{"id":5043,"date":"2024-12-07T07:15:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T07:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2025-01-22T17:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:32:05","slug":"disciples-and-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/disciples-and-humility\/","title":{"rendered":"Disciples And Humility."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5043-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Those-Who-Are-Humble-Shall-Be-Great-In-The-Kingdom.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Those-Who-Are-Humble-Shall-Be-Great-In-The-Kingdom.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Those-Who-Are-Humble-Shall-Be-Great-In-The-Kingdom.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>T<\/strong><strong>hose Who Are Humble Shall Be Great In The Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, <strong>\u201cWho then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?<\/strong>\u201d Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, \u201cAssuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore,\u00a0<strong>whoever humbles himself<\/strong> as this little child is the <strong>greatest in the kingdom of heaven<\/strong>. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. <strong>Matthew 18:1-5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blessed are the poor in spirit<\/strong>: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. <strong>Matthew 5:3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who <strong>humbles himself will be exalted. Matthew 23:9-12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Humility Is Serving Others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But Jesus called them unto him, and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion<\/strong> over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister, <strong>And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:<\/strong> Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. <strong>Matthew 20:25-28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, <strong>shall be a servant of all<\/strong>. <strong>Mark 10;43-44<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are invited of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than you be bidden of him;\u00a0 And he that bade you and him come and say to, Give this man place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade you comes, he may say unto you, Friend, go up higher: then shall you have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with you. For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased, <strong>and he that humbles himself shall be exalted<\/strong>. <strong>Luke 14: 8-11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Father Justifies Humility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also Jesus spoke this parable to some who <strong>trusted in themselves<\/strong> that they were <strong>righteous, and despised others:<\/strong> \u201cTwo men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, \u2018God, I thank You that I am not like other men\u2014extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.<\/p>\n<p>I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.\u2019 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, \u2018God, be merciful to me a sinner!\u2019 I tell you, this man went down to his house <strong>justified<\/strong> rather than the other; for everyone <strong>who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.\u201d Luke 18:10-14.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those Who Are Humble Shall Be Great In The Kingdom. At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, \u201cWho then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?\u201d Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, \u201cAssuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Disciples And Humility. - Disciples of Christ","description":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Those-Who-Are-Humble-Shall-Be-Great-In-The-Kingdom.mp3 T hose Who Are Humble Shall Be Great In The Ki"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-themes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5043"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6020,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5043\/revisions\/6020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}