I Peter 5:5—“For God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble”

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble (I Peter 5:5 KJV).

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Rev. Herman Hoeksema

[Source: Protestant Reformed Theological Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Dec. 1968]

In I Peter 5:5 we read, “For God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” God opposes, assumes an attitude of opposition toward, sets himself against the high-minded, the haughty; but the lowly he gives grace. The contrast of the text is self-evident. Over against the high-minded stand the lowly. Only the lowly receive grace. The high-minded always meet with God’s opposition. The implication is naturally that they receive no grace.

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More to come! (DV)