Submission, Humility, Rebellion, Lucifer, and the Ultimate Sin of Pride
Lesson 5
Part 2:
Christ’s Last Words to His Church The Book of Revelation
In the book of Proverbs there are four words, four different Hebrew words for pride. So, in English,
pride occurs seven times in the book of Proverbs but if you were reading the Hebrew Bible, you’d find
there are four different words.
Let’s read to those verses 8:13, 11:2, all
the way through.
Proverbs 8:13
“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”
A froward mouth is a mouth that speaks in a way that is crooked, evil, twisted, or deceitful.
The term “froward” is used in the Bible to describe someone who is wicked or naughty.
Think about this. Do we want to be involved in anything God hates?
No. We love Him. We want to serve Him. We submit to Him. So, the book of Proverbs is how to be living God’s
way, that’s what we’re exploring, and the contrast to live life God’s way or man’s way. That’s what the whole
book is about.
The second verse, Proverbs 11:2,
“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”
“when pride comes, then come shame; but with the humble is wisdom.”
The apostle John said this, I don’t want to be ashamed before you at your coming Lord. That was what motivated
the apostle John, let me not be ashamed before you’re coming. Why would I be ashamed before the Lord Jesus Christ’s
coming?
Proverbs 11:2.
“When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.”
If pride is in my life, shame will follow, why? Because, anything I do without humility and
not in submission to the Lord, He burns up. It’s good for nothing, because I’ve
done it in my own strength for my own good, for my own glory, instead of for His.
The third one,
Proverbs 13:10.
“Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.”
“By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom.”
Again, pride is at the heart of all struggles. We have relational struggles, personal struggles, going through life
and having all these things that go wrong, why? Pride is underneath all of those and they flow downward from pride.
Number 4,
Proverbs 14:3.
“In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.”
“In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride.” That means they go around hitting everybody with
their mouth, “but the lips of the wise will preserve them.” Wow.
Proverbs 16:18.
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
This is our theme verse for this lesson. Pride goes before destruction. Now think about it for a second.
God said that Satan fell from being the highest created, most powerful, intelligent being in the universe that He made,
down to becoming the adversary of God, which is what Satan, sa?an means in Hebrew. Why? Look at verse 18, “pride goes
before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” The fall of Satan, which issues into the fall of all humanity as
he leads humans into rebellion against God, was because of his haughty pride – found in his heart.
Number six,
Proverbs 21:24
“Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.”
“a proud and haughty man – “scoffer” is his name; he acts with arrogant pride.”
Then the last time pride is mentioned in the book of Proverbs is in
Chapter 29:23.
23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
“A man’s pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.”
What happens when we’re proud? Pride makes me… now think
with me as I read this list. In my own life, whenever I have felt these ways and if I pause and think about it,
I know that this is not prompted by God. Here’s the list.
Pride makes me:
Resentful when corrected
Hurt when disappointed
Impatient when hindered
Distant when slighted
God does not want me to be proud. God’s will revealed for my character is this,
back to chapter 16:18 in the book of Proverbs.
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
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