The Road of Humility
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Luke 1:26-27 NASB
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
John 1:46 NASB
46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from Nazareth?” Philip *said to him, “Come and see.”
Luke 2:6-7 NASB
6 While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 9:58 NASB
58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
Mark 10:31 NASB
31 But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”
1 Peter 5:5 NASB
5 You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God is opposed to the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.
James 4:10 NASB
10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Philippians 2:5-8 NASB
5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.
Mark 10:45 NASB
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”