The Seven Deadly Sins and their counterparts: the Seven Life-Giving Virtues. An 8-part sermon series. Part 2: Pride versus Humility

3. SDS #1: PRIDE VERSUS HUMILITY
REVIEW PREVIOUS WEEK
 Why this series? Self-Examination is good!
 Lists in OT, NT: Prov 6; Mk 7; Gal 5
 Why THIS list?
 Brief History
 Guide to the series booklet

5. SDS #1: PRIDE VERSUS HUMILITY
A MNEMONIC Pesky = Pride
Loud = Lust
Elephants = Envy
Gobble = Greed
Shiny = Sloth
Green = Gluttony
Apples = Anger

6. Prov 16:18 Pride goes before destruction and a
haughty spirit before a fall.
MSG: First pride, then the crash – the bigger the
ego, the harder the fall.
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,
is not of the Father, but is of the world.

7. Story 1: Lucifer Story 2: Nebuchadnezzar
Preoccupa-tion
with
self
self
Refusal to
submit to
God
Augustine
to
to
God
Essentially
competitive
C.S.
Lewis
C.S.
Lewis
““I I will will spoil great spoil great the
the
Jerusalem” pride pride of
of
Jer 13:9
Jer 13:9

8. HOW DOES PRIDE EXPRESS ITSELF?
SEE BOOKLET!
DEF: PRIDE is putting self in the place of God as the
center and object of our life, or of some aspect
thereof. It is the refusal to recognize our status as
creatures, dependent on God for our existence, and
placed by him in a specific relationship to the rest of
his creation.

9. HOW DOES PRIDE EXPRESS ITSELF?
SEE BOOKLET!
Irreverence. Deliberate neglect of the worship of
God in His church, or being content with a
superficial or occasional participation in it. Disregard
of other Holy Days or of additional opportunities for
giving God honor. Failure to thank God or to express
our gratitude adequately.

10. HOW DOES PRIDE EXPRESS ITSELF?
SEE BOOKLET!
Sentimentality. Being satisfied with pious feelings
and beautiful ceremonies without striving to obey
God’s will.
Presumption. Dependence on self rather than on
God, with the consequent neglect of the means of
grace – prayer, reading of His Word, celebration of
the Lord’s Supper, etc.

11. WHAT’S THE ANSWER?
 ADMIT & CONFESS!
 MAINTAIN A HUMBLE ATTITUDE, DAILY!
HUMBLE IS A VERB!
1Pet 5:5 God opposes the proud but gives grace to
the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under
God’s mighty hand, and he will lift you up!

12. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN…?
 REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
 REMEMBER THE TAX COLLECTOR LK 18?
 REVIVAL IN WALES, 1904…
 REVIVAL IN WESTERN CANADA 1971…