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The apostle Peter wrote about humility.
● 1Pet 5:6 . . Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.
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:
● Matt 18:4 . .Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
"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 seen, to be heard, to matter, 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 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.
● 1Pet 5:6 . . Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.
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:
● Matt 18:4 . .Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
"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 seen, to be heard, to matter, 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 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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