Titled.: Ephesians 4:1-6.

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community: a group of individuals sharing a common interest or goal.

  1. personal sanctification (1-2).
    • humility: knowing one’s own unworthiness.
    • gentleness: keeping one’s power under control as a result of humility.
    • patience: long suffering; only possible through humility…

I have a little problem with this definition of humility. If I abide by this definition, then I must be considered haughty. The reason why I don’t like this definition is because I don’t see how “knowing” my own unworthiness is going to benefit the church. If I acknowledge my unworthiness, how will I be able to know that I am capable of doing His work? Does claiming my unworthiness glorify God? Because God did in fact create me - a beautiful masterpiece, right? Or am I just a piece of artwork created by an amateur? Did I just call God an amateur?… Now Holy Spirit doesn’t tell me that I’m unworthy. Holy Spirit doesn’t want to limit my power and authority in Christ. Because if God is a god of love, then he certainly wouldn’t want to hold back on me. He never did.

I guess I can to some extent understand where the speaker is coming from, but to me, I just don’t agree. Because I’m going to look to the most perfect man as an example - Jesus Christ. He embodied true humility. The act of washing the disciples’ feet is considered to be one of the most humble acts in the Bible, but the thing is, Jesus didn’t wash his disciples feet as a result of Him realizing His unworthiness. 

And if this doesn’t make sense, I always turn to basketball as an example lol. Whose character is better represented? A captain of a championship team acknowledging a fellow teammate who made an awesome assist or a captain who acknowledges that he doesn’t deserve the title? I know that I would want to smack the latter captain because if he isn’t worthy of it, he should just give the title away. We all know he’s good. He’s the captain… and a now a liar.

“Bold analogy,” you may think, but I’m done with being taught things that demean me and my potential. I think it’s funny that this is being preached numerous places. It makes me wonder if people actually read the whole Bible. Because in Ephesians 1:4 it says, “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” And Ephesians 2:6-7 states, “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.” So what is Paul trying to say? We’re worthy of it all. C’mon, we are raised up with Christ, and we’re not being arrogant. 

“Humility isn’t thinking less of ourselves but thinking of ourselves less.” -The Supernatural Ways of Royalty

***Not in any way trying to bash you, Nathan. You know I love you as a brother. Just something to think about. :)