What's the Difference Between Humility and Pride?

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Pride Feeds The Flesh While Humility Feeds The
Soul

• Wear One and Overcome The Other 
• Trust God

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There are two parts to us, the flesh and the
soul. For most, the flesh is the dominate factor
in our lives until we die. The flesh wants
nothing to do with the soul, it wants nothing to
do with God, it only wants what the world has to
offer.
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The flesh is corrupt and it will always be
corrupt until its last breath. This is what the
deadly sin of pride is, self, ego, I, me, and
myself. Pride is the main one of the seven deadly
sins.
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The soul wants eternal life with God. It wants
everything that God has to offer. It wants to be
humble, it wants to do good, be loving towards
others and it wants no glory. It wants to do
Gods will which in turn will help bring not only
glory to God, but help steer others towards God
so that they may find true peace and happiness
with God.
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The flesh wants what the world has to offer,
whether it is pleasure, materialism,
self-indulgence, lust, vanity and so on. Pride
also brings about negative traits and problems
such as, hate, anger, resentments, jealousy,
greed, gluttony, envy, fornication, addiction,
debt and others. Pride will always be in the
pursuit of happiness.
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Humility is totally the opposite. Humility brings
a person kindness, love, joy, true happiness,
peace, goodness, self-control, trustfulness and
freedom from the bondages of the world. The
world can only offer temporary happiness and this
causes the flesh to be in constant search of
happiness. This happiness that it seeks is always
attached to something and that something captures
us and holds us until the happiness wears off.
Then were off again seeking happiness in
something else.
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There is a low side to pride and also a high side
to pride and what lies in the middle is humility.
The middle is the best place to be, it is also
known as equanimity. It is the place of total
peacefulness and freedom from the bondages of the
world. When one reaches this place, they have no
care about materialism, they are not concerned
about what they are going to eat, they only want
to keep things as simple as possible.
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When one is humble, they do not seek honor, they
pass the glory onto God and thank Him for giving
them the opportunity to help their fellowman.
When they do something good, they try to attract
as little attention as possible. They are usually
quiet and refrain from idle chit-chat and
laughter, they do not place themselves above
others, they are patient, respectful to authority
and constantly watchful of trying not to do wrong.
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There is a difference between walking in the
flesh and walking in the spirit. When one is in
the flesh, they dont see spiritual things, they
see worldly things. They think they are good
because they cant see or understand what they
are doing wrong. The flesh deceives itself in
such away that the things that it does seems
normal to itself because it is a standard among
the world.
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The bodily senses play a major role in the
corruption of the flesh. The senses are always
looking to be pleased. Whether it comes from the
taste of foods, or things that are pleasing to
the eyes which can generate lust, the senses have
their way of keeping man disconnected from God
through the use of distractions.
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When a person is walking in the spirit, they
dont care about things like the taste of food or
spending a lot of time preparing food, listening
to music (they find God in silence), they are not
distracted by smells like food cooking or
perfumes (they actually find perfume repulsive),
jewelry, clothing, hairdos, makeup, materialism,
paintings, things that make the body feel good
and so on. They really dont like wasting time
with things that please the flesh. They will,
most of the time put others needs first before
their own.
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The more you live by the flesh, the more you are
anchored to this world and all its troubles. Find
protection, freedom and peace in God and dont
let this world rule you. Travel the road with
Jesus Christ and learn to walk upright in the
spirit instead of bent towards the world like the
flesh. You will soon see just how invaluable the
things of the world are and just how corrupt the
flesh really is. The light of faith is like
darkness to the flesh.
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