No humility

No Excuse, no escape, no favoritism, no superiority together imply “no humility.” Having no humility (being prideful) dishonors God, to say the least. The bottom line of this lesson “Who Needs the Gospel? They Do Too!” from Romans 2:1-29 is that if we want to honor God, we have to be humble. How do we become humble?

God can humble us (the painful route), or we can humble ourselves. Alfred Ellis offers twelve ways to humility (see link for more details). Discuss these with the class and ask members to individually (and privately) select the one that the Holy Spirit is speaking to them most about through this lesson and challenge them do it this week.

1. Routinely confess your sin to God. (Luke 18:9-14)
2. Acknowledge your sin to others. (James 3:2, James 5:16)
3. Take wrong patiently. (1 Peter 3:8-17)
4. Actively submit to authority…the good and the bad! (1 Peter 2:18)
5. Receive correction and feedback from others graciously. (Proverbs 10:17, 12:1)
6. Accept a lowly place. (Proverbs 25:6,7
7. Purposely associate with people of lower state than you. (Luke 7:36-39)
8. Choose to serve others. (Philippians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 4:5, Matthew 23:11)
9. Be quick to forgive. (Matthew 18: 21-35)
10. Cultivate a grateful heart. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
11. Purpose to speak well of others. (Ephesians 4:31-32) 12. Treat pride as a condition that always necessitates embracing the cross. (Luke 9:23)