1. According to Philippians 2:3, how does our having humility promote good relationships with others?

Well, here he gives us advice to humbly think that others are superior to us and as the text mentions it emphasizes the idea that doing this is a continuous process.

And of course when we talk about humility, no one would think of buying from Jehovah, we have it very clear that Jehovah is far superior to us, now where does humility come in? With reference to the paragraph when we put Jehovah\’s will as something superior in our life, our desires in life remain as something inferior and everything that has to do with magnifying Jehovah\’s name and serving him takes a Superior place.

And the benefit of putting this into practice is that we will have a good relationship with Jehovah and with our brothers.—Read Philippians 2:3.

2. What did the apostle Paul acknowledge, and what will we consider in this article?

to). He recognized that a certain degree of self-esteem is necessary and the problem is that if we are not careful how we are selfish and proud of this world it can hit us, that is why he said that each one thinks in a way that shows good judgment.

But it is interesting that we talk about this degree of self-esteem, because one could go to the other extreme, that is to say, not thinking anything about oneself or thinking that it is worthless that what it does is useless and then that would not be what it does. Jehovah expects us, so what Jehovah really wants is that we have a balanced opinion that we try to strive to be balanced in this aspect of not being proud but also not going to the other extreme and not having any self-esteem.

FOOTNOTE

How the note applies one of the important ideas that we will analyze throughout the article is that pride goes very hand in hand with being selfish in fact the proud person thinks a lot about himself and little about the other person, therefore if we want to leave that Selfish attitude now humility is the medicine that will allow us to counteract this tendency.

(b). Well, we will see how humility will help us not to give ourselves too much importance in three fields, marriage, responsibilities within the congregation and social networks.

3. Why are conflicts likely to arise in marriage, and how do some react to those conflicts?

Well, in the letter to the Corinthians in chapter 7 and verse 28 he said that those who marry would have difficulties in life, and it must be recognized that imperfection often causes us to hurt in the way we communicate, maybe we say hurtful things or even though this motivation was not that, it is impossible that inadvertently problems arise within the marriage.

b). Well, thinking only of yourself or being influenced by the entertainment of this world that you only live once, because in marriage you may think that why am I going to be with that person fighting when they can have the rest of their lives with another person, so many have decided to divorce for that reason.

4. What must we avoid?

That our marriage has failed.

Sometimes when a marriage is faced with these series of challenges, perhaps pride, selfishness could lead one to ask the questions like the ones in the paragraph, if this marriage meets my needs, gives me the love that I deserve, it would be I am happier with another person, but of course it is a wrong way of thinking totally opposed to biblical principles, in the paragraph comes Philippians 2: 4 that says that we should not only seek our own interests but also those of others, then the idea it is to seek a team vision rather than an individual vision.

What Jehovah does want us to think is that this is his project, and as Matthew 19: 6 makes clear it is he who has created this union, so we are not the one to decide whether or not it can be broken, And this is done so to make it clear that not only is not the solution to the problems but that separation is not an option either.

5. According to Ephesians 5:33, how should a husband and a wife treat each other?

 They must be treated with love and respect, therefore, as the questions in the previous paragraph came out, we could formulate it a little and ask ourselves, do I give the love and respect it deserves?

And as the first sample of Corinthians 10:24, we will seek the benefit of our partner, so we will stop thinking about our interests and this will help us to treat each other with love.

And to give love and respect it is necessary to have the quality of humility and thus have happiness in marriage.

The verse of facts 20:35 of when it comes to giving is applied, not giving physical or material things but rather that love and that respect, therefore if we do it also the fact is that we are going to collect happiness in marriage.—1 Cor. 10:24.

6. What do you learn from the comments made by Steven and Stephanie?

For example Esteven says that they do see each other as a team because they are going to help each other, in fact when problems arise because instead of thinking that it is the best for me, again that selfish attitude must be replaced by what is it. better for us, it will help the marriage to identify those problems and work on them.

It is also very nice what Estefany says as seen in the photograph, that marriage is not a rivalry but that when there is a problem the two fight with that problem and do not fight to be right, that is achieved when the two in the married people are humble people.

ILLUSTRATION

Yes, speaking a little more in the image, the truth is that it is interesting because if we see the left side it can even cause us laughter but it could be the reality of many marriages, we see there how the two are dressed there with Kings clothes they are with a haughty attitude none of the two, due to the gesture or the bearing, he intends to start cleaning the dishes that they have accumulated there, and yet if we see on the right how different the atmosphere is, not only because they are happy they are working together, it really shows that it is a team environment that the two of them, in the end they are humble and they say we do not leave things for others to do but they do it together as a couple, so there is no doubt that in the end well that is what marriage is not a pair of rivals from an opposing team but on the contrary a joint team.

7. What attitude should a brother have when he receives a privilege of service?

Serving and serving with humility should not be allowed to go to your head.

And very recently we heard in JW a Gilead speech where the word privileges was said in Japanese and it was very interesting because it said that the dictionary translates it as special rights, which gives the idea of ​​something you deserve and that is what was used before In the publications, but instead for a few years they have translated it as an opportunity to serve and that is what it is, if we receive a responsibility a privilege it is not because we deserve it but because Jehovah wants to give us an opportunity to serve more and that we want to take advantage of it.

