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Yesterday
JonathanH wrote:
What one can
claim is that they have a proper confidence in what they teach
and think. This is not absolute certainty. It avoids such pride. It refuses to
confuse God’s word with our word. What is hoped
is that our words become a faithful interpretation of
God’s words, that others may see through what we say to what God is saying to
our hearts.
Judyt: Today my
question would be what (in God's eyesight) is pride?
Is humility
knowing and saying what Jesus says with the absolute certainty that
comes through faith?
Or
is humility having confidence in my own personal
thoughts
and spreading what "I think" Jesus might be
saying - wasn't it I, Me, and My that got Lucifer thrown out of
heaven?
Were the Bereans of Acts 17:11 proud
to think they could examine what the apostle Paul taught
alongside God's Word to see if what he said was so? Is it pride to
believe the same grace enables us to do this today?
Since Jesus is our Master and he left us an
example that we should follow in His steps (1 Peter 2:21), what does Jesus have
to say about this?
We know from His own words that Jesus only
said what he first heard the Father saying (John
12:49 & John 14:24)
We know that his hearers did not
receive what he said because they did not have the
word of the Father dwelling in them (John 8:37, John 8:43); they were counting
on the fact that they were children of Abraham genetically to put them
over.
We see that Jesus was confident about
what he did and said because His teaching/words came from the Father and his
hearers were condemned by their unbelief as we will be if we don't get
it together because all of us will all be judged by the words He spoke
(John 12:48).
Jesus was humble (see Matthew 11:29) So
God's definition of humility is saying what He says.
I have been reading a lot about
"interpretation" and different kinds of mindsets that cause problems with this.
However, God's Word needs no interpretation because He and He alone reveals the
meaning to some and conceals it to others.
This is explained in Matthew
13:13-17.
The secret of the Lord is with those who
fear Him and He will show them His covenant .....
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