SIN OF PRIDE

Kingdom Greetings in Jesus name, its a lovely day. God has been talking to me about the sin of pride and i have been listening up to what he has to say. First of all i was taken to the book of Daniel 4:1-37 and i read with rapt attention as the spirit of God was talking to me about what i was reading. Before we proceed further it is good we know the meaning of sinful pride. The sin of pride is an excessive preoccupation with self and ones own achievement, status and possessions. At first do man has anything to offer himself and be so proud of other than what God has given him, The answer is no. Lets read the words of Charles H. Spurgeon which described pride as “an all-pervading sin.” He said, “Pride is so natural to fallen man that it springs up in his heart like weeds in a well-watered garden … its every touch is evil. You may hunt down this fox, and think you have destroyed it, and lo! Your very exultation is pride. None have more pride than those who dream that they have none. Pride is a sin with a thousand lives; it seems impossible to kill it. King Solomon said in proverb 16:18.“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” this word's of king Solomon are so true and correct. James 4:6 .But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.” pride is one the sins that will be widespread in the last days bringing about direct conflict with God. Why do God resist the proud the answer is simple the sin of pride is of the devil.As you know the gay pride parade is spreading like wildfire all over the world James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. One of the most intricate cases of pride was that of King Nebuchadnezzar Daniel 4:10 “These were the visions of my head while on my bed: I was looking, and behold, A tree in the midst of the earth, And its height was great. It all started in the dead of the night while the king was sleeping God showed him his intentions concerning what he wants to do to the king to humble him. It was a terrible nightmarish vision which made the king to be shaken. No magicians, soothsayers, astrologers, Chaldeans could give the meaning of the dream except a man with an excellent spirit of God named Daniel who was carried away as a slave to Babylon. The root cause of king Nebuchadnezzar problem was the sin of pride. Daniel 4:16 Let his heart be changed from that of a man, Let him be given the heart of a beast, And let seven times pass over him. This was the sentence he brought to himself because of the sin of pride. Daniel 4:24 this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king: Daniel did the interpretation and it was a terrible thing that was waiting for the king based on God's words . All came as result of pride lets do away with the sin of pride. Daniel 4:27 Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity. i will be writing the part 2 of the sin of pride later this week God bless you as you read and understand what God is saying about pride.It is a deadly sin resist it completely.So you won't draw God's resistance to yourself. Stay bless and keep standing for Jesus.