PRIDE

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PRIDE RIGHTEOUSNESS
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What Does Pride Do?

• (Pro 1618-19) Pride goeth before destruction,
  and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it
  is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than
  to divide the spoil with the proud.
• (Psa 736) Therefore pride compasseth them about
  as a chain violence covereth them as a garment.
• (Pro 112) When pride cometh, then cometh shame

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What Does Pride Do? (cont.)

• (Dan 520) But when his heart was lifted up, and
  his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from
  his kingly throne, and they took his glory from
  him.
• (Eze 1649-52) Behold, this was the iniquity of
  thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and
  abundance of idleness was in her and in her
  daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of
  the poor and needy. (50) And they were haughty,
  and committed abomination before me therefore I
  took them away as I saw good. (51) Neither hath
  Samaria committed half of thy sins but thou hast
  multiplied thine abominations more than they, and
  hast justified thy sisters in all thine
  abominations which thou hast done. (52) Thou
  also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine
  own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed
  more abominable than they they are more
  righteous than thou yea, be thou confounded
  also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast
  justified thy sisters.

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What Does Pride Do? (cont.)

• (Jer 4916) Thy terribleness hath deceived thee,
  and the pride of thine heart, O thou that
  dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest
  the height of the hill though thou shouldest
  make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring
  thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
• (Oba 13) The pride of thine heart hath deceived
  thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the
  rock, whose habitation is high that saith in his
  heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (4)
  Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and
  though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence
  will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

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Effects

• Destruction
• Falling
• Shame
• Hardened Minds
• A state of being confounded
• Being deceived
• Being brought down
• Being compassed like a chain
• Having less hope than a fool
• (Pro 2612) Seest thou a man wise in his own
  conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of
  him.

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Definition

• an unduly high opinion of oneself
• haughtiness, arrogance
• dignity, self-respect, and self confidence
• to value one's self to gratify self-esteem
• satisfaction in something done, owned

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
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Esteem (Pride??)

• Ego (Self Esteem) Needs
• Means having a healthy pride in ones self. The
  need for self-respect, and respect from others
  shows up at this level.
• Most human beings need to feel not only just
  loved, but needed by their community. We need to
  feel that we can contribute something worthwhile.
  For some, this need for esteem will be satisfied
  through great achievementOthers may choose to
  help in noble causes

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Self Actualization (Pride??)

• Self Actualization (Fulfillment) Needs
• includes purpose, personal growth and realization
  of one's potentials. This is the point where
  people start to become fully functional, acting
  purely on their own volition and having a healthy
  personality.
• Achieved when one can embody the highest
  potential that s/he is capable of reaching. Once
  all the other needs are taken care of, there
  remains a yearning to explore and to actualize
  our individual talents and gifts, to be
  expressive, creative, dynamic selves with the
  freedom to master our fate or perhaps to
  experience that overwhelming and mystical sense
  of being in perfect harmony and at one with the
  universe

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Christians Hierarchy of Needs
Jesus Christ
(Joh 155) without me ye can do nothing
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Christian Pride- The Problem

• Pride in worldly things
• Grades
• Cars
• Tractors
• Big bucks
• Jobs
• Kids
• Intelligence
• Etc.

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Christian Pride- The Problem

• The Real Pride Issue
• Pride in Righteousness
• Pride in Knowledge
• Pride in Wisdom
• Pride in Charity
• Pride in Humility
• Pride in Chastity
• Pride in Abstinence
• Pride in Non-Conformity

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Christian Attitude to Pride in Self-Righteousness

• (Mat 1917) And he said unto him, Why callest
  thou me good? there is none good but one, that
  is, God
• (Rom 718) For I know that in me (that is, in my
  flesh,) dwelleth no good thing for to will is
  present with me but how to perform that which is
  good I find not.
• (Rom 724) O wretched man that I am! who shall
  deliver me from the body of this death?
• (1Co 159) For I am the least of the apostles,
  that am not meet to be called an apostle

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Christian Attitude to Pride in Self-Righteousness

• (1Co 44) For I know nothing by myself yet am I
  not hereby justified but he that judgeth me is
  the Lord.
• (Rom 39) What then? are we better than they?
  No, in no wise for we have before proved both
  Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin
  (10) As it is written, There is none righteous,
  no, not one (11) There is none that
  understandeth, there is none that seeketh after
  God. (12) They are all gone out of the way, they
  are together become unprofitable there is none
  that doeth good, no, not one.

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Haughty Because of Gods Holy Mountain?

• (Zep 311) In that day shalt thou not be ashamed
  for all thy doings, wherein thou hast
  transgressed against me for then I will take
  away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice
  in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty
  because of my holy mountain.

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Haughty Because of Gods Holy Mountain?

• Do we think like those Jews as more highly than
  those who arent as we?
• Do we as Christians think more highly of those
  who are not?
• Do we pride ourselves in good works?
• Do we pride ourselves in staying away from sinful
  lusts?

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Haughty Because of Gods Holy Mountain?

• Phi 33-16
• Luke 189-19- Pharisee Publican
• Matthew 23
• (Luke 1144) Woe unto you, scribes and
  Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which
  appear not, and the men that walk over them are
  not aware of them.

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Haughty Because of Gods Holy Mountain?

• (Mat 1130) For my yoke is easy, and my burden
  is light.
• (Rom 818) For I reckon that the sufferings of
  this present time are not worthy to be compared
  with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

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Humble Yourself in the Sight of the Lord

• Humility- the state of being humble
• 1) to make low, bring low
• 1a) to level, reduce to a plain
• 1b) metaphorically to bring into a humble
  condition, reduce to meaner circumstances
• 1b1) to assign a lower rank or place to
• 1b2) to abase
• 1b3) to be ranked below others who are honoured
  or rewarded
• 1b4) to humble or abase myself by humble living
• 1c) to lower, depress
• 1c1) of ones soul bring down ones pride
• 1c2) to have a modest opinion of ones self
• 1c3) to behave in an unassuming manner
• 1c4) devoid of all haughtiness

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I am Meek and Lowly

• (Rom 123) For I say, through the grace given
  unto me, to every man that is among you, not to
  think of himself more highly than he ought to
  think but to think soberly, according as God
  hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
• (Mat 1129) Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
  me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye
  shall find rest unto your souls.

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The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth

• (Psa 259) The meek will he guide in judgment
  and the meek will he teach his way.
• (1Pe 34) But let it be the hidden man of the
  heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the
  ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in
  the sight of God of great price. (8) Finally, be
  ye all of one mind, having compassion one of
  another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be
  courteous

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Beautiful Broken

• (1Th 411) And that ye study to be quiet, and to
  do your own business, and to work with your own
  hands, as we commanded you
• (Psa 3418) The LORD is nigh unto them that are
  of a broken heart and saveth such as be of a
  contrite spirit.
• (Psa 5117) The sacrifices of God are a broken
  spirit a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
  thou wilt not despise.

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Man After Gods Own Heart

• (Psa 1311) LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor
  mine eyes lofty neither do I exercise myself in
  great matters, or in things too high for me. (2)
  Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a
  child that is weaned of his mother my soul is
  even as a weaned child.