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The apostle Peter wrote about humility.
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may
exalt you at the proper time" (1Pet 5:6)
The koiné Greek word for "humble" is tapeinophrosune (tap-i-nof-ros-oo'
nay) which means lowliness of mind; viz: modesty, which Webster's defines
as freedom from conceit or vanity. Humility can also be defined as ranking
oneself low in a hierarchy or scale; for example:
"Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven." (Matt 18:4)
"greatest' is a category. In other words: there is more than one great person
in heaven certainly. But Jesus taught it is better that you be made great
than to make yourself great, e.g. Luke 14:8-11, and Matt 23:2-7,
Humility is very rare on internet forums. Everyone is striving to be heard, to
be understood, to get their own two cents in, to be valued, and to be
accepted as an equal or better. But that's a bad, bad attitude.
● Phil 2:3 . .With humility of mind, let each of you regard one another as
more important than himself.
Non humble people-- the quarrelsome, the assertive, the confrontational,
the bigoted, the argumentative, the opinionated, the pushy, the conceited--
tend to regard any and all disagreements with their way of thinking as
demeaning attacks upon their core values and their distorted sense of self
worth. These people have very little interest in harmony; they're stand-up
fighters whose primary interest is survival.
Seeing as how the kingdom of heaven is reputedly a place of peace, then the
non humble cannot be allowed to go there. For sure they'd just end up
making things very uncomfortable for the kingdom's mild-mannered, affable
society.
● Matt 5:3 . . Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
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The apostle Peter wrote about humility.
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may
exalt you at the proper time" (1Pet 5:6)
The koiné Greek word for "humble" is tapeinophrosune (tap-i-nof-ros-oo'
nay) which means lowliness of mind; viz: modesty, which Webster's defines
as freedom from conceit or vanity. Humility can also be defined as ranking
oneself low in a hierarchy or scale; for example:
"Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven." (Matt 18:4)
"greatest' is a category. In other words: there is more than one great person
in heaven certainly. But Jesus taught it is better that you be made great
than to make yourself great, e.g. Luke 14:8-11, and Matt 23:2-7,
Humility is very rare on internet forums. Everyone is striving to be heard, to
be understood, to get their own two cents in, to be valued, and to be
accepted as an equal or better. But that's a bad, bad attitude.
● Phil 2:3 . .With humility of mind, let each of you regard one another as
more important than himself.
Non humble people-- the quarrelsome, the assertive, the confrontational,
the bigoted, the argumentative, the opinionated, the pushy, the conceited--
tend to regard any and all disagreements with their way of thinking as
demeaning attacks upon their core values and their distorted sense of self
worth. These people have very little interest in harmony; they're stand-up
fighters whose primary interest is survival.
Seeing as how the kingdom of heaven is reputedly a place of peace, then the
non humble cannot be allowed to go there. For sure they'd just end up
making things very uncomfortable for the kingdom's mild-mannered, affable
society.
● Matt 5:3 . . Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
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