Friday, February 1, 2019

Don't Trip

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?” 


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.


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. 



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.  


Revelation 2:4 (NKJV)

Nevertheless I (Jesus) have this against you, that you have left your first love.


Rick Bezet, New Life Church
Video
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/dont-trip


Discussion Guide
https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/files/groups/guides/7-30-17.pdf

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