Pride

Humility
“God opposes the proud…
&
…but gives grace to the humble.”

“Humility is the Salvation of the World”

Philippians 2:1-11
 The most difficult lie
I have ever contended
with is this:
Life is a story about me.
Pride
Humility
“God opposes the proud…
&
…but gives grace to the humble.”

“Humility is the Salvation of the World”

Philippians 2:1-11
~ The Apostle Paul ~
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

1 So if there is any encouragement in

Christ, any comfort from love, any parti-
cipation in the Spirit, any affection and
sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of
the same mind, having the same love,
being in full accord and of one mind….
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or

conceit….
“…those who live…
live for themselves.”

~ The Apostle Paul in

2 Corinthians 5:15
 …when the serpent
breathed the poison of
his pride—the desire
to be as God—into the
hearts of our first
parents, they too fell
from their high estate
into all the wretched-
ness in which man is
now sunk.
 In heaven and earth,
pride—self-exaltation—
is the gate and the birth
and the curse of hell.
 ?
How aware
are you of the
presence of
pride in your
daily life
 Living in community
made me realize one of
my faults: I was addicted
to myself. All I thought
about was myself. The
only thing I cared about
was myself…
 I discovered that my
mind is like a radio that
picks up only one
station, the one that
plays me: K-DON, all
Don, all the time.
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or con-

ceit, but in humility count others more
significant than yourselves. 4 Let each
of you look not only to his own interests,
but also to the interests of others.
 New International Version

“…in humility value others

above yourselves.”

New American Standard

“…in humility regard others

as more important than yourselves.”
 Pride ever
seeks itself…
pride creeps in
everywhere.
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

5 Have this mind among yourselves,

which is yours in Christ Jesus…
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which

is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though
he was in the form of God, did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped…,
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which

is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though
he was in the form of God, did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself by taking the form
of a servant, being born in the likeness of
men.
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

8 And being found in human form, he

humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death, even death on a
cross.
 Christ is the humility
of God embodied in
human nature; the
Eternal Love humbling
itself, clothing itself in
meekness and
gentleness, to win and
serve and save us.
 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him

and bestowed on him the name that is
above every name, so that at the name
of Jesus 10 every knee should bow, in
heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
 Jesus is the embodiment
of humility, and his humility
is the salvation of the world.
 “…he died for all, that
those who live might no
longer live for themselves,
but for him who for their
sake died and was raised.”

~ The Apostle Paul in

2 Corinthians 5:15
 Recognize the
deadly poison
of pride in your life.
The real issue here
is not IF pride
exists in your heart;
it’s WHERE pride
exists and HOW
pride is being
expressed in
your life.
“Could you see what every stirring of
pride does to your soul, you would
beg of everyone you meet to tear the
viper from you, though it means the
loss of a hand or an eye….

~ Qtd. in Andrew Murray

“I hate pride and arrogance.”
~ Proverbs 8:13
 Where do you see
pride expressing itself
in my life?
Where am I blind to
the presence of pride
in my life?
Prize, pursue, and pray for humility.
 “When God
calls a man,
he bids him
come and die.”
~ AW Tozer
“God…gives grace
to the humble.”
~ James 4:6
 “For the Lord takes
delight in his people;
he crowns the humble
with salvation.”
~ Psalm 140:4
 “Could you see what a sweet, divine,
transforming power there is in humility,
how it expels the poison of your nature,
and makes room for the Spirit of God to
live in you, you would rather wish to be
the footstool of all the world than lack
the smallest degree of it.”
~ Qtd. in Andrew Murray
I was addicted to myself.
All I thought about was
myself. The only thing I
cared about was
myself…
“ Humility is not
thinking less of yourself,
but thinking of yourself less.
~ CS Lewis
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