|
|
Pride
About Freedom and Government without God
Genesis 11:4. A free, democratic Government is good, but what about freedom and a Government that is without God?
Trust Definition - Trust God, Not Things
Psalms 49:6. From a Christian perspective, the definition of trust means trusting God and not other things. Many people put their trust in wealth and the promises of wealth over God. Most people gamble and play the lottery because there is a promise of wealth if they win. By their actions, they have more hope on winning the lottery than hope in God that He will come through for them.
Alms Giving is Not Done for Pride or Fame
Matthew 6:1. Church offerings and alms giving must not be motivated by pride or the desire for recognition. God desires for you to acknowledge Him first. If you give alms for earthly recognition or hopes of rewards, you are not putting God first in your life. You are putting yourself above God in your alms giving and church offerings. Giving alms freely without any intention of earthly reward or recognition demonstrates to God that you do put Him first in your life. God values your money and time as preciously as you do.
A Born Again Christian Is Reborn in Faith and Kept By Faith
Your faith and hope in God enable you to be a born again Christian. When you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior you are doing this in faith of God’s promises. To keep your salvation you must remain and stand in faith everyday. When you are born again you are like a branch that was cut off, but now you are grafted to the tree to live again. As long as you remain in faith you will remain born again in eternal relationship with God (Romans 11:19-20, “Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Selfish Behavior Is Not Of God
When you display selfish behavior you are showing the pride of life in you. You are putting yourself above God. You reveal to God that you are "not of the Father, but ... of the world" (1 John 2:16, " For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."). When you are in true relationship with God, you will display a humble attitude. You realize the grace and love that a righteous God has given to you. Humbleness is the evidence that you are in right standing with God. Pride is the evidence that you are not of God.
Selfish Acts Reproduce More Selfish Acts
Ezekiel 16:15. Selfishness is infectious. If one person is selfish and prideful, it is likely that they will incite others to be prideful and selfish. It one person boasts, another will be compelled to boast and tell tall tales. If one person is selfish, he will then entice others to follow his path. This is like what happens with the drug addicts. They start taking drugs, and then they will get their friends hooked on drugs. This is what happens with adultery.
Prideful Acts Cause Contention, Not Peace
Proverbs 13:10. Jesus loves us so much that He has given us peace for all that ask Him of it. Strife and contention does not come from God. All contention comes from pride (Proverbs 13:10, "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom."). Prideful people are out of harmony with everyone around them. Prideful people are also out of harmony with God. Prideful people also cause contention within themselves because they will always want more and cannot satisfy themselves. Only through having a relationship with God can we have true peace and not strife.
Selfish People Have No Love In Them
1 Corinthians 13:4. Prideful people will envy when someone else has what they want. Love does not. Prideful people puff themselves up. Love does not. Selfish people act unseemly in order to get what they want. Love does not. Selfish people seek only to satisfy their flesh. Love does not. Prideful people are easily provoked when they do not get what they want. Love does not. Prideful people will think and do any evil to get what they want. Love does not. Selfish people will gladly participate in any falsehood to get what they want.
A Self-Centered Person Glories In Himself And Not In God
Jeremiah 9:23. When a person is centered only on themselves they do not realize that God is in control and that they need to be centered on God. God created this world, not us. We have forgotten God when we glory in our own wisdom, might, and riches. We deceive ourselves when we think we can rely on ourselves. God desires for us to be wise, to be mighty, and to be rich, but He demands that we glorieth in Him (Jeremiah 9:23). We are in His world that He created. We were created to glorify God in every situations and never put ourselves above God.
God Is Not In The Thoughts Of A Self-Centered Person
People that are self-centered are absorbed in themselves. They have no room in their heart for God. Self-centered persons are under strong delusions that they can handle ever situation. They are too ignorant or prideful to seek God for their needs and for His wisdom. God is not in the thoughts of a self-centered person (Psalms 10:4, "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.").
PSALMS 10 BIBLE SCRPTURE Psalms 10:4, "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts."
Do you have more questions about the Bible? Contact Access-Jesus.com for more answers or just to give us feedback about the Access-Jesus.com web site.
|
Our Sponsors |
|
Compare Product Prices on About Anything DiscountBible Discount Christian Software & Bibles Amazon Discount Christian Music Christianbook Discount Christian Books, Gifts, & Supplies |
|
|
|
