1. PRIDE AND HUMILITY

2. Definition of Pride:
Playing god. Living your life as though some day you will not have to stand before your Creator and give an account.

3. Campus Crusade For Christ

4. “Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith.”
Habakkuk 2:4

5. Campus Crusade For Christ

6. In Mathematical Terms, Pride is the Common Denominator
All OTHER SINS
PRIDE

7. The day sin entered the universe…
Part 1
The day sin entered the universe…

8. Turn your Bibles to Isaiah 14:12-14
I will ascend to heaven
I will raise my throne above the stars of God
I will sit on the mount of the assembly in the recesses of the north

9. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds
I will make myself like the Most High

10. You said to yourself,
“I’ll climb to heaven.
I’ll set my throne
over the stars of God.

11. I’ll run the assembly of angels that meets on sacred Mount Zaphon.
I’ll climb to the top of the clouds.
I’ll take over as King of the Universe!”
The Message

12. Man’s Five “I will’s”

13. #1 – I will be lord and master of my own life
Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”

14. And now, the end is here And so I face the final curtain My friend, I'll say it clear I'll state my case, of which I'm certain I've lived a life that's full I traveled each and ev'ry highway

15. And more, much more than this, I did it my way

16. The song ends…
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels The record shows I took the blows and did it my way! Yes, it was my way

17. #2 – I will seek my own glory and take credit for that which rightly belongs to God

18. "And they love the place of honor at banquets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called by men, Rabbi.”
Matthew 23:6-7

19. #3 – I will decide what parts of the Bible I chose to obey and not to obey

20. And you have become arrogant, and have not mourned instead, in order that the one who had done this deed might be removed from your midst.
I Corinthians 5:2

21. #4 – I will use other people for my own ends

22. #5 – I will never say that I am wrong or ever say that I am sorry

23. “Circumcise then your heart, and stiffen your neck no more.”
Deuteronomy 10:16

24. Significant verses of pride…
Part 2
Significant verses of pride…

25. When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2

26. Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:5

27. Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Proverbs 16:18

28. A man's pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Proverbs 29:23

29. “And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.”
Matthew 23:12

30. “He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.”
Luke 1:51

31. You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
I Peter 5:5

32. 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 2:16

33. “We Three Kings” of Arrogance and Pride…
Part 3
“We Three Kings” of Arrogance and Pride…

34. God used three diseases to deal with pride in the hearts of these three kings…
Leprosy
Zoanthropy
Bowel disease

35. King Uzziah
II Chronicles 26:16-21
Lesson: Even a mature Christian leader can succumb to pride

36. King Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 4
Lesson: God is gracious with unbelievers giving them chance after chance to repent from their pride

37. King Herod Agrippa I
Acts 12:20-23
Lesson: God will not share His glory but will judge those who rob Him of it.