Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assured, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Romans 12:16-17
Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes. (HCSB)
Paul, in Galatians 6:3, gives us a great insight into pride. “For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he is deceiving himself.” Now that kind of puts things into perspective doesn’t it? Pride is self deceiving. That one statement in itself should tell us of the dangers of a disease knit into the fabric of every man on this earth, and would cause us to want to be inoculated against its infections.
Louis XIV, King of France from 1643-1715, uttered these still infamous words “Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?” We laugh, but we can all get into this place. If we follow His commandments and receive the blessings that come from that, in some confused state, we begin to think we did that for God. Did we? No, we did that for own well being and blessing, and safety.
Jesus warned us in Matt 23:12 that those who exalted themselves would be humbled, and those who humbled themselves would be exalted. Really if we would pause and listen, The Holy Spirit would give us a clue, for when pride exists there is this nagging within us that says something isn’t quite right. We have no real secure peace with pride, but in humility, a secure promise from our Savior…God’s Blessing’s.
Pastor William
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Romans 12:16-17
Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes. (HCSB)
Paul, in Galatians 6:3, gives us a great insight into pride. “For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he is deceiving himself.” Now that kind of puts things into perspective doesn’t it? Pride is self deceiving. That one statement in itself should tell us of the dangers of a disease knit into the fabric of every man on this earth, and would cause us to want to be inoculated against its infections.
Louis XIV, King of France from 1643-1715, uttered these still infamous words “Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?” We laugh, but we can all get into this place. If we follow His commandments and receive the blessings that come from that, in some confused state, we begin to think we did that for God. Did we? No, we did that for own well being and blessing, and safety.
Jesus warned us in Matt 23:12 that those who exalted themselves would be humbled, and those who humbled themselves would be exalted. Really if we would pause and listen, The Holy Spirit would give us a clue, for when pride exists there is this nagging within us that says something isn’t quite right. We have no real secure peace with pride, but in humility, a secure promise from our Savior…God’s Blessing’s.
Pastor William
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