Title: Those who humble themselves (Luke 14:7)
people who humble themselves
Luke 14:7-11
The lack of humility today has led to an age of arrogance. [Ronald Goetz] used the word today to describe it. At the same time, I go up its roots to an ideological problem and point out [Karl Max], [Freud], and the philosopher [Nietzsche]. If we look closely at what Max's theory, Freud's thought, and Nietzsche's philosophy beyond human beings are talking about, there is one in them. Together we will discover that humility is not a virtue. According to their theory, humility oppresses humans and is a factor that hinders human development. So, throw away your humility. If you are humble, you will perish. There is no humility in communism. Always trying to show off and show off.
The hallmark of this age without humility is self-pride. When I have free time, I do self-PR. I think that's the only way to survive. What humanity is here? Are you social? The precious beauty of life has been turned into a battlefield. Even husband and wife are fighting for survival. A couple's fight, which used to be like cutting water with a knife, is now a battle level. I'll see if you die or I die.
One day, I saw on TV that a person who was pretty when she was young had to have surgery several times in the hope that she would always look prettier by looking at her own face. Later, there was a story of a man who put cooking oil on his face and made his face very ugly. What's more, how unhappy are you when you see that you have been hospitalized because of mental problems? The first time I saw it, I had to stop, but now I can't turn it back A person who has a lot of dissatisfaction and resentment against himself is an arrogant person. So no thanks. But why do you have dissatisfaction and resentment against yourself? Because of your delusion of yourself. Excessive selfish thoughts and egocentric thoughts can also create pride.
In other cases, I get angry because I don't like how other people treat me. He told me to take responsibility for my face when I was over 40, and to take responsibility for my environment when I was over 50. Like this saying, if I have always been kind to others, everyone around me will be kind to me. But if, for some reason, everyone is moving away from me, the problem is with me. I have to think about how people are like that because of what I did, but I don't want to feel sorry for this, and there are only a lot of dissatisfaction. This too is pride.
There is another pride. Do you have a lot of resentment against the gifts God has given me, the economy He has given me, this environment that He has given me, my situation, my status, and what God is doing for me? It is pride. ‘I am lacking, but God has given me grace to exceed my wrath. God is a very good God.’ If you feel gratitude, you are a humble person. However, if you have a grudge that says, 'God is really tormenting me for the rest of my life,' then you are an arrogant person. You can check your Humility Index here. Humble people have gratitude and grace, but proud people have dissatisfaction and resentment.
The point Jesus is saying is to know that your worth is determined by others, not by yourself. No matter how much a person exalts himself, he does not rise; it is only when others view him that he can be elevated. Therefore, people who humble themselves are much better looking than those who try to exalt themselves, and the more they look, the more they want to exalt themselves.
[Abraham Lincoln] is famous for two looks. One was that he was tall and his legs were so long that he had to fit a chair, and the second was that he had an ugly face. It was so ugly that an elementary school student said, “Try growing a beard.” So from then on, to camouflage his ugly face, he grew a beard and made it look good enough. But one day, an opposition member of the National Assembly spoke in front of Lincoln and slandered, saying, “That man is a double personality, a man with two faces.” Lincoln smiled and said, “If I had two faces, why would I have come here with this ugly face? There is a famous story that says, “Come out with a handsome face.” Guys, this is what humility looks like. Humility is not afraid of misunderstanding. Not afraid of slander. Humility always has room to overflow.
Dear saints!
Today, Jesus speaks the truth about humble yourself. that I lower myself. It is the lowering of others by lowering it. I humble myself, and I am humbled. It is disgraceful to be humbled by others. But regardless of what others say, if I humble myself, it would be truly humility.
What is more important is the truth that God exalts me when I humble myself. The height is different. “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (verse 11).