Such a disposition is essential to those who would receive the wisdom which comes from above. They must have a humble appreciation of their own deficiencies and lack of wisdom, else they cannot receive freely, heartily, the wisdom which God is pleased to grant in the present time only to those who are in the attitude of heart to receive it. And it will be seen also that this humility of mind is essential as a basis for the spirit of a sound mind, for who is in a proper condition to think justly, reasonably, impartially, except first of all he have a humble disposition? Hence we must agree that humility is a primary element in the disposition or mind of Christ.
To be teachable, one must be humble. To be taught of God, humility is indispensable: Only those emptied of self can be filled with God; but so emptied, they are prepared to receive knowledge that far transcends the greatest heights of human wisdom, since God Himself will be their great Teacher and His wisdom embraces all things.
Psa. 22:26; 37:11; 76:8, 9; 147:6; 149:4; Eccles. 10:4; Isa. 11:4; 29:19; Zeph. 2:3; Matt. 5:5, 38-42; 11:29; 1 Cor. 6:7; 2 Cor. 10:1; Gal. 6:1; Eph. 4:1, 2; Col. 3:12, 13; 2 Tim. 2:24, 25; 1 Pet. 3:4.
