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The Peril of Pride: A Warning to God's People

Explore the dangers of pride facing God's people today based on biblical references. Learn how pride can lead to sin, blindness, and hinder conversion, but how repentance offers hope.

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The Peril of Pride: A Warning to God's People

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  1. What is the greatest danger facing God’s People today?

  2. PRIDE Deuteronomy 8:11-20

  3. What Is Pride? • “haughty, vainglory, high look…” • “puffed up, to inflate, blow up, blow out, to cause to swell up Figuratively, To make proud.” • Full of hot air – Proverbs 25:14 • Pride is an unrealistic view of ones abilities • Scriptures warn: Galatians 6:3; Romans 12:3

  4. Pride comes from Abundance, Achievements & Blessings • Watch for pride – 2 Corinthians 8:1,2 • Careful who you put into positions of responsibility – 1 Timothy 3:6 • Paul needed help to avoid pride – 2 Corinthians 12:7

  5. The Horrors of Pride • Pride is a sin • What does God think of pride? Proverbs 21:4; 6:16-19; 16:5; 8:13 • It is a sin that comes from an evil heart that defiles a man – Mark 7:21-23 • When God makes such statements about a sin we better flee from it!

  6. Pride Causes Other Sins • 1 John 2:16,17 • Involved in the first sin – Genesis 3:5 • Pride made Satan, Satan – 1 Timothy 3:6 • Pride will prevent conversion – Matthew 18:1-4 • Pompous pride kept Felix from obeying the gospel – Acts 24:25 • Pride one of the sins characterize “perilous times” – 2 Timothy 3:1-5

  7. Still Hope If One Repents • Pride causes blindness – Romans 1:20-22 • Man who is proud will be afraid to face self • Sometimes we use other words for pride, such as stubbornness. • Identifying Pride in our lives: • Pride is essentially competitive – 3John 9,10 • Pride looks down on others- Luke 18:9

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