Hi Cym

Yes, I thought so too. A humble spirit

In the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament, humility is an essential characteristic of true piety, or of the man who is right with God. God humbles men in order to bring them to Himself (Deu_8:2, Deu_8:3, etc.), and it is when men humble themselves before Him that they are accepted (1Ki_21:29; 2Ch_7:14, etc.); to "walk humbly with thy God" completes the Divine requirements (Mic_6:8). In Psa_18:35 (2Sa_22:36) the quality is ascribed to God Himself, "Thy gentleness (or condescension) hath made me great." Of "him that hath his seat on high" it is said, (Hebrew) "humbleth (shāphēl) himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth" (Psa_113:6). It is in the humble heart that "the high and lofty One,... whose name is Holy" dwells (Isa_57:15; compare Isa_66:2).

(b) The word tapeinophrosunē is not found in classical Greek (Lightfoot); in the New Testament (with the exception of 1Pe_5:5) it is Pauline. In Greek pre-Christian writers tapeinos is, with a few exceptions in Plato and Platonic writers, used in a bad or inferior sense - as denoting something evil or unworthy. The prominence it gained in Christian thought indicates the new conception of man in relation to God, to himself, and to his fellows, which is due to Christianity. It by no means implies slavishness or servility; nor is it inconsistent with a right estimate of oneself, one's gifts and calling of God, or with proper self-assertion when called for. But the habitual frame of mind of a child of God is that of one who feels not only that he owes all his natural gifts, etc., to God, but that he has been the object of undeserved redeeming love, and who regards himself as being not his own, but God's in Christ. He cannot exalt himself, for he knows that he has nothing of himself. The humble mind is thus at the root of all other graces and virtues. Self-exaltation spoils everything. There can be no real love without humility. "Love," said Paul, "vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up" (1Co_13:4). As Augustine said, humility is first, second and third in Christianity.


Shain1611

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