can be most closely conformed to the divine glory? O' lord, teach me this - Amen

All commentary by Andrew Murray






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