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What It Means to Be Humble Insights
Mar Mari Emmanuel
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Mar Mari Emmanuel

What It Means to Be Humble Insights

Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that true humility is recognizing oneself as a sinner before God, which is the key to overcoming Satan and entering into God's presence.
In this powerful teaching, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the profound meaning of humility as the foundation for spiritual victory and closeness to God. He illustrates how true humility involves recognizing our sinfulness and relying fully on Jesus Christ. Using the story of the paralytic man and the four Gospels, he reveals how God’s presence and exalted humility break the power of sin and Satan. Listeners are encouraged to cultivate humility through prayer, fasting, and focusing on heavenly things.

Full Transcript

The only way to overcome Satan is humility. A true humble person, now please pay attention, this is apostolic teaching, huh? Not 21st century teachings. A true humble person is the one who says I'm a sinner or a saint.

And in the name of Jesus made me a saint, I'm a saint. Oh yeah, really? You're a saint? Well done. What are you doing in Star City Casino? A true humble person is the one who has a private life with the Lord.

A true humble person is the one when he talks compared to the time he is quiet, the talking percentage is extremely minute compared to the silent percentage. A true humble person is the one who says to himself or herself, is the one who says to themselves, true humility is when I see my heart the way God sees it. This is the beginning of the road to humility.

When I begin to see my heart the way God sees it, I ask myself this question, if God looked at my heart this very moment, how would God see my heart? Full of filth. Spider webs everywhere. Hatred, pride, envy, jealousy, a lot of things.

When I see my heart the way God sees it, this is the road to humility. It's not yet humility. Do you see how deep humility is? How profound humility is? How awesome humility is? How difficult to be humble truly is? The way, the reason why the Lord Jesus as the human, the perfect man, the reason why he did everything according to God's will, because the human Jesus was humble.

Humility is the key to success and power, because when we humble ourselves before God, then God is ruling over our life. Whatever we say, we do. God is doing it in us, through us, with us, and by us.

And when God does things through us, then we say to darkness, be light, and it will be. And we say to this dead person to be alive, and he will be, or she will be. Because when God speaks, things change.

Things change, but they change to the better, not to the worse, to the better. Satan, if he has so many things, one thing definitely he does not have, humility. Satan cannot be humble, and what burns Satan is humility.

I can be the smartest person in the world, he will devour me before I blink my eyes. But I can be the illiterate of all illiterates of the world, yet humble, I will burn Satan. With all of his wisdom, with all of his knowledge, with my humility, and my illiteracy, I will burn Satan.

Because what overcomes Satan is humility. This is why he doesn't want you to be in the presence of the Lord, which is prayer. He doesn't want you to be attached to the earth, who is Christ, which is fasting.

He doesn't want you to inherit the earth, Christ, Jesus, fasting. He doesn't want you to enter the presence of God, prayer. Because when you get to the ground, when you sit on the floor, what does that mean? Humility.

And when you enter in the presence of the Lord, the spirit bows before the Creator. I'll definitely leave you with this, I'm so sorry, but I'm tempted to say this. You know, we read in the Holy Gospel, there was this paralytic man, who was carried in his bed.

He was carried by four men, each holding one corner of that bed. They carried him to bring him to the Lord Jesus. He was in this house.

They came to the house and they found out the house was packed with people. There was no room to enter the house. They didn't give up.

They said, no, no, this man, we must bring him before the Lord. He needs to be healed by the Lord. The house is packed.

There is no room for us to enter. We're not going to give up. So they looked around and then they looked up to the rooftop.

They said, that's it, we found the solution. They went up to the roof. They made an opening in that roof and they lowered that man to where the Lord was sitting.

The Lord was sitting on the ground. That paralytic man is humanity, all of us, Adam and his descendants. Every single human is that paralyzed man, because sin paralyzed us all.

And there is no one human that says, I never sinned, neither with thought nor with action. Every human born of an earthly father and mother is a sinner. Every human, except Jesus, is the only one who has only earthly mother, no earthly father.

Stunning. Everyone is a sinner. Sin has paralyzed me.

