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Intro:
a. Strongholds
National ruin comes by pride.
And if America does not humble herself, she’s going to join the graveyard of the nations.
i. Do not let he devil have a foothold
B. Domestic Ruin Comes by Pride
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Don’t give him legal right to be where he is in your life
Domestic ruin comes by pride.
Many homes are battlegrounds, because in those homes, it’s ego against ego.
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Pride
C. Financial Ruin Comes by Pride
Financial ruin comes by pride.
We’re trying to keep up with the Joneses buying things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.
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i. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
D. Spiritual Ruin Comes by Pride
Spiritual ruin comes by pride.
It is not that God cannot use us because we’re not big enough; the problem is that God cannot use us because we’re not small enough.
The Bible says, “God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.”
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Pride
E. Eternal Ruin Comes by Pride
i. Definition by Holman Dictionary Bible
PRIDE Undue confidence in and attention to one’s own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position.
Pride is easier to recognize than to define, easier to recognize in others than in oneself.
Many biblical words describe this concept, each with its own emphasis.
It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should have in relation to God.
Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone
PRIDE Undue confidence in and attention to one’s own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position.
Pride is easier to recognize than to define, easier to recognize in others than in oneself.
Many biblical words describe this concept, each with its own emphasis.
Some of the synonyms for pride include arrogance, presumption, conceit, self-satisfaction, boasting, and high-mindedness.
It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should have in relation to God.
Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone
PRIDE Undue confidence in and attention to one’s own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position.
Pride is easier to recognize than to define, easier to recognize in others than in oneself.
Many biblical words describe this concept, each with its own emphasis.
Some of the synonyms for pride include arrogance, presumption, conceit, self-satisfaction, boasting, and high-mindedness.
It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should have in relation to God.
Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone
Eternal ruin comes by pride.
Men are escorted to hell, chained in the cold steel chains of pride forged on the anvil of a hard heart.
Most people in America are egomaniacs, strutting to hell, thinking they are too good to be damned.
Eternal ruin comes by pride.
The Bible says that “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
() Pride is a dangerous sin.
And pride is a deceptive sin.
At least the drunkard knows he’s a drunkard.
At least the thief knows he’s a thief.
But most people will not admit to the fact of pride, except maybe in a joking way.
We always think it’s the other man’s problem.
How many of you here have a problem with pride?
May I see your hand?
Awful question, wasn’t it?
To those of you who raised your hand, I’m going to be preaching to you today—but especially to those who did not.
Adrian Rogers described pride as:
And pride is the major sin, the father sin, the mother sin, the sin out of which all other sins come.
It was pride that made Satan Satan.
Lucifer, the son of the morning, became Satan, the prince of darkness, through pride.
It was pride that corrupted the human race.
It was pride that caused the fall of man in the Garden of Eden and turned this world into a wilderness and a graveyard.
Look at every hospital, every insane asylum, every graveyard, every emergency ward, every tear that falls to the ground, and you can say, “Pride did this.”
Manifestations of Pride:
arrogance, presumption, conceit, self-satisfaction, boasting, and high-mindedness, contentious, controlling spirit, gossip, haughtiness, idleness, mockery, stubbornness, strife, rebellion, rejection of God
Rogers, A. (2017).
Facing the Problem of Pride.
In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive ().
Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust.Re
When World War II was being fought, I was a junior high school student, and the fighting seemed very far away from our northern Indiana city.
But then the city began to organize Civil Defense units in each neighborhood, and officials appointed my father an assistant block captain.
Often I went with him to watch the training films and listen to the speakers.
(The best part of the evening was stopping for an ice cream cone!) But, no matter how many films we watched, we somehow didn’t feel that our neighborhood was in danger of being bombed.
Our philosophy was, “It can’t happen here.”
Peter knew that a “fiery trial” was about to occur, and he wanted the entire church family to be prepared.
As he closed his letter, Peter gave the church three important admonitions to obey if they were to glorify God in this difficult experience.
Repent through humility
Before we can stand before Satan we must bow before God.
The solution is twofold: (1) all believers, young and old, should submit to each other; (2) all should submit to God. “Be clothed with humility” is the answer to the problem.
Clothe yourselves with humility suggests that humility should be a part of the believer’s wardrobe.
“To clothe” refers to a slave or servant putting on an apron or towel to serve someone else.
This image was forever ingrained in Peter’s mind.
He had firsthand knowledge of this kind of humility.
The same night on which Peter denied Christ, Jesus took a towel and washed the feet of the disciples (see ).
Jesus had no doubts.
The sinful tax collector was justified before God.
He was righteous.
He was clean.
He was prepared for temple worship.
His sins were forgiven.
The Pharisee left the temple confident he had fulfilled his religious duty but still bearing his own guilt and sins.
He had not prayed, because he never addressed God.
He was not forgiven, since he never confessed his sins.
He was not clean and qualified for worship, because he remained separated from God by his unconfessed sin.
Jesus put it succinctly: praise yourself, God will humble you; humble yourself, and God will praise and honor you.
True humility does not involve an attitude of self-depreciation.
As Charles Spurgeon once wrote, “Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self.”
Humility is to be aware of personal strengths and to be thankful to God for them.
Humility is to be aware of personal weaknesses and to be dependent upon God to help you improve in those areas.
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