Is Humility A Moral God?

Did you know about the Aztecs and who they were? The Aztecs were a group of people who conquered the north side of Mexico during the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. There was a group of people called the Spanish, the Spanish were the reason for the downfall of the Aztecs. This Spanish group, the Spanish Conquistadors, was led by a leader called Hernán Cortes. The emperor of the Aztecs Moctezuma believed that Cortes was a god Quetzalcoatl, so Moctezuma welcomed Cortes into the city of Tenochtitlan.

He then encour-ages the Philippians “to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” so that the world may see the riches of God’s grace. Paul is essentially promoting faith to the Philippians by asking them to view the works that God is doing within the world. Paul is ultimately encour-aging the Philippians to recognize who God is and what He has done through Christ for them; he is stating that their only hope is to abide in Him and that they should “shine”(in this principle) for the world to see God’s

In Paul’s epistle to the Romans he gives us the foundation of Christian life in regards to how we should not only see the world, but also how we should act in a world that rejects the gospel of Christ. In Romans 1-8 Paul teaches us how we are not able to come to a saving grace through our works, but that it must come from Christ alone, and not only to the Jews, but to the Gentiles also. Paul tells us however, that this will not be easy, but we that we need to remember who is ultimately in control of everything around us.

Firstly the unfailing and uncompromising grace of God is reaffirmed as Paul opens up to the men in the Areopagus,

In the bible, there were many different scriptures that interested me but the one passage that stood out was Paul’s letters in Philippians. The book of Philippians is a Jail Epistle which is a letter composed while in jail. Paul composed it around 62 A.D. as he foreseen his discharge from jail. They key identities are the Missionary Paul, Timothy, Epaphroditus, Euodia, and Syntyche. It was composed to demonstrate his gratefulness and love to the Philippians in a thank-you letter for their proceeded with help and support, and furthermore to energize their development. In Philippians the chapter and verse that stood out was Chapter 4 verse 13 when Paul says “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” The missionary's capacity of knowing how to live

These passages from the Bible are a couple of my favorite verses in Philippians. These verses talk about how we are supposed to be like Christ both in Spirit and in actions. The next three verses tell us that we should do everything without complaining or without grumbling and then we will be able to be secure in Christ. Paul says that if we do these things then we will “shine among them [our generation] like stars” because of all we accomplished in Christ and because of our blamelessness.

This influenced what the author of the letter had to say because he or she needed to help the Christians who were suffering stick to their values and be faithful with suffering. The author also was influenced by this suffering to make sure that these Christian down use the suffering they are facing as an excuse to do evil. This passage from the First Letter of Peter to the Christians tells a great deal about humanity’s relationship with one another when we take a look at what was happening in the lives of the Christians in Asia Minor, and Christians everywhere. The passage very clearly shows how much lust is in humanity rather than love, which is giving what is truly good and accepting other for who they are.

This passage of Scripture was written by the apostle Paul as he was reflecting upon the thorn of his flesh. Paul had entreated the Lord asking why he was burdened with such an affliction, but the Lord answered that “[His] grace is sufficient” and was using Paul’s suffering to further His purpose. The Lord was teaching Paul that suffering can be used and that although at times suffering may seem that it is too much to bear, this suffering is actually being used by the Lord to help grow His people. Paul’s thorn was used to prevent him from becoming conceited at the knowledge of how much the Lord had revealed to him and how much the Lord was using him (2 Cor. 12:7-9).

Colossians would see Christ’s love. Andrew C. Perriman believes, "By filling up what was lacking of a predetermined measure of afflictions which the righteous must endure, Paul also reduces the tribulations other believers, especially these Gentile Christians at Colossae, are to experience. The more of these sufferings he personally absorbed, as he went about preaching the gospel, the less would remain for his fellow Christians to endure.”8 Further, if a Believer of Christ could view the sufferings that must come as an opportunity to gain more wisdom and knowledge, it would assist others in understanding that, suffering for Christ’s sake would ultimately develop one’s heart to never lose faith in God. 2 Timothy 2:12 support this premise by

When exploring the concept of ‘God the Son’, the incarnation and attributes of God as seen in Christ enter the picture. In order for human sin to be covered, a human sacrifice is all that could meet the requirement ordained by God, yet, they had to be sinless. Only the incarnate God could fulfill this role, exhibiting qualities of God Himself, such as selflessness, unconditional love, and purity. Another core trait was humbleness, although Jesus held the highest status in all the world, which shone brightly in His ministry, as He also served the children of God. Paul captured the essence of Jesus as God and the reality of the incarnation in these verses, “let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God…made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:5-7, NKJV).

Biblical humility is humanity way of accessing God’s community of grace. True humility is an interdependent relationship of trusting God and others with yourself.

The life course theory is a theory of “life progression” through time of birth to death. The life course epidemiology is considered to be the study of long-term biological, behavioral, and psychological developments that brings the link between adult and the potential of disease risk as a result of physical or social exposures proceeding from conception, during childhood, adolescence, early adulthood or through generations (Nickitas, Middaugh, & Aries, 2010). Essentialy, the theory stipulates that biological and social components interact with each other to produce health conditions during an individual’s lifetime (Nickitas, Middaugh & Aries, 2010).

This story of St. Antony makes it clear that living the virtue of humility is not only a matter of rejecting the motions of pride, selfishness and vanity, the devil’s greatest allies and the sins that are the greatest obstacle to the vocations we have received from the Lord, but living a life that sees power and authority made perfect in weakness. (2 Cor. 12:19)

“Let this attitude be in you.” This is what Paul says right before he tells us about Christ. He also says that the same attitude was in Christ. To fully understand the attitude we are to have, we need to make sure we fully understand what attitude was in Christ. He was God and humbled himself all the way down to a “slave”. As a “slave” he was put to death, death on a cross. Death on a cross was the most horrible punishment of its day. From death, he went back to heaven. When he arrived, God exalted for his willingness to be humble. His exaltation was the highest exaltation there could be anywhere in the universe.

During the course of 2,000 years of Christian history, the cross, the symbol of salvation, has been detached from the ongoing suffering and oppression of human beings. In other words, the cross has been transformed into an ornament that Christians wear around their necks. Rather than reminding us of the “cost of discipleship,” it has become a form of “cheap grace,” an easy way to salvation that doesn’t force us to confront the power of Christ’s message and mission.