1-- Pfhl 142-- Suggested Answers

Study About Pride and Humbleness Answer Key First part: No verses indicate pride as positive or God-pleasing.. Second part: Note: The wording of the answers may slightly vary. 1.) If you aren't careful, you could fall or get in trouble or abased (humiliated) with the prideful. 2.) He has a contrite and humble spirit. 3.) an individual having a broken spirit-- a broken and a contrite heart (or mind or soul) 4.) Being humble and compassionate to death as Jesus Christ was when in human form, being righteous, broken-hearted, contrite, servants of God in Whom they trust completely. They will receive deliverance eventually from all of the afflictions, redemption of their souls, and no guilt. 5.) very serious 6.) obedience to God's commandments 7.) Individuals who are afflicted, contrite in their attitude, and respecting of His Word. 8.) to humble you, to prove you, to persuade you keep His commandments, and to influence you to realize your life should be one of faith in Scripture and not just based for food and things 9.) Because of his humbleness when hearing the Word of God, his death would keep him from witnessing or being a victim of God's promised calamity judgment against the Israelites. 10.) It is directed to King Solomon after the temple in Jerusalem was completed. It indicated (a) what the Israelites humbleness and prayer would result in and (b) about what King Solomon's obedience or disobedience to God statutes and commandments would result in. (And the worse happened.) 11.) God had grace on the Israelites and did not allow them to be destroyed by the Egyptian army and the Ethiopian army, but they lost the Temple valuables and had to serve the King of Egypt for awhile. 12.) Gladness when hearing someone praising about and boasting in God the Father. 13.) God will hear them and prepare their minds for the judging of the orphans and the oppressed so that terrifying might cease. 14.) Grace is the reward from God. The ways to become humble are submission to God, resisting the devil, drawing close to God via prayer and reading the Bible, confession sins of the flesh, cleaning the mind by getting rid of wrong thoughts, being consistent without deceit, avoiding being insensitive, and be at awe in relating to God the Father. The humble Christian can rejoice in his or her eternal salvation while the prideful rich people can't. Answers will vary for the remaining questions. 15.) That not all human beings are children of God, that a child is usually humble and trusting. Apparently most Pharisees were prideful of their righteousness. So Jesus true Christians should be humble and trust in Him (as the child selected by Him was). 16.) Answers will vary about how one thinks humbly. “Yes” is the answer to the second question.