1. “I will in no wise cast out.”
2. “As many as received Him.”
3. “AN that are in the graves.”
4.“Whatsoever He saith unto you.”
5.“Those things that please Him.”
6.“He that believeth not the Son.”
7.“I am the door.”
The Young People’s Class Pride
God hates pride; and yet, alas, it something which is found in every one of our hearts so that we need to be constantly before the Lord judging it. Pride may show itself in many ways. Some show it in their faces, while others are equally as proud just because they know a little more about the Scriptures than others. Then there are those who are proud of their humility; and it is only as we walk with God that we will discover and judge these things.
Very many of our sorrows come through wounded pride. We like to be made a great deal of, and to feel that we are really “somebody.” Alas, even what is called “Inferiority Complex”—a high-sounding name! — is too often just pride in another form. It is a sort of hurt feeling because we think we are not as good-looking, or have not the same ability as others, when we should be content to be nothing.
As Christians we all say we are nothing, but we don’t like others to say it or think it of us, do we? May the Lord give us grace to judge these little manifestations of that which is so hateful to Him, learning in His presence to be content with what He has given us, and with where He has placed us. It is only “by the grace of God I am what I am.” 1 Cor. 15:1010But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Corinthians 15:10). Let us remember that pride makes ourselves, as well as others, unhappy, and above all it grieves the heart of God who must deal with it in His children.
1. What is the first of the seven things which are an abomination to the Lord? Prov. 6.
2.How does God act toward the proud? 1 Peter.
3.What goes before destruction and a fall? Prov. 16.
4.What three things were Sodom’s iniquity? Ezek. 16.
5.What causes contention? Prov. 13.
6. What has God purposed about man’s pride? Isaiah 23.
7. Give the name of a man who was misjudged as acting in pride when he was not. 1 Samuel 17.
ML 04/01/1951