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This Is Our God

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Christianity

Learning to Think Biblically About: Humility

  • Phil 2:1-11
    • being transformed in humility
  • Andrew Murray re: humility, “…the sense of entire nothingness which comes when we see how truly God is ALL and in which we make way for God to BE all…”
  • v1: “if” = since
    • “full accord” = one body
    • we need to worship and serve together for God’s glory, not our own!
  • 3 ingredients to nurture humility:
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He Has Risen!

  • 1 Cor 6:9
  • the cross and the resurrection go hand in hand
    • cross without resurrection is just another dead person
    • resurrection without cross is an accomplishment of nothing
  • without the cross, we were defined by sin
  • we were once lost but now we’re found in Christ
  • 3 metaphors to describe God’s transforming grace, with “but” underscoring everything
    • but you were washed
    • but you were sanctified
    • but you were justified