James 4:6 (ESV)
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God
opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
God gave King
Uzziah success as long as He sought the Lord (2 Chronicles 26).
Pride was his
downfall.
John 3:30 (ESV)
He (Jesus) must increase, but I must decrease.”
Pride got
Lucifer kicked out of heaven, and it can get heaven kicked out of you.
Humble people
look for needs. Prideful people need people to look at them.
What does pride
do?
1. It
produces deceiving mistakes.
Matthew 24:12 (ESV)
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of
many will grow cold.
Obadiah 3 (ESV)
The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,
in your lofty dwelling,
who
say in your heart,
“Who will bring me down to the ground?”
you who live in the clefts of the rock,
in your lofty dwelling,
who say in your heart,
Philippians 2:3 (ESV)
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility
count others more significant than yourselves.
2. It prevents
spiritual growth.
Proverbs 26:12 (ESV)
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 10:17 (ESV)
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
3. It prevents intimacy.
but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.
James 5:16 (ESV)
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for
one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person
has great power as it is working.
How
to get God's Grace.
1.
Admit when your wrong.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 (ESV)
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does
good and never sins.
Proverbs 15:33 (NKJV)
The fear of the Lord is the
instruction of wisdom,
And before
honor is humility.
2. Recognize God's grace.
3. Repent and back back to your first love.
And before honor is humility.
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