Gospel Community Church

He was desperate for praise and attention.

He thought of himself higher than others.

He was manipulative in order to get his way.

He was harsh when his pride was threatened.

"There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which everyone in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves. There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison. It was through pride that the Devil became the Devil: Pride leads to every other vice. It is the complete anti-God state of mind."
~C.S. Lewis

Pride is going to destroy you if it keeps you from reaching out for a savior.

When our pride is threatened, we protect it with our rage.

When our pride is threatened, we find relief in revenge.

Pride resorts to manipulation to preserve its power.

Pride is going to destroy you if it keeps you from reaching out for a savior.