0132 The Heart of Lucifer

The Heart of Lucifer

Pride, the idolatrous worship of self, is the national religion of hell

Religion of hell is not worship of Satan but of self

You have as much of the devil as you have of pride. You have as much of Jesus as you have of humility

Evil can have no beginning but from pride, and no end but from humility

Adam began with pride, Jesus finished with humility

Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you

Water never stays on but goes through the mountain yet it always in the valleys

He will not increase more than you will decrease

Humility is the sense of entire nothingness, which comes when we see how truly God is all, and in which we make way for God to be all. It’s acknowledging his position as man and yield to God to be God

Prideful are not saved (James 4:6; Eph.2:8-9)

Pride disables us to receive (your heart is like a sponge)

Pride disables God to give (God’s grace unavailable; no offer of it)

Pride enables God to resist

People comparisment is looking on someone’s weakness through self or opposite

Illustration: “it’s a mistake not a sin”

Pharisee felt prideful comparing himself with sinner (Luke 18:9-14)

Mountains melt like wax in the presence of God (Ps.97:5)

Prideful will be humiliated; it’s a matter of when and how (Prov.16:18)

If you humble yourself, God wouldn’t humiliate you (Naaman, Hitler)

If God humilities you, humble yourself (Nebuchadnezzar, Napoleon, Voltaire, French atheist)

God humiliates you and you still refuse to humble, then your eternal humiliation is coming (Pharaoh)

God’s humiliation could be too late (Herod)

True worship and pride do not go together

Illustration: “frog, I came with this idea”

Worship is the fruit of humility; unthanfulness is a root of fall (Nebuchadnezzar)

Herod secret of fall is pride = not giving God what belonged to Him (Acts 12:20-24)

Balshazzar’s root of fall = glorified everything except God (Dan.5:1-30)

Acknowledge your mistakes and never defend yourself

Never put yourself out of authority (2Chr.26)