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Walking In Humility
C.S. Lewis Institute Atlanta
Fellows Program Year 1
December
"Have this mind in you which was in Christ Jesus ... "
I.
II.
Objectives:
To envision how humility relates to God's overall purposes for our lives
Humility
B.
Humility is:
The transcendent, personal God created and sustains all things. He is the
"Alpha and Omega" (Rev. 1:8) the "I Am" (Ex. 3:14)
God made human beings from the "dust of the ground" (Gen. 2:7)
We are not eternal beings, we are temporal
We are not infinite beings, we are bound by space
We are not the Creator, we are human beings
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook (Downers Grove: IVP, 2005),
p.191
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John Stott, "Pride, Humility & God," Sovereign Grace Online, September/October
2000, www .sovereigngraceministries.org/sgo/v l 8no5/prt_pride.html.
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B.
lIJ Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall (Pv. 16: 18)
"I hate pride and arrogance" (Pv. 8: 13). (See the Tower of Babel and
Neb)
1.
Distrust - The essence of sin is the refusal to trust God as the center to
all life. We refuse to acknowledge that He is the giver and sustainer of
life (unbelief)
2.
C.
V.
B.
Is God humble?
C.S. Lewis, "Mere Christianity," The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics (San
Francisco: Harpe, 2002) p.105.
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"Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,
and that he had come from God and was returning to God, so he got up .
. . " (Jn.13:3-4)
C.
Corruption - sinners who have turned away from God and his
purposes
D.
E.
A God-centered View of Others (Micah 6:8; "He has told you ... ")
View every person in relationship to God (no mere mortals). See how
James applies this to how we speak about others (Js. 3:8-10)
Use gifts, talents, and abilities for the common good (love)
F.
listens to others
not argumentative
empowers others