Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Advent of Humility


"Humility is only achieved as a byproduct of understanding, believing, and marveling in the gospel of grace.... When we listen to the gospel preached or meditate on it in the Scriptures, we are driving it so deeply into our hearts, imaginations, and thinking that we begin to instinctively 'live out' the gospel....
So let us preach grace till humility just starts to grow in us." Tim Keller

In the same article Keller quotes C.S. Lewis. "If we find that our religious life is making us feel that we are good—above all, that we are better than someone else—I think we may be sure that we are being acted on, not by God, but by the Devil."

The above quotes are in the article The Advent of Humility in Christianity Today.