The Humility of our Lord Yeshua.

Key verses: Philippians 2:5-8.

 

Key point: His life had no pride of –

1. Birth and Rank – Luke 2:7. Mark 6:3.

‘Is this not the carpenter’s son?’

2. Respectability – John 1:46.

 ‘Can anything good come from Nazareth’

3. Personal Appearance – Isaiah 53:2.

No stately stature or splendour.

4. Learning – John 7:15.

‘How knoweth he letters having not studied’

5. Intellect – John 8:28.

‘I speak the things My father hath taught Me.’

6. Wealth – Matthew 8:20.

‘The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head’

7. Reputation – Matthew 11:19. Luke 15:2

‘A friend of publicans and sinners’

‘This man receives sinners and eats with them’

8. Success – John 1:11.

‘His own received Him not!’

9. Superiority – Luke 22:27.

‘I AM among you, as He that serveth’

     10. Ability – John 5:19-20.                                                                                                                                              ‘I can of my own self do nothing’

11. Self-will – John 5:30.

‘I seek not my own will but of He who sent Me’

12. Independence – Luke 8:3.

 ‘many ministered to Him from their means’

13. Bigotry – Mark 9:40.

‘He who is not against us is for us’

14. Resentment – Luke 22:21; 23:34.

‘The hand of My betrayer is with Me’ 

‘Father forgive them’