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Introduction
What Humility is Not
A pretense of being unaware of your strengths
There is nothing more prideful than mock humility
Dangerous during a job interview
Opportunity to show-boat your humbleness
What is Humility?
We can allow St. Webster to define it
Submission to the Will of God
God’s way is more simple.
Human beings have a tendency to complicate things.
God’s way is conducive to humility.
WHY
Because God’s way is more simple, it takes trust for us to believe it will work.
To follow God’s instructions, we have to bow before His wisdom and rely on methods that seem insufficient, if not completely silly.
BAPTISM
Following Christ Example
GOD COULD NOT HAVE DIED AN ATONING DEATH FOR OUR SINS WITHOUT BECOMING A HUMAN BEING.
The word humility is the only word that can describe it, of course, but what we know of humility in our human relationships hardly seems sufficient
“To be like Christ.
That is our goal, plain and simple.
It sounds like a peaceful, relaxing, easy objective.
But stop and think.
He learned obedience by the things he suffered.
So must we”
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