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NASB | John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh conveys no benefit [it is of no account]. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life [providing eternal life]. |
Subject: How do we understand these words? |
Bible Note: Hi, Aixen7z4! The struggle goes on... When we ignore Christ's command to be humble it is, in part, because we we get immersed in ourselves... we fail the first Commandment and we put God not above our ego but below it, we are then able to choose ourselves instead of Christ! "But how can we know if we are sufficiently humble?" The fact that we must constantly check ourselves is a clear gauge of our capacity to be sufficiently humble--we can never be humble enough! Though this is not because humily is so beyond our understanding or spiritual awareness or willingness to serve Christ... rather, it is because we abide in the flesh and Satan, that ole embodiment of pride, assails our weackest link: our ego. Was it pride that prompted you to share your experience at the meeting?, I think not! I think that it was determined by your desire to demonstrate that ecuminsim is possible for Christians, even when the Body of Christ is represented by a diverse group of Believers. There's no pride in demonstrating that we can be one in Christ! "Yet, in some ways, I am identified with them." Here's where we tread beyond humility... there's a fine line between rejoycing in Christ for Christ's sake and rejoicing in ourselves or our "accomplishments;" if the focus of contentment/pride is in ourselves/congregation (I/we did this or that; I/we have done more or outdone him/her/them...), we have left all humility behind and have embraced pride! Conversely, when we move in Christ and for Christ we will be able to remain humble (2 Corinthians 5:20-21; James 4:6; Romans 12:16)... even when we err, we would be receptive to the Holy Sprit and we will quickly repent from our transgression as we humble ourselves to Christ! Can we be humble enough?... no, pride wont let us! But we are humble in Him who died for us; Him who was raised; Him who sits at the Father's right Hand, always interceding in our behalf! So, if we humble ourselves to God, He will lift us up--both exaltation and eternal life! "The standard, after all, is our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 10:35)" I do not follow you on this example... could you clarify? "Someone pointed out at a recent meeting that we can become proud of our humility. Isn’t that amazing?" True! Society has conditioned us to appeal to the world in false love and false humility... it could easily be that by professing to be humble we may be expecting acknowledgement of our "sincere humility"--Jesus spoke on this to the disciples when He warned them not to imitate the Pharisees and Sadducees! God Bless! Angel |