THE PROVERBS ON PRIDE AND HUMILITY (16)
Scripture: Proverbs 21:4
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The Proverbs on Pride and Humility (16)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Proverbs 21:4
Introduction
[BEGIN WITH CLIP FROM PRIDE and PREJUDICE OF DARCY'S FIRST PROPOSAL] I'm not too insecure in my masculinity to admit that I love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In fact, I'm not too insecure to state it is my favorite novel. It is, of course, a great love story, but the genius is in the title of the novel and how it applies to each character of the book. I chose this scene of Darcy's first proposal to Elizabeth because of how it illustrates the temptation we have whenever we engage with this story to try to figure out who is the proud and who is the prejudice. Darcy accuses Elizabeth of pride; she accuses him of prejudice. And yet, they are both guilty of pride and it is such pride that leads them both to show prejudice toward others.
They are not alone in this weakness; nearly every character of the novel is marred by some form of pride, save perhaps Elizabeth's older sister, Jane, and Darcy's best friend, Bingley, who by the way happen to be the least interesting characters in the whole book, coincidentally! You see, one of the things that Austen teaches us in this novel is that we are all sullied by pride, and such pride will ultimately stand in the way of our happiness in life.
It's the very message that we find in the book of Proverbs. One of the most prominent themes we find throughout this book is a warning against pride. Instead, the book teaches us that true wisdom is demonstrated through humility, meaning a true child of God must put to death any pride that dwells within and instead cultivate humility through a right view of oneself and of God. In other words, this morning I don't want us to consider how can we be less prideful or more humble. Instead the Proverbs invite us to consider who God is and who we are in light of Him. It will be only through this viewing of oneself rightly ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Proverbs 21:4
Introduction
[BEGIN WITH CLIP FROM PRIDE and PREJUDICE OF DARCY'S FIRST PROPOSAL] I'm not too insecure in my masculinity to admit that I love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. In fact, I'm not too insecure to state it is my favorite novel. It is, of course, a great love story, but the genius is in the title of the novel and how it applies to each character of the book. I chose this scene of Darcy's first proposal to Elizabeth because of how it illustrates the temptation we have whenever we engage with this story to try to figure out who is the proud and who is the prejudice. Darcy accuses Elizabeth of pride; she accuses him of prejudice. And yet, they are both guilty of pride and it is such pride that leads them both to show prejudice toward others.
They are not alone in this weakness; nearly every character of the novel is marred by some form of pride, save perhaps Elizabeth's older sister, Jane, and Darcy's best friend, Bingley, who by the way happen to be the least interesting characters in the whole book, coincidentally! You see, one of the things that Austen teaches us in this novel is that we are all sullied by pride, and such pride will ultimately stand in the way of our happiness in life.
It's the very message that we find in the book of Proverbs. One of the most prominent themes we find throughout this book is a warning against pride. Instead, the book teaches us that true wisdom is demonstrated through humility, meaning a true child of God must put to death any pride that dwells within and instead cultivate humility through a right view of oneself and of God. In other words, this morning I don't want us to consider how can we be less prideful or more humble. Instead the Proverbs invite us to consider who God is and who we are in light of Him. It will be only through this viewing of oneself rightly ...
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