For addressed to the Christians of Corinth he was willing to use all his forces for good and as he said he was completely spent towards them or as it is also said exhausted and simply consumed by them and he did it with a humble attitude.—2 Cor. 12:15.

8. What do we learn from the examples of Diotrephes, Uzziah, and Absalom?

Diotrefes liked to have the first place in the congregation so much that it led him to not receive regarding the messages of John or other Christians who had responsibilities, he also spread malicious comments about them, he even wanted to expel from the congregation those who received hospitably to these brothers, so pride can lead us to do the same as Diotrephes wanting to have privileges, not with the right attitude but as personal medals and that can lead us not to accept the leadership of brothers who are leading.

And then we have the example of Uzias, as we see in the second Chronicle\’s account, we see that Uzias did not correspond to him by burning incense since he was not a priest and when he was called to attention for it, he was furious, so he was a proud person and he lacked humility when they gave him advice.

And also Absalon tried as second Samuel says to steal the hearts of the men of Israel trying to win the sympathy of the people because he wanted to be king.

And in the three cases we see that they did very badly Diotrefes had to publicly receive the denunciation of the apostle John in this third letter he wrote, Uzziah was plagued with leprosy until the day of his death, Absalon died on the battlefield. which confirms what the proverb 25:27 says that it is not good among other things to seek glory for oneself, so this confirms the point of view that Jehovah has about this way of acting.​—Prov. 16:18.

9. What example did Jesus set?

Although Jesus had and has the greatest responsibility that can be obtained in Jehovah\’s organization, he saw this as an opportunity to serve, lived with humility by his example and continues to do so and it was what he promoted as a main part of his teaching saying how Lucas mentions that the one who behaved with this humble attitude or as one of the youngest is the one who would be the oldest.

And with these words, Lucas also stressed that here he was not saying that the one with the most responsibilities was the oldest, but that the one who behaved like one of the youngest is the one who dedicated himself to serving others and that is what he did. Jesus and the good example he left us.

Sometimes we could read Lucas\’s text and say well, how can it be that I behaved like one of the youngest but that I became the oldest, why is the concept that the world has of someone older or someone important or someone famous? A Watchtower explained that this is being the greatest, it is because he becomes a more valuable servant of Jehovah so that Jehovah can use him more fully in his service, that is the attitude that we can become more valuable for Jehovah to use us more to serve others.—John 13:35.

10. What should you do if you feel that problems in the congregation are not being handled properly?

When we see something that seems unfair or bothers us, the normal and human thing is to focus on that in the problem in what in our opinion is being done wrong and it could even be that we would lose the happiness of our services to Jehovah, but Maybe we should think better about how we can change ourselves so that what we are seeing does not bother us, also if Jehovah is allowing us to go through a situation that in our opinion is unfair, let\’s see it as an opportunity to cultivate qualities or to learn a lesson that we did not know still.

Hebrews 13:17 teaches us what our work is in all this and what is the work of those who take the lead, we have to be obedient and submissive although sometimes we may not understand certain decisions but we have to obey and they are the ones who take care of us and they will be held accountable for them so be humble and understand what our role is.

The questions in the paragraph are very interesting when we see a problem we could ask ourselves, should these problems are so serious or is it time to do it or I am the right person to solve them, depending on the answer, it is you who will say if we seek the unity of the congregation or seek our glory personal.

11. According to Ephesians 4:2, 3, what are the results when we serve Jehovah with humility?

Well, we will be promoting unity within the congregation, there it clearly says, among other things, if we are humble we will be doing everything possible to maintain the unity of the spirit through the unifying bond of Peace.

We can also say that Jehovah is not impressed by our abilities, although he likes us to do our best in serving him, but he is impressed by our humility because at the same time it promotes unity.

Thinking about this, remembering that Satan, he was in heaven, had great authority, without a doubt he will have many capacities, he will be effective, but he was neither humble nor did he seek unity and it did not serve him at all, he is completely far from Jehovah, that is why we do not seek that. how I do the main thing but we want to be humble because we know that Jehovah is what he likes the most.

ILLUSTRATION

If it is as seen in the image, you can see a brother who has had various responsibilities in construction, also speaking at an assembly, also in the congregation, but also cleaning a bathroom, thus demonstrating his humility and therefore increasing the unity of the congregation, and it is good that he has these capabilities that Jehovah undoubtedly gives him but that he does not know him for this but that he is known for the humility he has.

Well, cleaning a bathroom at all times is not what makes you happy the most, but you are doing it because you value it, you know that it also brings the brothers very close when the rest of the congregation sees brothers so they make an effort in all senses you approach them and you have the ability to speak with them freely and that the brothers notice so it is a precious quality.

12. Does the Bible encourage us to have friends? Explain.

Psalm 133: 1 there gives us to understand that it is very good that the brothers spend time together and we are united, so Jehovah wants us to have good times with our friends and family.

