Embracing Humility: The Path to True Greatness

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Jesus did he got down the supreme ruler of the universe and washed his disciples' feet and he tells us here that the Way Up Is Down and that the greatest are those who have humbled themselves the most it's a great principle in the word of God that is diametrically opposed to the world in which we live. [00:06:04]

Satan asked to get at Peter remember he asked to get at job he has to ask and it's a tremendous Comfort to my heart to know that my life is edited and nothing gets to me but first it has to go through the heart of God remember the Lord revealed himself to Abraham after the battle of the Kings. [00:03:19]

Peter had this coming didn't he the Lord warned him he ran all the red lights he was following a far off he was where he shouldn't have been uh I mean Peter couldn't go back on this circumstance and say to himself well you know there was there was just no way I could avoid it obviously the Lord wanted that in my life. [00:05:24]

assurance that though Peter obviously wasn't praying for himself somebody was praying for him he was on the Lord Jesus prayer list and the Lord prayed him right through that circumstance isn't that a good thing huh you're loved above he ever lives to make intercession for us and even in the worst of situations. [00:06:26]

when the Lord Jesus died on the cross he included in the cross the cost of your retraining he knew every failure and every sin and every flaw and every mistake and every stupid thing I'd ever do and he loved me anyway does he condone it of course not it cost him everything to pay for it. [00:08:39]

if he loved you at your worst if he loved you when you were stinking rotting corrupting in sin dead in sin if he loved you when you were a rebel with your little jaw juted out and your fist in his face if he loved you then you won't give up on you now now that you're Blood Bought. [00:10:54]

Peter did not simply come back to the Brethren and walk in and say listen fellas the Lord's forg for given me you need to forgive me too let's get on with it he didn't do that here's what happened there were three meetings weren't there between the Lord and Peter there was first of all the meeting of their eyes. [00:14:53]

Grace is that wonderful commodity that makes up the difference between human failure and God's perfection and the Lord Jesus along with the fish and the Humble Pie administers Grace to Peter we need Grace to Humble ourselves don't we we need Grace to get down and say I'm sorry brother I was wrong. [00:25:29]

it is a Marvel of divine grace that the Lord should take a failure and turn it into a Ministry very often I think we look at our little eyes and we say well now these are liabilities and these are assets I wouldn't think of giving the liabilities to the Lord I mean that's like taking your garbage out. [00:32:43]

and The Wonder of it is that he used a poor failing servant of his recently failing you know the devil's lie is you've had it buddy you're on your face just lie there and cry there's no use you getting up God can never use you again here's a man who denied the Lord with Oaths and cursing right in front of his worst enemies. [00:39:57]

and The Wonder of it is that he used a poor failing servant of his recently failing you know the devil's lie is you've had it buddy you're on your face just lie there and cry there's no use you getting up God can never use you again here's a man who denied the Lord with Oaths and cursing right in front of his worst enemies. [00:40:04]

and The Wonder of it is that he used a poor failing servant of his recently failing you know the devil's lie is you've had it buddy you're on your face just lie there and cry there's no use you getting up God can never use you again here's a man who denied the Lord with Oaths and cursing right in front of his worst enemies. [00:40:10]

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