Dani
04-05-2008, 02:45 PM
I found this article on self-esteem and with what the Bible says versus what today's culture says...
It's a little bit long but it is very good!
http://www.christian-witness.org/archives/cetf2004/esteem29.html
Some of the great verses from the article...
Ephesians 5:28-29
28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Romans 12:3
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Matthew 16:24-25
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
What we should do according to the article...
1 Thessalonians 5:11
11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
(bold added)
Instead of promoting self-esteem, I believe we should be encouraging one an-other, giving to one another, and ministering to one another so that the body of Christ is taken from basic foundational Christian teaching on to maturity.
We need one another.
Instead of focussing on the self, God calls us to ministry to the other — encouragement and building up others.
Isn’t this a ministry in which all of us need to be engaged?
Quit the focus on self!
Emphasise ministry to others.
It's a little bit long but it is very good!
http://www.christian-witness.org/archives/cetf2004/esteem29.html
Some of the great verses from the article...
Ephesians 5:28-29
28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Romans 12:3
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Matthew 16:24-25
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
What we should do according to the article...
1 Thessalonians 5:11
11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
(bold added)
Instead of promoting self-esteem, I believe we should be encouraging one an-other, giving to one another, and ministering to one another so that the body of Christ is taken from basic foundational Christian teaching on to maturity.
We need one another.
Instead of focussing on the self, God calls us to ministry to the other — encouragement and building up others.
Isn’t this a ministry in which all of us need to be engaged?
Quit the focus on self!
Emphasise ministry to others.