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PRIDE v. Humility
Peter Huang
3rd October, 2008

2. PRIDE -vs- Humility

3. What is Pride? Excessive self-esteem, Me…Myself ….I
Excessive belief in one’s superiority, worth & merit
Desire to be recognised or appreciated
Comparing myself to others
Eg. Vanity – over concerned with beauty, looks & clothes.
One of the problems with pride is that we can see it in others, but not in ourselves.
Romans 2:21a: “you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself?”

4. a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin.
Is PRIDE a sin?
Proverbs 6:16-19 
16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:  17 A proud look,      A lying tongue,      Hands that shed innocent
blood,  18 A heart that devises wicked plans,      Feet that are swift in running to evil,  19 A false witness who speaks lies,      And one who sows discord among brethren.
Proverbs 21:4
A haughty look,
a proud heart, And the plowing of the wicked are sin.

5. UNGODLY PRIDE root cause of many ungodly behaviour
Ungodliness
Pride
Anxiety and Frustration
Judgmentalism
Unthankfulness
Anger
Envy
Impatience
Selfishness
Discontentment
Sins of the Tongue
Worldliness
Lack of Self-Control

6. Differences PRIDE Compares own-self with others HUMILITY Compares
Impressing
others
PRIDE
Compares
own-self
with others
HUMILITY
Compares
own-self
with Jesus
Philippians 2:3-4
3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

7. The Humility of Jesus (Philippians 2) Who He Is What He Did
Equal with God
Form of God
Became Man
Form of Servant
Obedient to death
on cross
Yet

8. Jesus’ Humility in Action
The Son can do nothing of Himself
I can of my own self do nothing
I am come not to do my own will
My teaching is not mine
I do nothing of myself
I have not come of myself, but He sent me
I seek not mine own glory
The words that I say, I speak not from myself
The word which you hear is not mine

9. PRIDE OF ACHIEVEMENT
I don’t need God
I can do it my way!!

10. PRIDE OF ACHIEVEMENT
But everything comes from God: 1Corinthians 11:12

11. Pride of Achievement
People feel superior because of their achievements – grades, sports, wealth…
There is no such thing as a “self-made man”
We boast, or we want recognition but don’t want to appear to be proud.
We brag about the success of our children (without giving credit to God).

12. DON’T FORGET!! 17 You may say to yourself, “My power
and the strength of my hands have
produced this wealth for me.” 18 But
remember the Lord your God, for it is he
who gives you the ability to produce wealth,
and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to
your forefathers, as it is today.
Deuteronomy 8:17-18
The world is mine, and all that is in it.
Psalm 50:12

13. 1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different from anyone else?
What do you have that you did not receive?
And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

14. PRIDE OF MORAL SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS It’s good that
I am not like the others!!

15. Luke 18:8-14
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
PRIDE OF MORAL
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS

16. Luke 18:8-14
10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about‍ himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

17. Luke 18:8-14
Elevate or glorify
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14 “I tell you that this man,
rather than the other,
went home justified
before God.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

18. Luke 18:14 (Worldwide English New Testament)
14I tell you, when this man went home, he was right with God. The other one was not. Everyone who puts himself up in a high place will be brought down to a low place. And everyone who puts himself in a low place will be brought up to a high place.'

19. Pharisee’s view of the tax collector & others and himself
The Pharisee
The Tax Collector & Others
Law-keeper
Obedient
Holy
Respectful
Lawless
Sinner
Unholy
Unrighteous
Pharisee’s view of the tax collector & others and himself

20. Jesus’ view of the Tax collector and of the Pharisee
Proud
Self righteous
Not right with God
Repentant
Humble
Right with God
Jesus’ view of the Tax collector and of the Pharisee

21. How do we view people?

22. PRIDE OF RECOGNITION OR HONOUR
I deserve more and better!!

23. Luke 14 At the home of a Pharisee: 7 When he noticed how the
guests picked the places of
honor at the table, he told
them this parable:
8 “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished
than you may have been
invited.
A Roman triclinium

24. Luke 14 9 If so, the host who invited both of you
will come and say to you, ‘Give this
man your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you
will have to take the least important
place.
10 But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’
Then you will be honored
in the presence of all your
fellow guests.

25. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Proverbs 25:6-7 6Do not exalt yourself
in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great;
7For it is better that he say to you,
"Come up here," Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

26. Luke 14
Taking the higher seat
Taking the lower seat
11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Satisfied
with the seat chosen
for me
Being modest
= Humility
Competing, wanting recognition
Self-importance
= PRIDE
Extolled & fostered
by God
Extolled by the world

27. How God looks at pride & humility

28. How God looks at pride & humility
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverted mouth I hate. Proverbs 8:13
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord. Proverbs 16:5
Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Proverbs 16:18

29. HUMILITY ……
When pride comes, then comes dishonour; but with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2
A man’s pride will bring him low,
but a humble spirit will obtain honour.
Proverbs 29:23
..and all of you clothe yourself with humility
toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time. 1Peter 5:5-6

30. CONCLUSION
APPLICATION

31. Philippians 2:3-4
3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

32. God hates pride, resists the proud
Pride is a sin
God gives grace to the humble
Humility an absolute necessity
Everything comes from God
Jesus our blueprint for humility

33. How to humble yourself
Routinely confess your sin to God. (Luke 18:9-14)
Acknowledge your sin to others. (James 3:2, James 5:16)
Take wrong patiently. (1 Peter 3:8-17)
Actively submit to authority…the good and the bad! (1 Peter 2:18)
Receive correction and feedback from others graciously. (Prov 10:17, 12:1)
Accept a lowly place. (Prov 25:6,7)
Purposely associate with people of lower state than you. (Luke 7:36-39)
Choose to serve others. (Phil 1:1, 2 Cor 4:5, Matt 23:11)
Be quick to forgive. (Matt 18: 21-35)
Cultivate a grateful heart. (1 Thess 5:18)
Purpose to speak well of others. (Eph 4:31-32)
Treat pride as a condition that always necessitates embracing the cross. (Luke 9:23)
Alfred Ellis offered twelve ways to humility, which I can no longer find on the web.

34. THE END Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit
before a fall.
(Proverbs 16:18)
Alfred Ellis offered twelve ways to humility, which I can no longer find on the web.