The Humble – Do Not Be Arrogant, But Fear (Part 2)

The lecture revolves around the virtue of humility as a fundamental path for spiritual life, with a warning against the sin of pride that corrupts الإنسان’s relationship with God and causes him to lose grace.

Spiritual and Educational Dimension:

• Humility is not just an external behavior, but a state of the heart in which a person feels his constant need for God.
• His Holiness Pope Shenouda III calls for holy fear, meaning a fear filled with reverence for God, not a negative fear.
• Pride makes a person rely on himself, while humility leads him to rely on God’s grace.
• The humble person does not judge others, but is concerned with his own salvation and considers himself less than everyone.
• Spiritual fear protects a person from falling, because it makes him vigilant and careful in his actions.
• Humility attracts God’s grace, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
• The teaching calls for constant self-examination and not boasting in any virtue or good deed.
• True humility appears in accepting rebuke and being humble in thought, speech, and actions.

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