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Obadiah – Why God Hates Pride Obadiah

Obadiah – Why God Hates Pride Obadiah. “ A Jet Tour Through the Minor Prophets” Today: Obadiah One of the few single chapter books in the Bible. God teaches us a practical lesson: He hates pride and He will judge those who elevate self at the expense of others. Background:

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Obadiah – Why God Hates Pride Obadiah

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  1. Obadiah – Why God Hates PrideObadiah “A Jet Tour Through the Minor Prophets” Today: Obadiah One of the few single chapter books in the Bible. God teaches us a practical lesson: He hates pride and He will judge those who elevate self at the expense of others

  2. Background: Obadiah: name means “worshiper of Yahweh-God” or “servant of Yahweh – God”

  3. Edomites - descendants of Esau, the twin-brother of Jacob, the father of the 12 tribes of Israel “bad blood” between these two people groups (Genesis 25-27) At the writing of Obadiah’s prophecy, the rift between Edom and Israel was intense God promises judgment against Edom for its lack of concern for His chosen people, their “brother” nation.

  4. Proverbs 17:7 [NLT] – “A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.” When adversities come into our lives, God expects family to be there to help one another. At the core of a callous heart is selfish pride. Obadiah 3-4 [NIV] - The pride of your heart has deceived you…” declares the Lord.

  5. God hates pride: Proverbs 6:16-17 [NKJV] – “These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look…” Proverbs 8:13 [NIV] – “To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance.” Why is pride so distasteful to God? Pride causes us to take our eyes off of God and put them on ourselves. Result: • Pride Gives Us False Security • Pride Makes Us Insensitive Towards Others

  6. 1. Pride Gives Us False Security a. False Security in Familiar Surroundings: Obadiah 3-4 [NIV] “The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.”

  7. Sometimes familiarity can fuel pride in our own hearts. • our homes • our jobs. Tradition can be a source of pride. Matthew 23:23 [NIV] - “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.”

  8. Mark 7:8 [NIV] – “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.” We let our human traditions make us feel spiritually better than someone else who doesn’t follow our traditions This is spiritual pride.

  9. b. False Security in Wealth Obadiah 5-6 [NIV] - “If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night— Oh, what a disaster awaits you— would they not steal only as much as they wanted? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes? But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged! Does wealth give you a sense of security? Wealth can certainly lead to pride when our focus of life is building up our bank accounts and our investment portfolios.

  10. c. False Security in Human Allies Obadiah 7-9 [NIV] - All your allies will force you to the border; your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you…“In that day,” declares the LORD, “will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? Your warriors, O Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.

  11. Finding security in other people can also lead to pride. We feel good about ourselves when we can find people who share our point of view or support our opinions. The pride of Edom arose from the false sense of security they placed In their familiar surroundings In their wealth In their friends and allies …and God judged them for it.

  12. 2. Pride Makes Us Insensitive Towards Others a. Insensitive towards suffering Obadiah 10-11 [NIV] - Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever. On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.

  13. v.12 - You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so muchin the day of their trouble. Edom rejoiced over the destruction of it’s own blood relatives • gloating over their misfortune • boasting about Judah’s troubles. Pride makes us insensitive to the suffering of others around us.

  14. b. Insensitive towards selfishness Obadiah 13 [NIV] • marched through the gates of God’s people in the day of their disaster • looked down on them in their calamity in the day of their disaster • seized their wealth in the day of their disaster. Obadiah 14 [NIV] • wait at the crossroads to cut down their fugitives, • hand over their survivors in the day of their trouble.

  15. A bleak picture of a nation that turned its back on its relatives. Key factor in this cruel attitude  PRIDE 3. The Antidote to Pride Proverbs 11:2 [NIV] – “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” The antidote for pride is when self gives way to God. Dan Schmidt “Unexpected Wisdom”

  16. When that understanding gets muddled or when self dominates, sin is not far behind. Because God cares too much to let sin go unchecked, he sends prophets to signal the need for change. From Obadiah, we learn that [this change] is the death of self-centered pride…Once pride falls to humility, we are finally in a place where God can work with us, welcome us, share himself with us. Dan Schmidt “Unexpected Wisdom”

  17. The way to overcome pride is through humility and a servant’s heart. Jesus modeled this attitude. Matthew 20: 26,27 – “…whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.” “Can you imagine how much work would get accomplished for the kingdom of God if we didn’t care who got the credit” Dr. Steve Breedlove God’s Word calls us to have the humble heart of a servant  like Christ did.

  18. Philippians 2: 3-8 [NIV] - Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!

  19. Let’s listen together to God’s warnings through the prophecy of Obadiah. Don’t let pride take hold of your life. God wants us to abandon pride and become humble servants. 1 Peter 5:5,6 [NIV] – All of you, clothe yourselves with humility towards one another …Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may life you up in due time.

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