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Humility
Necessary to the service of God - Mic 6:8
Christ an example of - Mt 11:29; Joh 13:14,15; Php 2:5-8
A characteristic of saints - Ps 34:2
THE WHO HAVE
- Regarded by God
- Ps 138:6; Isa 66:2- Heard by God
- Ps 9:12; Isa 10:17- Enjoy the presence of God
- Isa 57:15- Delivered by God
- Job 22:29- Lifted up by God
- Jas 4:10- Exalted by God
- Lu 14:11; 18:14- Are greatest in Christ's kingdom
- Mt 18:4; 20:26-28- Receive more grace
- Pr 3:34; Jas 4:6- Upheld by honour
- Pr 18:12; 29:23Is before honour - Pr 15:33
Leads to riches, honour, and life - Pr 22:4
SAINTS SHOULD
- Put on
- Col 3:12- Be clothed with
- 1Pe 5:5- Walk with
- Eph 4:1,2- Beware of false
- Col 2:18,23Afflictions intended to produce - Le 26:41; De 8:3; La 3:20
Want of, condemned - 2Ch 33:23; 36:12; Jer 44:10; Da 5:22
Temporal judgments averted by - 2Ch 7:14; 12:6,7
Excellency of - Pr 16:19
Blessedness of - Mt 5:3
Exemplified
- Abraham
- Ge 18:27- Jacob
- Ge 32:10- Moses
- Ex 3:11; 4:10- Joshua
- Jos 7:6- Gideon
- Jud 6:15- David
- 1Ch 29:14- Hezekiah
- 2Ch 32:26- Manasseh
- 2Ch 33:12- Josiah
- 2Ch 34:27- Job
- Job 40:4; 42:6- Isaiah
- Isa 6:5- Jeremiah
- Jer 1:6- John the Baptist
- Mt 3:14- Centurion
- Mt 8:8- Woman of Canaan
- Mt 15:27- Elizabeth
- Lu 1:43- Peter
- Lu 5:8- Paul
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