Today’s Big Question:
Is your life characterized more by pride or by humility?
Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 3:34
He mocks those who mock
but gives grace to the humble.
Other verses mentioned in the episode:
The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind. (Prov 24:9 )
“Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." (1 Peter 5:5)
“A helpful biblical definition of humility is found in Romans 12:3, where Paul says that a person should “not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.” In other words, humility is an accurate estimation of our self-importance in relation to God and others. It is not inappropriate self-exaltation or self-abasement. Pride then is the over-estimation of our self-importance in relation to God and others.” - Jon Bloom
“It is pride that makes men scorners. When men have an overweening conceit of themselves, they are likely to behave insolently to others, and contemptuously to God himself” - George Lawson
“A truly gospel-humble person is not a self-hating person or a self-loving person, but a gospel-humble person. The truly gospel-humble person is a self-forgetful person whose ego is just like his or her toes. It just works. It does not draw attention to itself. The toes just work; the ego just works. Neither draws attention to itself.” – Tim Keller
"God hates pride...For the sake of God's glory and the sake of your own soul's satisfaction, make war on every vestige of pride in your life and cry out to God every day for the miracle of humility." - John Piper
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