In Numbers 12, the Bible calls Moses was the meekest (or most humble) man in all the earth. We also know that Moses himself composed the Book of Numbers. Here you have a rare case in which someone became aware of their humble nature and yet somehow retained it.
Recall in his masterpiece, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis says, “The vice I am talking about is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea-bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.”
He goes on to say, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
I may have stumbled upon two other Christians who have realized the danger of pride, but are calling for wearing the badge of humilty. The first is the author of this book who calls for “humble apologetics,” the second is this group calling for “a humble orthodoxy.”
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