Saturday, January 28, 2012

Pride--Faith in Yourself

My afternoon Sabbath reading was on the topic of pride. Pride must be about the most offensive and dangerous of all sins, perhaps because it was the original sin, starting with Lucifer and even leading to Eve's eating of the fruit. She wanted to be like God, knowing good and evil, remember?

Pride is one of the hardest sins to conquer, but is also the one most unrecognized, both by others and even by ourselves. Even the finest Christian struggles with it every day. It leads to self-righteousness, which is nothing more than pride in oneself. A proud person ultimately only has faith in himself and that is why it separates us from God and is so dangerous.

Jesus was the most wonderful example of humility. Our only hope of escaping the pull of pride is to constantly pattern our lives after Him. I have a feeling it will be the work of our lifetime. I know it has been mine.

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