How We Put On and Keep On the New Personality-"CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH . . . HUMILTY"

Our motive for clothing ourselves with the new personality must be to honor Jehovah, not to win praise from men.  Remember that even a once perfect spirit creature sinned because he allowed himself to become filled with pride.  (Compare Ezekiel 28:17)  How much more difficult it is for sinful humans to avoid improper pride and haughtiness!  Still, it is possible to clothes ourselves with humility.  What will help us to do so?

To remain humble, we need to set aside time to meditate daily on what we  read in God's Word.  (Deuteronomy 17:18-20)  In particular, we do well to reflect on Jesus' teachings and his wonderful example of humble service. (Matthew 20:28)  Jesus even washed the feet of his apostles.  (John 13:12-17)  We also need to pray frequently  for God's spirit to help us fight any tendency of feeling superior to others. -Galatians 6:3, 4; Philippians 2:3. 

Read Proverbs 22:4.  Humility is required of all true worshippers and brings great rewards.  Being humble will help us promote peace and unity in the congregation.  Developing and strengthening humility will also make us recipients of God's undeserved kindness.  The apostle Peter stated: "All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes  the haughty ones, but he gives undeserved  kindness to the humble ones." -1 Peter 5:5. 

Next time: How We Put On and Keep On the New Personality - "CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH . . . MILDNESS . . . AND  PATIENCE" 

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