Just did a check on the internet, using words such as 'pride, evil' ......
Wow, there is a whole lot of articles, sites on this. I am glad that more and more people are recognising the danger of pride, and how the feeling of being humble is already pride in itself.
Wow, there is a whole lot of articles, sites on this. I am glad that more and more people are recognising the danger of pride, and how the feeling of being humble is already pride in itself.
posted by more-or-less at 10:50 PM
3 Comments:
simon,
we fail to realise that we are totally dependent on HIM on everything even to our next breath. everything that we hv is from & thru HIM. So without all this gifts from HIM we r simply nothing. for those who thinks highly of themselves & who think they r better than others well, think again. whatever HE gave to us, HE can take them away from us too :-)
simon, u shld continue & liven up this blog of urs. i c tht u started it last yr july. carry on wht u've already started. good title tho!
Suzie,
you are right on. Ever so often, I think I am totally in charge of, or responsible for, ..... With age, I come to realise that we are very dependent on our Creator. What to do? Pride is so much ingrained in people from birth.
I had wanted to publish the blog in July, but I lacked the will-power. After I saw how serious you were with yours, I decided to publish it right away. Thanks for the encouragement.
The antonym of pride is humbleness/humility.
Humbleness can be obtained only by falling upon Christ (Matthew 21:44). Any humility that a rises out of self will be a byproduct of pride.
Ezekiel 36:26 - And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
It was God himself who spoke against pride (in His Word to man). A heart of "stone" is unresponsive to the things of God. However, a heart of "flesh" can be evoked by stimulus.
Thats my 2 cents. There is probably pride in me as I type this, hoping you'll like this comment!
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