Proclamation:
"For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever
humbles himself will be exalted." Matthew 23:12 (NIV)
Explanation:
These
are the words of Jesus, The Christ, which He spoke to the crowd and to His
disciples warning them against hypocrisy as recorded by the Apostle Matthew
under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.
Application:
Some people do things just
for show, to be seen by others, to draw attention to themselves, to make
themselves appear to be much more important, greater, or whatever, than they
actually are. Don't do things just to be
seen by men and praised by men. (Matthew 23:5) Do what you do because it is the right thing
to do, not to get the praise of others for doing it. Whatever we do should not be done to
glorify ourselves in the eyes of others. We should do things in such a manner so as to
give God the glory. (Matthew 5:16) Whosoever
lifts himself up before others will be humbled, and he who humbles himself
before others will be exalted. It is
better to be invited up to a seat of honor than to sit in a position of honor
and be asked to move. (Proverbs 25:6-7)
Everyone is not who they claim to be.
There are even some people who claim to be a Child of God but they are
not one. Jesus said that there would be
those who claim to be His followers but He will tell them to leave because they
are evil and He does not know them. (Matthew 25:33 and 41) We should not think more highly of ourselves
than we ought to. (Romans 12:3)
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