Pride

Today i want us to look at another small word with just 5 letters but the results can be costly "PRIDE". We  read that Satan was cast out of heaven because of PRIDE. Just a quick recap so that you understand what I am talking about.Satan fell because of pride. He desired to be God, not to be a servant of God. Notice the many “I will...” statements in Isaiah 14:12-15. Ezekiel 28:12-15 describes Satan as an exceedingly beautiful angel. Satan was likely the highest of all angels, the most beautiful of all of God's creations, but he was not content in his position. Instead, Satan desired to be God, to essentially “kick God off His throne” and take over the rule of the universe. Satan wanted to be God, and interestingly enough, that is what Satan tempted Adam and Eve with in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:1-5). How did Satan fall from heaven? Actually, a fall is not an accurate description. It would be far more accurate to say God cast Satan out of heaven (Isaiah 14:15; Ezekiel 28:16-17). Satan did not fall from heaven; rather, Satan was pushed out of heaven.

 

Now that we have a background of what happened to satan who had the spirit called pride,lets look at what the scripture say in Proverbs 8:13. Pride is a demonic spirit as God through the Holy Spirit gives us the spirit of meekness (humbleness) because it is a spirit we must ask God to fill us with His spirit of humbleness we shouldn't be comfortable with the spirit of pride because it robs us of our inheritances of blessings. If you have noticed people with pride they are evil cause they have the spirit of competing (jealousy)with other people because good things should only belong to them.The kind of pride that stems from self-righteousness is sin and God hates it because it is a hindrance to seeking Him. Psalm 10:4 explains that the proud are so consumed with themselves that their thoughts are far from God: in his pride the wicked does not seek him, in all his thoughts there is no room for God. This kind of haughty pride is the opposite of the spirit of humility that God seeks. The proud are so blinded by the pride that they think they have no need for God or worse that God should accept them, as they are because they deserve His acceptance. The consequences of pride Proverbs 16:18-19, Isaiah 14:12-15 and Isaiah 14:22. Pride is sinful because pride is giving ourselves the credit for something that God has accomplished. Pride is taking the glory that belongs to God alone and keeping it for ourselves. Pride is essentially self-worship. Anything we accomplish in this world would not have been possible were it not for God enabling and sustaining us. Only God deserves the glory no one else and we should remember that we were created to glorify Him and exalt His Name.