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(Jonathan Edwards)
"For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit!" Isaiah 57:15
A truly humble man is sensible . . .
of his natural distance from God;
of his dependence on Him;
of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom;
that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for;
that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to live a holy life.
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach, as humility!
"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble!" 1 Peter 5:5
"For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit!" Isaiah 57:15
A truly humble man is sensible . . .
of his natural distance from God;
of his dependence on Him;
of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom;
that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for;
that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to live a holy life.
Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach, as humility!
"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble!" 1 Peter 5:5
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