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Possess An Appropriate Humility ~
Series
Note ~ In just the single chapter of Romans 12 the
Apostle Paul gave believers a list of 39 things which are part of the Christian
life which pleases God. This chapter is
crying out saying, “If you name Jesus
Christ as your Savior then please act like a Christian!” It is Paul’s “To Do List” for us. The key principle is that while you and I
cannot change God’s character (who He
really is) we have the clear potential to damage His reputation (what others think He is).
Scripture
to Meditate On
~ “Do not set your mind on high things” (Romans 12:16b).
Comment ~ This
is a reference to having a suitable humility.
Related
Passages ~ Earlier in this chapter we read: “For I say,
through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a
measure of faith” (Romans 12:3).
Jesus Christ is our pattern:
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in
the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made
Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the
likeness of men. And being found in
appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and
given Him the name which is above every name” (Philippians 2:5-9).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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