Pride: The Gospel According to Proverbs
Brian Fletcher
Proverbs 16:18
Intro: This morning we continue our series in the Gospel according to Proverbs and today we are going to look at a theme in Proverbs we all struggle with but don’t want to admit: Pride.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech, I hate.
Proverbs 29:23
One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
Proverbs 26:12-16
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Peter 5:5b
Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ‘‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’’
We have three points we are going to talk about:
1. We are prideful people
2. God opposes prideful people
3. God gives grace to the humble
1. We are Prideful people
To start let’s take a quick look at some definitions of pride.
Our culture defines pride in a positive way:
a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
The Bible defines pride in a negative way:
Pride is putting ourselves above God and others. It’s an antonym for humility, it is usually used alongside arrogance and evil behavior. God considers this attitude insolent and intolerable.
I think it’s best if we go with the Biblical definition over the cultural one. Our culture worships itself but the Bible wants us to worship God. The only one who is allowed to be prideful is God. He actually is preeminent over all things, He actually is greater and more superior than all things. If God wants to be arrogant about himself then that is his prerogative. After all, He alone is God.
In order for us to see if pride re ...
Brian Fletcher
Proverbs 16:18
Intro: This morning we continue our series in the Gospel according to Proverbs and today we are going to look at a theme in Proverbs we all struggle with but don’t want to admit: Pride.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech, I hate.
Proverbs 29:23
One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
Proverbs 26:12-16
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
1 Peter 5:5b
Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ‘‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’’
We have three points we are going to talk about:
1. We are prideful people
2. God opposes prideful people
3. God gives grace to the humble
1. We are Prideful people
To start let’s take a quick look at some definitions of pride.
Our culture defines pride in a positive way:
a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
The Bible defines pride in a negative way:
Pride is putting ourselves above God and others. It’s an antonym for humility, it is usually used alongside arrogance and evil behavior. God considers this attitude insolent and intolerable.
I think it’s best if we go with the Biblical definition over the cultural one. Our culture worships itself but the Bible wants us to worship God. The only one who is allowed to be prideful is God. He actually is preeminent over all things, He actually is greater and more superior than all things. If God wants to be arrogant about himself then that is his prerogative. After all, He alone is God.
In order for us to see if pride re ...
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