Zac Poonen - Humility and Reverence for God
Summary
Zac Poonen teaches on humility as essential to receiving God's grace, using 1 Peter 5:6 and examples from Scripture to show that God opposes the proud but exalts the humble. He emphasizes that true exaltation means victory over sin, not worldly success, and that pride—even subtle spiritual pride—prevents receiving God's grace and leads to defeat by sin.
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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: Humility and Reverence for God Date: 02/11/2024 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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Zac Poonen teaches that God breaks those with pride and position to make them truly humble, which is essential for effective spiritual leadership. Using Moses and Jacob as examples, he shows how God humbles the self-reliant through prolonged suffering and loss of status, transforming them from proud achievers into vessels fit for God's purposes. True humility, he explains, is not artificial but comes from genuinely recognizing one's own incapability without God.
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