I. EXORDIUM:
Are you humble?
No. GOD made me no one to influence someone.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers/unbelievers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show what humble people are like in honoring the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
IV. TEXT:
2 Samuel 6:22 (Amplified Bible)
I will be still more lightly esteemed than this, and will humble and lower myself in my own sight [and yours]. But by the maids you mentioned, I will be held in honor.
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are meek and humble in heart, and I found rest, refreshment and recreation for my soul within You.
Matthew 11:29 (Amplified Bible)
Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.
VI. TITLE:
Praise the LORD in humility
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: unknown
B. Date written: 973 B.C.
C. To whom written: Nation of Israel
D. Keyword: David
E. Main theme: Reign of David
F. Keyverses:
2 Samuel 5:12 (Amplified Bible)
And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel’s sake.
2 Samuel 7:12-13 (Amplified Bible)
And when your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up after you your offspring who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build a house for My ame [and My Presence], and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
2 Samuel 6:22 (Amplified Bible)
I will be still more lightly esteemed than this, and will humble and lower myself in my own sight [and yours]. But by the maids you mentioned, I will be held in honor.
2 Samuel 6:22 (New King James Version)
And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor."
A. Humble yourself and be undignified before the LORD in giving Him honor.
"And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight."
Matthew 5:11-12 (Amplified Bible)
Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account.
Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Acts 5:41-42 (Amplified Bible)
So they went out from the presence of the council (Sanhedrin), rejoicing that they were being counted worthy [dignified by the indignity] to suffer shame and be exposed to disgrace for [the sake of] His name.
Yet [in spite of the threats] they never ceased for a single day, both in the temple area and at home, to teach and to proclaim the good news (Gospel) of Jesus [as] the Christ (the Messiah).
Hebrews 12:2 (Amplified Bible)
Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 4:14 (Amplified Bible)
If you are censured and suffer abuse [because you bear] the name of Christ, blessed [are you—happy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition], because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.
Isaiah 50:6 (Amplified Bible)
I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah 51:7 (Amplified Bible)
Listen to Me, you who know rightness and justice and right standing with God, the people in whose heart is My law and My instruction: fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid nor dismayed at their revilings.
Be an audience of 1, pleasing the LORD GOD and not men. When there's opportunity to praise and worship the LORD GOD, then do it.
B. Humble people will recognize that and you will be honored from them.
"But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor."
Genesis 32:10 (Amplified Bible)
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercy and loving-kindness and all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant, for with [only] my staff I passed over this Jordan [long ago], and now I have become two companies.
Job 40:4 (Amplified Bible)
Behold, I am of small account and vile! What shall I answer You? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
Job 42:6 (Amplified Bible)
Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.
1 Timothy 1:15 (Amplified Bible)
The saying is sure and true and worthy of full and universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus (the Messiah) came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost.
1 Peter 5:6 (Amplified Bible)
Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you,
Humble people can discern their circumstances, the people they are with, and how they looked at by other people. Humble people know their status and usually will demote themselves before GOD and since GOD is also the Humble GOD, will notice this and will exalt the humble.
Matthew 11:29 (Amplified Bible)
Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.
It takes one humble person to know another. It takes the Humble GOD - the LORD JESUS CHRIST to know another humble person, and the LORD JESUS will do everything in His Power and Authority to exalt that person.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for You are meek and humble in heart, and I found rest, refreshment and recreation for my soul within You.
