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The Great Humility of God

Posted on March 11, 2011 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Augustine of Hippo:

“The pride of man, which is the chief hindrance against his cleaving to God, can be confuted and healed through the great humility of God.

Man learns how far he has gone away from God and what it is worth to Him as a pain to cure him, when he returns through such a Mediator, who both as God assists men by His divinity, and as man agrees with men by His weakness.

For what greater example of obedience could be given to us, who had perished through disobedience, than God the Son obedient to God the Father, even to the death of the cross? (Phil. 2:8)

Where could the reward of obedience itself be better shown, than in the flesh of so great a Mediator, which rose again to eternal life?

It belonged also to the justice and goodness of the Creator, that the devil should be conquered by the same rational creature which he rejoiced to have conquered, and by one that came from that same race which, by the corruption of its origin through one, he held altogether.”

–Augustine of Hippo, De Trinitate, XIII.17.22.

Filed Under: Quotes Tagged With: augustine of hippo, crucifixion, death of christ, obedience, philippians

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Comments

  1. Reuben Urias says

    March 11, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Last paragraph is very eye-opening! Helps me understand Hebrews 2:17,18 better! Thanks!

  2. Dorothy says

    March 11, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    sure puts things in perspective doesn’t it?!!

  3. Frankly says

    March 12, 2011 at 10:16 pm

    Just WaO!! These men of God just make things so clear!!

  4. wayne says

    March 13, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    Thank God and His Son ,for there great humility

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