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During the Middle Ages a group of monks decided to love God with all their hearts, minds, and souls, as Jesus commanded in the greatest commandment (Mt 22:36–37).
They wanted to know not only what drew them to God, but also what drew them away.
They compiled a list of basic sins from which all other sins originate.
These came to be known as “The Seven Deadly Sins.”
The worst and most dangerous of all sins is first on the list.
Do you know what it is?
Pride
1.
What is Pride; 17a
What pride is not- Pride is not receiving honor or self-respect in what you do.
When someone says, “I’m proud of you!” there’s nothing wrong with that if it’s said and recieved in encouragement or praise for something well done.
Pride- It is “an attitude of the heart that overvalues oneself and undervalues others.”
It is an attitude of independence from God.
It is saying, “God, I don’t need you; I can do it myself.”
2. Pride is the Original Sin;
A proud look is mentioned first in verse 17 for several reasons.
First it is the original sin!
It was pride that made the devil the devil.
The devil, to begin with, was the most glorious being that God had ever created.
The Bible says that “he was full of wisdom and beauty; he sealed up the sum.” (Ezekiel 28:12) God had never made anyone more exquisitely beautiful, more wise, more powerful than Lucifer, the son of the morning.
Lucifer actually means “light bearer.”
Lucifer was perfect in all his ways until iniquity was found in him.
And that iniquity was pride!
Rogers, A. (2017).
The Peril of Pride.
In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (Pr 6:16–19).
Rogers Family Trust.
Pride is the sin of Adam and Eve in the fall in the garden
Satan led Adam and Eve into sin by appealing to their pride
The very essence of pride is trying to be your own god.
Prideful people say, “I can make my own rules and live like I want.
I can live by my own morals and standards.”
I was reading some months ago something very interesting.
If you have an apple, and you look at that apple, and that apple has a wormhole in it, you might think, “Uh oh, I’d better be careful: there is a worm in that apple.”
No, there is no worm in that apple.
That hole is not there so the worm could get in.
That hole is there so the worm could get out.
The worm did not bore into that apple; the worm bored his way out of that apple.
The worm was already in the apple.
You say, “Now, wait a minute, Pastor.
How did the worm get in the apple?”
It was born in the apple.
It was hatched in the apple.
“Well, how did that happen?”
Because the egg was laid in the apple blossom.
The apple blossom became an apple, and that worm was on the inside, and it ate its way out.
And the pride that is in your heart is there because it was born in your heart.
And, you see, it’s what’s in your heart.
When the worm comes to the surface, the worm was already there in your heart.
And, you see, Jesus said in Mark the seventh chapter, beginning about verse 18, that it’s not what goes into a man that defiles him; it’s not the worm that bores into him; it’s what comes out of a man that defiles him.”
And then Jesus said, “For out of the heart proceeds pride.”
(Mark 7:18–23)
Rogers, A. (2017).
The Peril of Pride.
In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (Pr 6:16–19).
Rogers Family Trust.
The Lord hates pride and it is an abomination to Him
Hate—“An emotional attitude toward persons or things which are opposed, detested, despised and with which one wishes to have no contact or relationship”.
Hate is the polar opposite of love.
Hate literally means “to exclude from fellowship.”
God cannot bear to fellowship with those who exhibit the tendencies of pride.
Abomination—This word refers to something which is “loathed or which causes horror”.
Homosexuality—Lev.
18:22–30; 20:13
Idolatry—Deut.
7:25
Human Sacrifice—Deut.
12:31
Eating Ritually Unclean Animals—Deut.
14:3–8
Sacrificing Defective Animals—Deut.
17:1
Engaging In Occult Practices—Deut.
18:9–14
Dishonest Business Practices—Deut.
25:13–16
Ritual Prostitution—1 Kings 14:23ff
Carr, A. (2015).
God Hates It (Proverbs 6:16–19).
In The Sermon Notebook: Old Testament (p.
1690).
Alan Carr.
People who commit these sins and remain in them will incur the judgment of God!
3. Avoiding the Pitfalls of Pride;
The only thing that can help us avoid pride is to be humble.
Humility will push pride out of our hearts.
The key to humility is submission to God!
Ask God to search our hearts, because the heart is where the seed of sin is;
Remember the source of our blessings;
A prideful person believes everything they have they made it on their own.
A humble man knows that everything he has or is came from God!
Start serving others instead of being selfish; Pride is selfishness, serving is humility
Hours before Jesus was arrested and went to Calvary, his disciples were arguing which one of them would be considered the greatest in the coming kingdom.
Then Jesus shares the Passover meal with them and then institutes the Lord’s Supper.
Does anyone remember what Jesus did before He instituted the Lord’s Supper?
He washed the feet of the disciples as an act of humble service to the prideful!
Close;
To avoid the Pitfalls of Pride we must to love Wisdom!
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