{"id":138,"date":"2006-05-05T13:34:58","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T18:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=138"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:09:33","slug":"138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/138\/","title":{"rendered":"","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JESUS<\/strong> has left us a simple twofold pattern to follow:  <em>humility<\/em> and <em>obedience<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code>He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave... he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name. <\/code><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><em>&#8211;Philippians 2:7-9<\/em><\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But, if I sin, have I not left the path? This is what the enemy of your soul wishes you to believe, so he can direct you on a new path:  that of <em>despair<\/em> and <em>self-pity<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But to admit your sin readily&#8211;is this not humility? To confess it&#8211;is this not obedience? So you see, your sinfulness (provided it is not mortal sin) provides an opportunity to <em>advance<\/em>. You did not leave the path; you stumbled on it.<\/p>\n<p>Lost is the simplicity of what Christ asks of us:  to become &#8220;little children&#8221;. Little children fall, and quite easily. So did our Lord three times along the Way. But if we persevere in humility and obedience, we too shall be exalted by the Father by being transformed into the image of Christ, sharing in the inner life of God&#8211;here, and in the next life. <\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JESUS has left us a simple twofold pattern to follow: humility and obedience. 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