Our hearts are desperately proud. If there is one sin which God hates more than another, and more sets Himself against, it is the sin of pride. Like a weed upon a dung-heap, pride grows more profusely in some soils, especially when well fertilized by rank, riches, praise, flattery, our own ignorance, and the ignorance of others. We all inherit pride from our fallen ancestor Adam, who got it from Satan, that “king over all the children of pride.” Those, perhaps, who think they possess the least pride, and view themselves with wonderful self-admiration as the humblest of mortals, may have more pride than those who feel and confess it. It may only be more deeply hidden in the dark recesses of their carnal mind.
— J.C. Philpot (1802–1869), Prediger
Topics: Humility & Pride, Temptation & Struggle
Occasions: For Reflection
J.C. Philpot
Joseph Charles Philpot (1802–1869) war ein englischer Theologe und Prediger, der nach seinem Austritt aus der anglikanischen Staatskirche als Pastor der Strict Baptists und langjähriger Redakteur der Zeitschrift „The Gospel Standard“ wirkte. Er stand für einen kompromisslosen Calvinismus sowie eine erfahrungsbezogene Glaubenspraxis, die persönliche Anfechtungen und den Trost durch Gottes souveräne Gnade betonte. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten seine Auslegungen und Andachtstexte eine seelsorgerlich ausgerichtete Orientierung für Phasen geistlicher Krisen und Prüfungen.
All quotes by J.C. Philpot (8)
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
C.S. Lewis
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
It is better to be a patient of Christ than a doctor of theology.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
God loves to use people whom others believe are unqualified.
Craig Groeschel
I am just a small cable - God is the current.
Mother Teresa
Humility is the ability to look up even to the smallest things in life.
Albert Schweitzer