‘Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.’ – Pro 16:18
The greatest threat to ourselves and thus the church is not the persecution from the world or the attacks of satan, but from the carnality of our flesh and our compromise of the truth from within our own heart.
The danger of pride and haughtiness is the subtle deception that occurs before they become recognizable and ugly. They’re seldom realized as the problem, causing us to be naive in our thinking that we’re above such frailties common to man. One, it causes our flesh to be carnal and self-absorbed in our interest and expectations rather than serving the interest of others in Christlikeness. Two, we can be prone to compromise the truth of God’s Word to the degree of accomplishing our own wishes instead of the Father’s will.
Pride is a sin that takes you farther than you want to go and keeps you there longer than you want to stay… HSAY
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