Zac Poonen - Growing In Humility

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: Growing In Humility Date: 12/04/2022 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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True spiritual growth is not measured by increased knowledge but by learning gentleness and humility from Jesus, as taught in Matthew 11:29. The speaker emphasizes that genuine humility, exemplified by Christ's self-emptying, involves a downward path rather than the world's upward trajectory. Paul's progression from being the

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Knowledge is not the test of spiritual growthMany Christians assess their growth by an increase in Bible knowledge, but cleverness has no value in God's kingdom.

What Jesus told us to learn from himJesus explicitly told us to learn gentleness and humility from him, which is the true test of spiritual growth.Matthew 11:29

Having the attitude of ChristBelievers are challenged to have the same attitude of humility that was in Christ Jesus, who went down step by step from God to man, slave, and criminal.

Going down on the downward pathUnlike the world which always seeks to go up, spiritual growth in the Christian life goes down, because God's greatest blessings are on the lowest shelf.

Pressing on like PaulPaul recognized he had not yet attained complete humility, but he had a deep passion to press on toward that downward path.

Paul's three statements of humilityAs Paul grew closer to God over the years, his view of himself dropped from the least of the apostles to the least of all believers, and finally to the chief of sinners.1 Corinthians 15:9

Recognizing God's presence in worshipBelievers must consciously check themselves when singing hymns to ensure they are genuinely speaking to Jesus rather than just reciting familiar tunes.

Seeking more humilityZephaniah issues an exhortation for the humble people of the earth to seek the Lord and seek for more humility.Zephaniah 2:3

Regarding others as more importantTrue humility is not falsely imagining that everyone is more spiritual than you, but rather regarding others as more important, just as Jesus demonstrated by washing feet.

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