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Today I want to talk about Pride: focus on oneself.
I think Pride is one of the reason why many people has kept themself from accepting Jesus Christ. Certain individuals cannot admit their sin and acknowledge their weakness in strength. Lucifer was created by God as a perfect angel. But once he sinned, he refused to repent and was thrown out of heaven. The reason why he refused to repent was because of his pride. Pride is thinking you are better and superior from others. Because of Lucifer’s pride, he fell from heaven and became Satan. It was pride that lead to the creation of the devil, demons, and sin. That is why pride is considered God’s most hatred sin. Isaiah 14:12-15
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Mathew 5:3
The poor in spirit are those who recognize their messy spirituality and their inability to come to God aside from His divine grace. The proud, on the other hand, are so blinded by their pride that they think they don’t need God or .. that God should accept them for the way they are because they deserve His acceptance.
Pride is sinful because it gives credit to us for something that God has accomplished or made. It steals and takes away God’s glory. Anything and everything that happens in this world.. everything that we attain and accomplish would not have been possible without God who gives us the strength and the support. God deserves all the glory alone, yet we steal it from Him.
The reason why I got into this topic is because… well, I love to ponder and think. And this year, observing from my friend’s, family’s, teacher’s, neighbor’s actions, and my own actions…I realized pride plays a huge role in our world. And today, my tutor, who retired as a pastor, spoke to me today about being proud and prideful.. so I decided to write a short blog about it today 
And, I’m not trying to say that you should stop being prideful and that I’m not prideful at all. Of course I am. Everyone is. We’re all flawed, but this is something we can fix.. or at least try to. If God really matters to you, then pride would matter too because God hates pride! Simple as that. Haha. It’s just something to know and think and learn. I hope this blog had somewhat of an impact on you.
By the way, I love acronyms
Q: So HOW do you lessen your pride? or avoid becoming prideful?
the answer is JOY.
Jesus. Others. Yourself.
Put Jesus and everyone else before you.
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Pride is “the barrier to really knowing God“
The first sin was choosing of self interest rather than God.
Adam and Eve put themselves above God. That is the origin barrier. What is it that we need to do? Jesus said, if anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself.
If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Mathew 16:24
God opposes the pride and gives grace to the humble
James 4:6
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Comment by Gloria May 6, 2010 @ 8:14 pmits not Pastor Solomon but i saw this link and thought that it related to your entry.
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McLean Bible Church got some great sermons sistah. Thanks gloria(:
Comment by haejungshin May 9, 2010 @ 7:22 pmI love listening all their sermons
oh dude, I finally read it
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Comment by awesomekaypee May 11, 2010 @ 7:53 pmIt is good
This had a great impact on me, THANKS.
I see why you always lecture me about pride…
I got a better understanding, thanks llamamama
Dang… if you think about Adam and Eve, you’ll see how much God hates pride. Adam and Eve’s pride is the reason they were cast out of Eden! It was not because they took a bite out of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, but because they hid in shame due to their pride in the good God saw in them. The real question is, what would have happened if Adam and Eve confessed their sin, rather than covering up their sin in shame. When God said that they would surely die, it was not a physical death, but a spiritual death because they did not obey His commands. This is why the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord, because God just loves us that much.
Comment by John Kwon May 11, 2010 @ 11:16 pm