Understanding
the Gospel Produces Humility
According
to Scripture, God deliberately designed the gospel in such a way as to strip me
of pride and leave me without any grounds for boasting in myself whatsoever.
This is actually a wonderful mercy from God, for pride is at the root of all my
sin. Pride produced the first sin in the Garden, and pride always precedes
every sinful stumbling in my life. Therefore, if I am to experience deliverance
from sin, I must be delivered from the pride that produces it. Thankfully, the
gospel is engineered to accomplish this deliverance.
Preaching
the gospel to myself each day mounts a powerful assault against my pride and
serves to establish humility in its place. Nothing
suffocates my pride more than daily reminders regarding the glory of my God,
the gravity of my sins, and the crucifixion of God’s own son in my place.
Also, the gracious love of God, lavished on me because of Christ’s death, is
always humbling to remember, especially when viewed against the backdrop of the
Hell I deserve.
Pride wilts in the atmosphere of the gospel;
and the more pride is mortified within me, the less frequent are my moments of
sinful contention with God and with others. Conversely, humility grows lushly
in the atmosphere of the gospel, and the more humility flourished with me, the
more I experience God’s grace alone with the strengthening His grace provides.
Additionally, such humility intensifies
my passion for God and causes my heart increasingly to thrill whenever He is
praised.
Milton Vincent, A Gospel Premier (P 27-28) emphasis mine
The Gospel
and Humility are inextricable linked. They are dance partners in an intricate,
worshipful dance before heaven’s throne. The gospel leads humility around the
floor in smooth and graceful choreography while humility continues to point
back to her partner.
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