Sermons
Be Humble
Deuteronomy
6:10 And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build,
11 and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full,
12 then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Deuteronomy
7:6 The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
8 but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers,
Deuteronomy
9:4 Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you. 5Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers,
Deuteronomy
9:6Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness,
11:31For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy
9:6Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness,
11:31For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Ephesians 2:4-9
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
How we look at ourselves
? Bring low; not think highly,
Mt. 18:4; Ex. 10:3
? Affliction often required, Deut.8:16
? Not “all about me”, Phil.2:5-8
? Put our desires in the back seat
? Nothing on our own, Jn. 15:15
? Deserve, and worthy of, nothing
? In need
? Of Others (support)
? Of God
? Of God's grace, Js. 4:6
How we look at others
? Exalt above self, Phil.2:3; 1 Pet.5:5
? Put their needs above ours
? Seeking their interest first, Phil.2:4
? Respect/Respectful attitude, Rm.12:16
? Realize their need for us, Heb. 10:24
? Realize we can help, Lk 10
? In need of God, James 2:5
? Have access to God's grace--
? Just like US! (Lk. 5:31-32)