The Danger of Pride
Posted By Joe on February 5, 2010
God really hates pride.
Why? Have you ever wondered why God hates pride so much? The answer may surprise you.
When we are prideful, we become like Satan. In fact, it was pride that was Satan's downfall.
"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened that nations! But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north.'" --Isaiah 14:12-13.
These verses are speaking directly about Satan. Don't let the title "star of the morning" confuse you and make you think it's talking about Jesus. As you may recall, one of Satan's names is "Lucifer" which means "light-bearer." In fact, in the King James, verse 12 is rendered as:
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!" --Isaiah 14:12 (KJV).
Paul warns us:
No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. --2 Corinthians 11:13.
Getting back to Isaiah, we we see the ultimate goal of pride, in Satan's own words!
"'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'" --Isaiah 14:14 (Emphasis mine).
God will not share His glory. God has no equal. He is Lord and creator of all.
Do you struggle with pride? How do you deal with it in your life? Are you quick to recognize it? Quick to repent of it?
May He Increase!
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Yeah, all the time. Even catch myself daydreaming of doing well and being noticed :O
Not always that bad.
But I try and stop myself.
A good principle would be to follow Paul's advice in taking each thought captive and thinking on the right things like in Philippians 4:8-9
Phillip, thanks for sharing. It would seem that God is dealing with me on this issue as well with the changes I've experienced over the past several months with my job situation.
Thank you for sharing Paul's admonition to take every thought captive. How I needed that reminder myself. Thank you brother.
Human pride is rooted in two kinds of self-deception. One is the deception that I can handle my own problems. And the other is the deception that nobody can handle my problems.
Or to put it another way, there are two ways for the pride of man to dishonor Christ. One is to feel no need for him. And the other is to feel your need is so great he can't meet it. The one says, I don't need a crucified Christ to help me. The other says a crucified Christ can't help me. The one looks strong. The other looks weak. Both are demeaning to the grace of God.