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Managing Our Pride - 2

How to Mortify the Deepest of Sins!

Romans 8:13

Dec 16, 2012 PM

Introduction (James

4:6) - A Bible Study Tonight

Pride � the hardest sin to

touch or deal with

Pride is a mess to try and

conquer

Because just when you

think you have it mastered, you are snagged in it again!

Benjamin Frankin said,

�There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive. Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.�

Background

The

Problem With Pride

It SHOULD be a good thing � when used in the right way

Boasting of the Lord (Psalm 34:2; 44:8)
Bragging about how good God is
Boasting in just knowing and serving God (Jer 9:24)
You SHOULD have good self worth (Eph 5:28)

But it usually is a wrong value of your own accomplishments and abilities

Think we have done something great
Think we are better than another
Think and believe we have no need for God, or prayer, or church, or the Bible
Think that we don�t need correction

Pride is sin (Pr 21:4; 6:16,17) � it is THE root sin

Of Lucifer (Isa 14:12-14)
Of SODOM (Ezek 16:49) - homosexuality
Of all our sins (Mk 7:21-23) � it is a work of our old nature

It damns people (Pr 10:4)

It will reap the judgment of God (Prov 16:18; Luke 18:14; Lev 26:19) � God resists you � fights against you!

The

Examples of Pride

Pharaoh (Exod 10:3)

Laodicean Church (Rev 3:17)

Signs

of Pride

A Critical Spirit � judging others (Luke 20:20)

Mocking of God (Gal 6:7; Prov 14:9)

Impatience (Eccl 7:8)

Covetousness (1John 2:16)

Angry attitude (Eccl 7:9)

Seeking revenge (Prov 21:24) � JESUS DIDN�T SEEK REVENGE!

Pride has been the

ruin of every home, every church and every nation that has ever fallen!

The

Conquering of Pride

Must be conquered � not tolerated

Must be continuously conquered

Thankfully, it CAN be conquered

While men search for a throne to build their kingdoms, Jesus reached for a towel to wash His disciples’ feet. Jesus shows us how to conquer our pride!

God has given a believer the weapons to mortify our pride!

Message - The Conquering and Managing of Pride (Romans 8:6-18)

The Power of a

Spiritual Mind (Rom 8:6-8)

Gives life and peace

Loves the law of God � LOVES His rules

Pleases God!

Because it is humble � thinks nothing of itself! Thinks of God, of how Jesus did things, and thinks of others!

It is what I want

Contrast that with

the Ruin of a Carnal Mind (Rom 8:6-8)

Carnal mind is a mind a way of thinking that automatically obeys his body, his feelings, his hormones

It is a way of thinking that thinks mainly of itself, its hurts, its past, its needs, its worth, its rightness, etc!

Well, It kills � it IS death � it won�t bring you help!

It is at war with God � it will NOT obey God

It cannot please God � ever!

What God Thinks of

Your Flesh (Rom 8:9-11)

He made it � gave it to you � fearfully and wonderfully made by God

If you are born again, you USED to live in it

But you don�t live there anymore (Rom 8:9)!

Your body is dead in God�s eyes � as we have seen in Col 3:4

Your flesh WILL be fixed one day � resurrected (Rom 8:11)

So, We do not owe our

flesh anything anymore (Rom 8:12)

It is dead

It just needs to be mortified � brought very low in priority - everything about it needs to be buried � put behind you

Including the pride of the flesh

So, How Do We Manage

and Conquer Our Pride? (Rom 8:13-18)

By Mortifying Your Pride � it is a constant effort!

Hate it � fear it � it is deadly � it will kill you (Rom 8:13)

That ATTITUDE of catering to yourself

Seeking to be alone, Or seeking everyone�s attention � both are a focus on self

Throw it down from its place in your thoughts and feelings
Render it lifeless � starve it out
Bury it
Most impossible without the Holy Spirit

Through the Spirit

Through believing � faith � just believing OH HOW I WISH YOU REALLY BELIEVED WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOUR SINS AND YOUR PRIDE

That your pride is dead in you

That God is going to work all things out, not you!

That you CAN react to life and troubles just as Jesus did

Through Praying (8:26,27) � there is a different way to pray

Regular walking with God � seasons of prayer

Where you talk to Him like He is your Father, your Abba (8:15)

Asking for help with your PRIDE

Asking for the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse you from it�s stain

Asking for Christ�s humility to fill you instead of:

A Critical Spirit � judging others

Mocking of God

Impatience

Angry attitude

Seeking revenge

Through the sword of the Spirit � memorizing and obeying every word

Scripture memorization cuts the heart, humbles the heart

As you DO the words you learn, the pride dies � because living by this Book is embarrassing!

Preaching

Soul-winning

Loving your enemy

Giving things away

Letting people hurt you and use you

Through careful choices � small choices � always yielding

Obey His Lead in your life � Yield (8:14)

Like learning to dance � someone has to lead � let it be Jesus!

Through Humbling Yourself (1Pet 5:5,6)

Accepting responsibility

Admitting you were wrong

Don�t think of yourself, or protecting yourself

Humble yourself before your parents, your husband, your wife, your co-workers, your boss, people you have hurt

GOD promises to give so much grace and help when you do this

Through Praise (Psalm 34:2)

Praise God for everything in your life

Get your confidence from Him

You are His child

You are already an heir

Joint heir with Jesus � if you put up with hard things

There is SO MUCH more on

pride, but enough for tonight!

Conclusion