Six weeks of this study are spent delving into various facets of pride and how they affect us, including the pride of self-sufficiency, the pride of superiority, the pride of rebellion, the pride of stubbornness, and the pride of inferiority.
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The pride of superiority is based on believing that you are better than other people. It is the variety of pride that most people think of when they think of a person being proud. I have subdivided this week into four categories: wealth and possessions, age, perceived spirituality, and belonging Read more…
Many people run from God before ever knowing Him; but rebellion implies rejecting prior knowledge and relationship because we resent the authority that goes with them. This tendency to rebel is a human trait we all will struggle with at some point. As teenagers, we rebel against the rules our Read more…
At times, stubbornness can be a virtue. It is important to persevere, to maintain, and to stay focused, all of which require a bit of stubbornness. Where stubbornness can become a fault and even a sin is when it is married to the pride of insisting on our own way Read more…
This is a bizarre form of pride in which a person actually feels superior to others because of their weakness or inferiority in a particular area. If this sounds impossible, take a moment to think about how often you hear someone say the following: – I’m better because I didn’t Read more…
The pride of self-sufficiency is one of the most common varieties of pride in the church today. We are willing to give and to help and unwilling to receive from others. Why do you believe that God would create a world in which we are not entirely self-sufficient but are Read more…
Are you of the opinion that all pride is bad? There is one variety that is not condemned by God: taking pride in one of our own accomplishments or in an accomplishment achieved by a family member or close friend. The Apostle Paul wrote this to the church in Corinth: Read more…
C.S. Lewis wrote “There is one vice of which no man in the world is free…Pride leads to every other vice…Pride is spiritual cancer.” Do you think you are free of the sin of pride? If you do, I was there too, before God showed me where pride existed in Read more…
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