In fact, friendship is so beneficial that Jehovah in proverbs tells us that friends can be sometimes even more attached than our own family, so Jehovah knows how happy we are when we have friends like that.

And the Bible also warns us not to go to the other extreme, the proverb says that he who isolates himself pursues his selfish desire, so humans are social by nature, we need to tell our sorrows and joys to anyone close to us obviously and Jehovah has made us with those feelings so we have to find good friends.

13. Why are some who use social media prone to loneliness and depression?

Because they are compared when looking at the photographs and the places that others have visited, and unfortunately then it feels that they do not enjoy the same thing that others are experiencing.

In addition, most people upload their best photos to social networks when they are the best moments with their friends and the best most interesting places, then of course to people who see it because it produces that feeling.

19-year-old sister says that she began to feel frustrated when she saw that others had so much fun on weekends while she was poor, she stayed at home as she says dead of boredom, but what is really happening is that she was comparing herself to what she seemed that others did, so you have to be very careful because what we do on social networks can have a lot of impact on others.

14. How can the Bible’s counsel at 1 Peter 3:8 help us with regard to the use of social media?

Well, they will help us to think about the reasons why we upload photos to social networks, to impress others, to pretend that everything is beautiful that everything is happiness when really simply a moment then we do not want to wake up in other bad desires or sadness but rather make them feel well.

The paragraph mentions a very balanced approach to social networks, the same paragraph says that they are very useful to maintain contact with family with friends, obviously we do not want to condemn this use, but the problem is when it is used against biblical principles, As the first of Peter 3: 8 says that if with our comments or with the photos that we upload the content that we post on the social network we are not united in our way of thinking, we do not show empathy, we do not show brotherly affection and tender compassion and humility, obviously not we should be using that way.—Read 1 Peter 3:8.

15. How can the Bible help us to avoid promoting ourselves?

Well, it will help us to analyze ourselves when we upload something on social networks and it will make us wonder what impression I want to make, it shows that I want to show off or maybe I\’m arousing some envy, so this will help us analyze everything.

If, as the paragraph in Galatians 5:26 says, it tells us not to become egoncentric and as it says at the beginning of the study, being selfish or egoncentric goes against the spirit of humility, then we could ask ourselves with what motivation I am uploading those images or what effects It could cause other siblings who, for example, are having a hard time now that they may have lost their job, they don\’t have everything to eat or to travel or buy expensive things so let\’s think about how they might feel if we do.

And another principle that will help us will be that of the first of John 2:16 because there are among other things it speaks of the ostentation of the things that one has and this ostentation, as the paragraph refers well, could also be translated as trying to become more important than what that one is, so on the one hand we are warned that Christians have no need for others to admire us because we do not do things with that attitude, but also as the verse itself says it says that all these things do not They come from the father but come from the world, so we do not want this vain spirit of the world to infect us.

ILLUSTRATION

Nor do we want to go to the other extreme, sharing a good meal with friends with family has nothing wrong, the problem as is being discussed is that it is always with the same motivation to show off all the places where we are going to visit or travel the meals that We take the best in high-cost restaurants or for the highest social classes, if we are always teaching and showing off at the end we are awakening negative feelings in other people and above all that we are not placing ourselves in the best position before Jehovah.

16. Why should we avoid pride?

As Romans 12: 3 tells us we want not to think more than we should and have a judgment.

And as the paragraph mentions also to avoid hurting ourselves and others, if we think about the example of Jesus and the humility that he showed he was a person that most of the stories and images that are shown to us were always surrounded by people and everyone felt comfortable with him, for if we strive to be humble we will achieve that.

And if we are proud it will be Satan who supports us, however if we are humble it will be Jehovah who supports us as first Peter 5: 5 says that the humble show undeserved kindness. (1 Pet. 5:5) Those with a sound mind do not want to have Jehovah as an opponent.

17. What must we do to remain humble?

Well, we must remove our personality travel, that is to say everything that perhaps due to imperfection or because of how the world has shaped us or we are and instead to dress ourselves with a new personality, of course that means a lot of effort, because now it means leaving all that behind and now try to follow the example of Jesus to the fullest.

And something that will help us is to think about the good results that it entails because if we are humble and we try to be humble this continuous effort, our family will be happy, our congregation will be united and we also have this extra that we will know how to use social networks.

HOW CAN YOU SHOW HUMILITY . . .

• in your marriage?

• Not giving up even if problems arise because there will be, but if we apply the recipe of love and respect, obviously we will always think of the other person\’s need and not our own.

• in carrying out your privileges of service?

• Well, if one receives a responsibility that does not go to his head but always shows humility and modesty, thus also collaborating with the unity of the congregation.

  And understand that these responsibilities are always due to Jehovah\’s undeserved kindness and not because of our abilities and that thanks to this we can benefit from that assignment and we can also benefit others.

• in your use of social media?

• Well, we read the principle of 1 Peter 3: 8 about the importance of showing humility and empathy when being careful with the images that we post, to keep in mind not to hurt anyone unintentionally by the photos or images or what we imply that what we are hanging.

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