SDS #1: PRIDE VERSUS HUMILITY

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Why this series? Self-Examination is good! Lists in OT, NT: Prov 6; Mk 7; Gal 5 Why THIS list? Brief History Guide to the series booklet

SDS #1: PRIDE VERSUS HUMILITYA MNEMONIC Pesky = Pride

Loud = LustElephants = Envy

Gobble = Greed Shiny = Sloth Green = Gluttony

Apples = Anger

Prov 16:18 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. MSG: First pride, then the crash – the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.

1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Story 1: Lucifer Story 2: Nebuchadnezzar

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Refusal to submit to God Augustine

Refusal to submit to God Augustine

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C.S.

Lewis

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Lewis“I will spoil the great pride of Jerusalem” Jer 13:9

“I will spoil the great pride of Jerusalem” Jer 13:9

HOW DOES PRIDE EXPRESS ITSELF?

SEE BOOKLET!

DEF: PRIDE is putting self in the place of God as the center and object of our life, or of some aspect thereof. It is the refusal to recognize our status as creatures, dependent on God for our existence, and placed by him in a specific relationship to the rest of his creation.

HOW DOES PRIDE EXPRESS ITSELF?

SEE BOOKLET!

Irreverence. Deliberate neglect of the worship of God in His church, or being content with a superficial or occasional participation in it. Disregard of other Holy Days or of additional opportunities for giving God honor. Failure to thank God or to express our gratitude adequately.

HOW DOES PRIDE EXPRESS ITSELF?

SEE BOOKLET!

Sentimentality. Being satisfied with pious feelings and beautiful ceremonies without striving to obey God’s will. Presumption. Dependence on self rather than on God, with the consequent neglect of the means of grace – prayer, reading of His Word, celebration of the Lord’s Supper, etc.

WHAT’S THE ANSWER?

ADMIT & CONFESS! MAINTAIN A HUMBLE ATTITUDE, DAILY! HUMBLE IS A VERB!1Pet 5:5 God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, and he will lift you up!

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN…?

REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR? REMEMBER THE TAX COLLECTOR LK 18? REVIVAL IN WALES, 1904… REVIVAL IN WESTERN CANADA 1971…