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Found by his deathbed was this declaration:
We are beggars: this is true.
Cited in The Last Written Words of Luther, Table Talk No. 5468
This isn’t just an attention grabbing headline. It is a direct quote from John Piper’s apology for being a jerk. For a biblical example of leadership and humility, be sure to read his latest blog post: “Why I Don’t Have a Television and Rarely Go to Movies”.
Other related tidbits:
“Boasting is the voice of pride in the heart of the strong. Self-pity is the voice of pride in the heart of the weak.”
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From his sermon Pride and Humility, delivered at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark, 1856:
"Now let us briefly enquire, in the first place, what is humility? The best definition I have ever met with is…to think rightly of ourselves. Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s-self…
Humility is to feel that we have no power of ourselves, but that it all cometh from God. Humility is to lean on our beloved, to believe that he has trodden the winepress alone, to lie on his bosom and slumber sweetly there, to exalt him, and think less than nothing of ourselves. It is in fact, to annihilate self, and to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as all in all."
From his sermon A Mournful Defection, delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, 1877:
"Remember, dear brethren and sisters, if you would be preserved from falling, you must be schooled in humility, and keep very low before the Lord. When you are half-an-inch above the ground, you are that half-inch too high. Your safety is to be nothing. Trust Christ, but do not trust yourself. Rely on the Spirit of God, but do not rely on anything that is in yourself."
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