Unable to move, unable to do anything, anything good. These four men who carried me to the Lord Jesus are the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Because Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are directing me, are leading me, are taking me to the Lord every time I read them.

So Matthew, Mark, Luke and John came and carried me and said, we've got a solution for you, paralyzed man. We're gonna take you to the one who is the healer of all healers and who is the one who heals freely. We'll take you to Jesus Christ of Nazareth, our Lord, our Master.

When they took me to the Lord, he was in the house, the house was packed with people. Who are those people who are in the presence of the Lord? Saints. Of course there will be no room for me because I'm a sinner.

Sinners can't mix with saints because sin is darkness, holiness is light. Is there any connection between light and darkness? Never. It's either light or darkness.

Since I am a sinner, I have no room in the midst of the saints. I need to be cleansed from my sins. They didn't give up.

They took me, they lifted my eyes to the rooftop. When you look at any house's roof, what do you see beyond the roof? Heaven. The reason why I was always fallen into sin and being paralyzed, because my eyes were focused on the filthy and this cursed ground, the pleasures and the treasures of the world.

I was focused on it and the more I was focused, the more I remained paralyzed. The Gospels came and said, change your way of thinking. Lift your eyes to heaven for a change.

Stop focusing on earth. The earth is cursed and it's gonna burn at the end. Lift up your eyes.

Stop being earthly. Stop being physical. Stop being materialistic.

For a change, become spiritual, heavenly person. I lifted up my eyes to heaven. They said to me, it is where God dwells in the heaven of all heavens.

The exalted, elevated, high God. They took me to heaven and I searched heaven everywhere for God and to my shocking surprise, the exalted, elevated, high God, I found Him sitting on the ground, so humble. This, when I saw this high, exalted God, so humble, this broke me.

This shamed me. This embarrassed me. I was unable to say anything but to go down and put my head at His feet and say, Jesus Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of David, have mercy on me, I the sinner.

Sermon Outline

  1. I. The Nature of True Humility
    • Humility is recognizing oneself as a sinner and a saint by Jesus' grace
    • Humility involves a private life with God and more listening than speaking
    • Seeing one’s heart as God sees it is the beginning of humility
  2. II. Humility as the Key to Spiritual Victory
    • Humility overcomes Satan who cannot be humble
    • God works through humble people to bring light and life
    • Prayer and fasting are expressions of humility that defeat Satan
  3. III. The Paralytic Man and the Four Gospels
    • The paralytic man symbolizes humanity paralyzed by sin
    • The four men carrying him represent the Gospels leading us to Jesus
    • The house full of saints shows the separation of sinners and saints
  4. IV. Lifting Our Eyes to Heaven
    • Focusing on earthly things keeps us paralyzed in sin
    • Spiritual transformation requires looking to heaven and God
    • God’s exalted humility breaks and humbles us before Him

Key Quotes

“The only way to overcome Satan is humility.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“A true humble person is the one who says to themselves, true humility is when I see my heart the way God sees it.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“When God does things through us, then we say to darkness, be light, and it will be.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel

Application Points

  • Examine your heart honestly and seek to see it as God sees it to begin true humility.
  • Engage regularly in prayer and fasting as practical expressions of humility to overcome spiritual battles.
  • Shift your focus from earthly distractions to heavenly realities to grow spiritually and be closer to God.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does true humility mean according to the sermon?
True humility means recognizing oneself as a sinner before God and living a life of quietness and self-examination as God sees the heart.
Why is humility important in spiritual warfare?
Humility is crucial because Satan cannot be humble, and only through humility can believers overcome his power.
How do the four Gospels relate to the paralytic man illustration?
The four Gospels are like the four men who carry the paralytic man, symbolizing how they lead us to Jesus for healing from sin.
What practical steps help cultivate humility?
Prayer, fasting, and focusing on God rather than earthly things are practical ways to cultivate humility.
What does the sermon say about Jesus’ humility?
Jesus, though exalted and God, humbled Himself by living as a human and obeying God’s will perfectly.

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