Sermon Tone Analysis

Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony & Lust

INTRO

Pride is what caused humanity to be in our present fallen condition.

Until or unless we deal with our pride we will never be able to properly submit to God and receive forgiveness of and victory over our sin.

MESSAGE

Pro 3.34 “34 Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.”

The Origin of Pride

Satan

World

Heart !!

Pro 18.12 “12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.”

Isa 14.13 “13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;”

Jeremiah 17:9–10 “9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.””

The Work of Pride

It is Defined as Sin

By it Satan Fell

By it Humanity Fell

By it We Fall

By it We are Doomed

Describing Pride

Groundless… what have we that we have not been given

Madness… destroys itself to climb ever higher

Illustration…

Mutating… at home with the beggar as with the CEO

Illustrations…

Pride in your doctrine / spiritualism

Pride in your sanctification / previous degradation

Pride in your maturity /

Pride in your humility

The Course of Pride

Romans 1:18–32 (ESV)

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.

So they are without excuse.

21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!

Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions.

For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice.

They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.

They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Jeremiah 49:16 (ESV)

16 The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord.

Dan 5.20 “20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.”

it distorts

it disregards

it deceives

it debases

it destroys

The Cure of Pride

Pro 18.12 “12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.”

Jam 4.6 “6 But he gives more grace.

Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.””

1 Pet 5.5-6 “5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders.

Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,”

Rom 12.2-3 “2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.”

Eze 11.19 “19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them.

I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,”

2 Cor 5.17 “17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

Humility = right thinking of self = Gospel Think !!

redeemed

renewed

reborn

Jesus

Pro 18.12 “12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.”

CLOSE

Pride is what caused humanity to be in their fallen condition.

Until or unless we deal with our pride we will never be able to properly submit to God and receive forgiveness of and victory over our sin.

Group Questions

1.

What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?

Are you able to apply it to yourself?

How?

2. How does Adam and Eve’s sin connect to pride?

a. Do you think Adam and Eve would have fallen into Sin if Satan had not tempted them?

Why or why not?

3. How does our pride separate us from God? How does our pride damage our relationship with others?

a.

Does your pride ever cause you to doubt the word of God? How?

b.

Give an example of a time when others pride has hurt you.

c.

Give an example of when your pride may have hurt others.

4. Can you identify any specific areas of your life in which you deal with pride?

What are they?

a.

How can we grow in forsaking pride?

5. Do you tend to have a view to low or to high of yourself?

How should the gospel shape our view of ourselves?

a.

How does our view of ourselves affect our witness?