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  GRACE FOR THE HUMBLE
  by C.H. Spurgeon
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Summary: True humility is essential for receiving God's favor and
experiencing His exaltation.

Topics: "Grace", "Humility"
Scripture References: Psalm 147:6, Proverbs 3:34, Isaiah 57:15, Matthew 5:3, Luke 14:11, Romans 12:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 2:3, James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5-6

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C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes that grace is given to the humble, highlighting
that those with humble hearts actively seek and receive grace
abundantly. He encourages believers to adopt a lowly view of themselves,
recognizing their neediness and unworthiness, which opens the door for
God's grace to flow into their lives. Spurgeon warns against the pride
of being proud of one's humility, urging true humility as a pathway to
experiencing God's favor. He reassures that grace not only cultivates
humility but also rewards it, inviting believers to embrace a humble
spirit to be exalted by God's grace.

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He girth grace unto the humble. (James 4:6)

Humble hearts seek grace, and therefore they get it. Humble hearts yield
to the sweet influences of grace, and so it is bestowed on them more and
more largely. Humble hearts lie in the valleys where streams of grace
are flowing, and hence they drink of them, Humble hearts are grateful
for grace and give the Lord the glory of it, and hence it is consistent
with His honor to give it to them.

Come, dear reader, take a lowly place. Be little in thine own esteem,
that the Lord may make much of thee. Perhaps the sigh breaks out, "I
fear I am not humble." It may be that this is the language of true
humility. Some are proud of being humble, and this is one of the very
worst sorts of pride.

We are needy, helpless, undeserving, hell-deserving creatures, and if we
are not humble we ought to be. Let us humble ourselves because of our
sins against humility, and then the Lord will give us to taste of His
favor. It is grace which makes us humble, and grace which finds in this
humility an opportunity for pouring in more grace. Let us go down that
we may rise. Let us be poor in spirit that God may make us rich. Let us
be humble that we may not need to be humbled but may be exalted by the
grace of God

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