God will go to whatever extremity he needs to humble his own, even if it means sending a messenger

from Satan to plague them.

And there are times when God will even allow the tearing up of a church and the assassination

of a man's character if it humbles him.

That's how important humility is.

Welcome to Grace to you with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

The world we live in doesn't exactly consider humility much of an asset.

Frankly, it's a liability. Assert yourself, make yourself noticed,

show some confidence. That's what you hear. True, that approach might speed you along the corporate

academic or political fast track, but at what cost? Today on Grace to You, John MacArthur

helps you assess the value of humility,

turning your thoughts from worldly wisdom to biblical truth. It's all part of John's current

study titled The Pillars of Christian Character. And now here's John with the lesson.

Apart from faith and obedience as a general category, probably there is no more important

spiritual virtue than this matter of humility.

At the very central, the very central point, at the very heart of life in the church, comes this matter of the virtue of humility.

And the Lord will do whatever he needs to do to humble us.

Let's look at 2nd Corinthians chapter 12 for a moment.

I want to share with you just some of its insights.

Second Corinthians chapter 12.

As the chapter begins, the Apostle Paul is

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