“For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?  now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?”  (1 Corinthians 4)

 

Pride is hated by God, especially spiritual pride.  Pride is an enemy to man. Pride destroys persons. Pride wrecks friendships, marriages, all types of relationship whether the relationship be personal, public, or business. Pride is the cause of words that hurt. Pride hinders and hampers forgiveness. Pride destroys the souls of persons, people, and peoples. Pride is the pinnacle of sin. It was (l)ucifer’s pride that expelled him from the third (3rd) Heaven. It was 9l)ucifer’s pride that put him in the garden and put him in a position to tempt Eve.  Pride, we are told, goes before the fall. Pride is a destoyer of men.

It has been said that there are four (4) motives for murder: money, revenge, sex (envy), and drugs. The fatal four (4), however there is a kingpin behind the fatal four (4), there is a George Soros behind the fatal four (4), there is a power behind the fatal four (4) and it is PRIDE.

The word itself has within it the words ride, dire, rid, ripe, and pried.
*Ride: Pride will ride and drive a person to destruction, causing pain for many others. Pride will keep a person from forgiving, admitting fault, confessing sin, confessing one’s lost condition, enjoying life, making friends, etc.
*Dire: Pride will put you, position you, point you to dire straits, a place of despertness and Folly. Pride will cause a person to make decisions that are not thought through. Pride will cause a person to answer questions he know nothing about.
*Rid: Pride rids a person of friends, family members, associates, business, co-workers, a good reputation, character, morality, ethics, money and worst of all, God’s blessings and will bring about God’s anger.
*Ripe: Pride makes a person ripe for perniciousness, perdition, and prepares a person for perishing.
Pried: Pride will cause a person to pry into places, not profitable for them.

The reason pride is so wicked is it is one of the greatest affronts to God. Pride offends God greatly. God will deal harshly with a prideful person quicker than any other type of person.  Herod was a puppet king in Jerusalem, and he was a great orator or speaker

The people praised his ability to speak and all that praise went to his head.  The persons, hearing him, said he speaks as a god. Herod revelled it that, and then he was eaten alive, from the inside out, by worms.  Pride caused a king to be killed by worms. A great person wants to die an honourable death by another great. This great and regal person died by worms, not an honourable death, this speaks to God’s hatred of pride.

Pride is not logical, nor is it reasonable, ever. Pride is non-sensical. Pride should be evicted, dismissed, dispatched, done away with, mortified, killed, slain, smitten unto death, etc.

Why is pride such a problem?

Pride is a problem because it denies God, it denies persons that were helpful and caring, it denies everything and everyone, but self. No one on this earth has anything that has not been given and received. Given by the many mercies of God. Without air, we die.  Without water, we die.  Without soil and elements, we die. Without the sun we die. Without the Divine breathe of life, we never would be.

*Strong persons owe their strength to God
*Beautiful persons owe their beauty to God.
*Intellectual persons owe their intellect to God.
*Talented persons owe their talent and it’s glories to God.

The persons pointed out above, rarely give God the glory for what they have, lest they be in Christ. Persons thinks they did it/do it all. These persons deny God His glory and they fail or refuse to acknowledge His mercies, grace, and kindness, OH! AND His longsuffering. These persons, by taking the glory that belongs to God’s goodness and kindness, bring upon themselves His anger, wrath, and fury. The persons remind Him of the enemy, (s)atan, because these person are of their father, the devil.

Reader, If you want to be proud be proud of what God is, and of Who God is. If you want to be pride-filled be filled with pride in your God.

Please forgive errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. The wife of my youth wanted to sleep, so I did not look over this article.

Godspeed.