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“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12).
The believers in the assembly in Corinth were generally rather proud, and had a lot of confidence in themselves. The Apostle Paul had to remind them that they needed to live their Christian lives in dependence on the Lord, and not to try and live in their own strength. Paul reminds them of some of the Israelites back in the time of Moses who were proud and self-confident, and who got into trouble as a result.
We need to remember the same thing in our own lives. You and I have perhaps known someone who was proud and overconfident, only to see them suddenly fail at something, and look rather foolish. We are to walk in dependence on the Lord and rely on His strength, which will never fail. Then He gets the glory and the praise, and not we ourselves.
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