Fragment: Humble or Humbled?

There is a difference between being humble before God and being humbled before God. I am humbled before God because I have not been humble. I am humbled because of my sin. If I had been humble, I should have had grace given me to prevent it. “God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:55Likewise, 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. (1 Peter 5:5)).
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