10 Laziness 9 Anger 8 Cursing and Gossiping 7 Pride Word Meanings Pride Haughty vain boastful arrogant disdainful insolent highminded Pride To mount uprise ID: 709570
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Lesson #4Slide2
Top Ten Sins & Struggles
10
–
Laziness
9
–
Anger
8 – Cursing and Gossiping
7 – PrideSlide3
Word Meanings
Pride
Haughty, vain, boastful, arrogant, disdainful, insolent, high-mindedSlide4
Pride
To mount up/rise
To swell/ascend
To aspire to majesty
To inflate
To boast/brag
To consume without fire
(smoke)
Old Testament
New TestamentSlide5
It is Pride When
…
We improperly estimate our worth.Slide6
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
- Romans 12:3Slide7
Heightened Self-Esteem Exhibits as:
Arrogance
Boasting
Self-righteousness
HaughtinessSlide8
It is Pride When
…
We improperly estimate our worth
We measure our worth by what we ownSlide9
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
- I John 2:16Slide10
It is Pride When
…
We improperly estimate our worth
We measure our worth by what we own
Self-sufficiencySlide11
Professing to be wise, they became fools,
- Romans 1:22Slide12
Why Pride is a Sin
When we exaggerate our true value we lie to ourselves
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries
,
- Mark 7:21Slide13
“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 the 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 14:12-13Slide14
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
’
“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to
Sheol
, To the recesses of the pit.
“
Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms,
- Isaiah 14:14-16Slide15
7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to
torment
me—to keep me from exalting myself!
-
II Corinthians
12:7Slide16
Why Pride is a Sin
When pride is based on possessions the sin is idolatry.Slide17
“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But
trusted in the abundance of his riches
And
was strong in his evil desire.”
-
Psalm
52:7Slide18
Why Pride is a Sin
Pride in self-sufficiency denies God’s power over you.Slide19
Therefore
men fear Him;
He
does not regard any who are wise of heart
.
- Job 37:24Slide20
The
wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, “There is no God.
”
-
Psalm 10:4Slide21
16 There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination
to
Him:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
-
Proverbs 6:16-17Slide22
There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet
is not washed from his filthiness.
-
Proverbs 30:12Slide23
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
-
I
Corinthians 10:12Slide24
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
-
I John 1:8Slide25
DEALING WITH PRIDE
It
is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory.
- Proverbs 25:27Slide26
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A
stranger, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 27:2Slide27
When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom.
- Proverbs 11:2Slide28
For it is not he who commends himself that is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
-
II
Corinthians 10:18Slide29
9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast
about
my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me
-
II
Corinthians
12:9Slide30
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33Slide31
10 For he sees that even wise men die;
The stupid and the senseless alike perish
And leave their wealth to others.
-
Psalm
49:10Slide32
Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
- Matthew 23:12Slide33
God wants us to rely on:
His Word
His Provision
His Timing
His Mercy
His Son
His Church