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I is the Centre of pride
Probibly one of the best known proverbs of all time is:
And as we all know:
And we see all of these 3 things: I is the center of pride, pride comes before a fall and GHod opposes the proud in a very famous biblical pasage that describes the prince of Pride himself in his great fall from heaven.
In this passage we see God’s fierce opposition in v15.
we see his fall in v12.
and you will notice the repatition of the phraise “I”.
I will ascend.
I will be above the stars.
I will set m y throne on high.
I will sit on the mount.
I will ascend above the clouds.
I will make myself like the Most High.
Clearly, I is the center of pride.
And what it is, it is simply the belief that you can do things apart from God.
Apart from His Devine favor on one his redeemed or apart from his universdal graces on everyone.
As God’s redeemed we know that apart from the grace of God we cannot do anything.
And even if you are not part of fedemption, God still supplies you with living graces you need to survive, things like Air, a working brain, sunlight, rain.
And so anytime there is a neglect on God’s grace and i false sense of ‘I can do this on my own” arises - that is pride.
So careful must we be against this temptation of self presumption that God says:
So this evening i want to encourge you to turn from all forms of pride.
I want you to do this sermons namesake:
Put the I in Humility.
The passage in Isiah where Satan keeps saying I, I , I - that passage is all about pride.
But i want to share another psaage in the bible, a passage which also features a lot of trhe word “I”, but instead of being all about pride - this one is all about humility.
Can you tell the difference?
What is the difference between these two passages?
Satan is talking about all the things he believes he can do.
The Psalmest is speaking about all the things he CANNOT do, but only God can.
And as he focus on God something powerful happens at V13 - He stops using the phrase I completely and beings using the word “YOU” or “YOUR”.
In other words, as he meditated on God, there came a point, the point of true humble worship - where he forgot about himself completely.
A place where God and His glory filled the whole world and there is no place left for any throught of yourself.
A place where God fills your view, your life, your prayers and in the presence of his glory all you can do is bow down and worship him.
Thats what humility is.
Is is the moment you know that you are saved by grace.
That you live by grace.
That you have a family by grace.
That you have a roof over your head by grace.
That you have warm clothes by grace.
That you are healthy by grace.
Did you know that human being were made for this planet?
we cannot survive on any other.
if we were to fly you to mars and you stepped out of the ship - you would be dead before both your feet touched the ground.
There are in 95% carbon Dioxide - so high that the first breath would cause your lungs to collapse.
The temperature is -125C would is cold enough to flash freeze your blood in less than a second.
Why am i telling you this? Mars is not a place where life can exists.
And in the same way - a live lived in a full understanding and appreciation of God’s amazing grace - is a very hostile environment for pride.
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