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“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.” [ II Corinthians 12:7]
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“For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.” [Luke 14:7-11]
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“Let God just bless a fellow and put a little confidence in him, and he gets to be a know-it-all. He's got to start an organization, or he's got to do something that's different. God has a hard time trying to get somebody that He can deal with, that'll stay humble, and meek, and stay in the place until God calls him to do something (you believe that? See?), a man that God can bless and he'll still keep hisself a man, not be an angel or a god. As soon as man gets blessed and has a little something given to him, he wants to become a god; he wants to become a--a angel. He wants to become some great person. "What I do, what... Me and me and mine..." all that. That's the wrong attitude. God's hunting for somebody who He could bless and pour out the blessings, and--and more He blessed, the littler the man will become. And you'll never get more of God until you become nothing. You've got to belittle yourself. He that will exalt himself, God will bring abase. He that will humble himself, God will exalt. You've got to get little before you can get big. And you'll never be big in your own self; you'll only be as big as God will be big in you. See?” [Questions And Answers, JEFF IN, COD 59-0628E]
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“ Humility, the way down is all the ways, the way up. "He that will humble himself, God will exalt. He that exalteth himself shall be abased." The way down is the way up for the believer, humble himself before God. Jesus met with men of all walks of life. That makes Him great, because not even one person can ever call on Him but what He will be right there at their side. That's what makes Him God is because of His humility” [Hear Ye Him, Yakima, WA, 60-0806] |
“There's three things I've noticed in reading history, that wrecks a minister's life from the start: one of them is money, the love of it. The next is popularity. When he thinks he's something, when he's nothing anyhow. And the next is women. That's right. Man takes money, women, popularity. That's been the three major things that God's had trouble with His children. Many of the other things that goes along with it too. But the main thing is when God begins to bless a brother and give him something a little more than--or something another to help the people, then the man begins to think, "See who I am?" Right then he's on his road down. You want me to tell you how to get up? Get down. The way up is go down. He that humbles himself, God will exalt. Is that right? He that exalts himself will be made abased.” [I Am The Resurrection And The Life, Chicago IL, 52-0810A] |
“Now, remember, each one of you has power in Christ. You don't have power; you have authority, your authority. You're just exalted way above, not to be exalt yourself up, but Christ has lifted you up. The more Christ lifts you up, the farther you want to be down (See?); you'll feel so humble. So how would He ever save a wretch like me, how did He ever do it? But He did it; and so I'm thankful for it. Amen.” [Christianity Versus Idolatry, JEFF IN, 61-1217] |
“Oh, He may permit crossroads. He may permit crossroads to try us, to perfect us for His service. He may permit that now, Church, both here and on tape. He may permit the crossroads for our service. 223 Like He did Daniel. He give Daniel a little crossroad one day. You know, he was a great man down in Babylon. He did, He let the king turn against him and throw him in the lions' den. It only perfected him. Sure did! 224 Let the Hebrew children go into the fiery furnace. They was determined to stand for His Word! 225 He may permit cross words, let them laugh at you for having long hair, let them laugh at you for saying why you become a holy-roller or whatever more That's a crossroad, that's a little junction. That's to prove something. 226 See, the only thing that the crossroad did to the Hebrew children that stood on the Word, it only loosed them from the bands they had around their feet and legs.” [Shalom, Sierra Vista AZ, 64-0112] |
“See, that's the difference. Somebody wants their name in some big something, but God's people wants to shun that kind of stuff. They don't want great big things, and great big something; they want to be humble, that humility. The way--the way up is down. "He that humbles himself shall be exalted; he that exalts himself shall be abased." Humbled himself... Don't try to be a big something; try to be a little something, but be what you are. See? Be little in the sight of God; be little in your own sight; everybody else is above you. "Lets him's the greatest among you be minister to all." Who could be greater than Jesus Christ Who girded Himself and washed the disciples' feet? A foot washing flunky He become. And then we think we're somebody. He become servant to all. That's right. Taught us an example that we should do to one another as He's did unto us. Oh, that's--that's my Lord. What makes Him big, because He made Hisself little.” [The Pergamean Church Age, JEFF IN, 60-1207] |
“Aren't you glad to be one of them? Just one of them, one of them humble people that just emptied yourself out, come down, not before an idol, before a living God, not before an organization and put your name on a book, before a living God; not to recite a creed, but to let the Word become flesh in you. See, that's it. And humbled yourself. And then through that, He exalted you up above; not to be heady, high-minded, say "I'm this, that, or the other," but in humility, sweetness, and "How did He ever save a wretch like me? And how did He ever do it?" That's the way the real Christian feels.” [Christianity Versus Idolatry, JEFF IN, 61-1217] |
"Always keep humble, and be little in your own sight. No matter what God does for you, just see how much more humbler you can be, all the time. More God blesses you, just keep getting more humble, all the time. He can continue to bless. 74 But when you get to a place, you think, "I've got it," you haven't got it. You're on your road out. Prosperity don't always represent success in Christ, sometimes very much to the contrary.” [Influence, Phoenix AZ, 63-0112]
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“Wait on one another. Do service for one another. Don't be bigger than somebody else. Try and see how little you can be. I've often heard, say, "Don't never be big in your own sight." If you're big, let it be in God's sight. Be little in your own sight. Every man that humbles himself, God will exalt. But those who exalts themself, God will bring abase. See? Be little.” [Jubilee Year, JEFF IN, 54-1003E] |
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Our Bible Study Subject for December 2006: "Lest I Should Be Exalted Without Measure" |
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