Self-Exaltation

Definition

The publican went home ‘justified rather than the other’; ‘everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.‘

Episodes

• 015 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 13
• 035 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 15
• 071 — New Testament — Topic 12

Related Concepts

• Justification

Biblical References

• 1 Cor. 3:9 — *We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building. *
• Acts 7:51 — “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
• Hebrews 3:7-8 — Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.
• John 15:5 — *“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me—and I in him—bears much fruit because apart from me you can accomplish nothing. *
• Rom. 10:9-10 — because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one
• Eph. 2:8 — *For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; *