Outline—Philippians 2:1–4

1. Four facts that make unity normal (v. 1)
2. Four habits that make unity practical (vv. 2–4)

Take Home Points

• Humility stems from our own ever-present dependence upon God for anything good to come out of us.
• There are four things that God gives as facts: grounds, gift, glue, and grace. Therefore study to make it your business to be humble, figure out what unity looks like and promote it.

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Reference Passages:

1. James 4:6–8
2. Luke 14:15–35
3. Luke 9:57–62

Take Home Points

• Real discipleship begins with a changed heart.
• Real discipleship is only campatible with humility.
• Real discipleship requires a conscious advance commitment.
• Real discipleship is not some theoretical abstract, “maybe today” thing. It is a hard reality that is open-ended.

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Ref: James 4:6–10

Principles of Discipleship

Outline—Luke 9:23–26

1. Decision (v. 23)
2. Denial (v. 24)
3. Dedication (v. 25)
4. Determination (v. 26)

Take Home Points

• Real discipleship begins with a changed heart.
• Real discipleship is not a theoretical abstract, a collection of open options. Discipleship is a hard, measurable reality.
• Are you disciple of Jesus Christ, or are you double-minded?

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Outline—James 4:8

Humility treasures purity in its love for God—Partnered preparation.

1. Choose to know God
2. Choose to keep clean (Story of the salvation of Cornelius the Centurion through Peter)

Take Home Points

• The text challenges everyone, no matter where you are on the spiritual scale from interested in salvation to born again, to draw near to God.
• Have you shortened the distance between you and God?
• Keep telling the story of the Gospel! It is in the telling that God does the work of drawing a lost soul.

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Outline—James 4:7

Humility treasures duty to God—Privileged submission

1. Choose to serve
2. Choose to stick to it

Take Home Points

• Have you shouldered the responsibility of the Christian life?
• Submit to the control of God in your life, and stand where he puts you to the end.

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Outline—John 3:22–36

1. Humility is tested from the strangest quarters. (vv. 22–26)
2. Humility is founded upon the revelation of God. (vv. 27–29)
   1. Our advantage is allotted by God. (v. 27)
   2. Our purpose is determined by God. (v. 28)
   3. Our joy is centered on God. (v. 29)
3. Humility assures that the excellence of God shines through. (vv. 30–36)
   1. The rule of the believer’s life (v. 30)
   2. The superiority of the eternal (v. 31)
   3. The priority of revelation (vv. 32–35)

Take Home Points

• If you are jealous, check to see if you lost your humility somewhere along the line.
• Our living example of humility is Christ (humbling at the incarnation and humbling at the sacrifice&mdash—verse 36.
• Direct your energies such that the people around you elevate Christ exclusive of all others (lesson for pastors/teachers, lesson for parents, lesson for discipling—set the seal&mdash—verse 33).

Thoughts on Humility (Deuteronomy 8:2, Proverbs 16:18–19)

• Humility is cast like wrought iron in us by the Refiner’s fire at salvation.
• Humility daily takes its bearings from a right relationship with God.
• Humility clears the deck for God to use us unhindered.
• Humility is a transforming recognition of our own mortality.
• Humility is the only good soil to grow a healthy crop of thankfulness.
  • Put on humility—Colossians 3:12
  • Be clothed in humility—1 Peter 5:5–6
  • Walk in humility—Ephesians 4:1–2)

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