13 Humility and God’s Promised Exaltation.
What a series this has been!!!! We've defined humility and given it four biblical pillars, as well as providing tangible ways to grow, like dying to self through obedience to God's will, through service, and through revelation of God's holiness. On today's episode, we talk about the reward for humility, which is God's promised exaltation. Hope you enjoy! Proverbs 22:4 – The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
12 You Are Only as Holy as You Are Humble.
Holiness and humility are two words that are associated with each other in modern day Christianity. Why is that so? On today's episode of the X+1 podcast, we talk about the strong connection between holiness and humility - how humility is necessary to attain holiness.
11 The Happiness in Humility.
Happiness and humility are not normally two words associated with each other. On today's podcast, we will talk about and explain why humility is something to find happiness in, and something to be esteemed as a blessing.
10 Growing in Humility Through Greater Revelation of God’s Holiness.
Growing in humility, although not an exciting subject, is one of the most fruitful works we can begin. On today's episode, we build off of episode 8 on the dying to self and look to examples from Isaiah, Job, and Revelation, where one was led to die to self through revelation of God's holiness.
09 Serving God is Our Highest Liberty.
There is no greater freedom we have been given than to serve our Creator and bring Him honor and glory. Today we talk about serving and humility, how they are related, and how we ought to find great joy in serving.
08 How to Die to Self.
Last week we talked about the importance of being obedient to God, but we left off knowing we must deny ourselves but not how to do that. Today we talk about how we go about doing that, in order that God may have greater impact in our lives.
07 Obedience is the Key to Humility.
How do we grow in humility? The past few weeks we've spent time learning what humility is and its importance but today we will discuss how we can tangibly grow in humility, which begins with growing in obedience.
06 What is Love?
Our world talks so much of love, amplifying its importance and glorifying its presence in our lives. But what exactly is it? And how do we obtain it? This bonus episode will explain just what love is rooted in, and how we can and should seek to strengthen the foundation of love if we are to possess it in our lives.
05 Humility is the Most Important Virtue.
Our churches and communities gloss over the importance of humility in the Christian life. In today's episode, we explain why humility is the most important virtue in the Christian life, and why its importance should not be neglected in our pursuit and following of Jesus.
04 Humility Distinguishes the Believer.
What separates a believer from a non-believer? In today's episode, we will discuss this question and the important role humility plays in distinguishing us as believers.
03 Humility is the Foundation for Righteousness.
What do you think the righteousness of Jesus was built upon? Today we will learn why humility is the foundation for all righteousness by looking at the heart of Jesus! Last episode we learned why pride begets sin, and today we will learn, conversely, why humility begets all righteousness in our lives.
02 Humility is Necessary to Battle Sin.
As we seek to grow in humility it is important to understand the importance as to why. On today's episode, we talk about why humility is necessary to battle sin, and the impact our lack of humility could have on our life.
01 What is Humility?
Today we begin our pursuit of growing in humility. In this episode we will discuss what biblical humility is, and how that impacts our pursuit and desire for humility in our lives.