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Robert Jeffress - Choosing Humility Over Pride (Part 1)

March 24, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Choosing Humility Over Pride (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Choosing Humility Over Pride (Part 1) | March 24, 2026
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Did you know that god hates pride more than any other sin?
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  • It's at the top of his list.
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  • Why do you think that is?
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  • Well, i believe it's because pride harms our soul.
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  • And today, we're going to talk about the wisdom
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  • Of pursuing a humble spirit
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  • So we don't suffer the insidious damage
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  • Caused by arrogance.
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  • My message is titled:
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  • Choosing humility over pride
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • In "choose your attitudes, change your life,"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress shares 11 biblical attitude choices
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  • I love the story that former senator bill bradley
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  • Tells on himself.
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  • He had gone to an upscale restaurant
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  • For a dinner with his wife
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  • And the waiter came by and served rolls,
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  • But there was no butter.
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  • So bradley said, "could we have some butter, please?"
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  • And the waiter just slightly nodded,
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  • Affirming he had heard the request.
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  • 10 minutes passed, no butter.
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  • So bradley, again, politely said,
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  • "could we please have some butter?"
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  • Again, the waiter nodded.
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  • 10 minutes passed, no butter.
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  • Finally, bill bradley had had enough
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  • And he gave the waiter a piece of his mind
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  • He really couldn't afford to lose.
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  • He said, "perhaps you don't know who i am.
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  • I'm a princeton graduate, a rhodes scholar.
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  • I played basketball for the new york knicks.
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  • I'm now a united states senator from new jersey.
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  • I'm a member of a senate subcommittee on debt relief.
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  • I'm also a member
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  • Of the senate select committee on intelligence."
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  • The waiter responded, "perhaps you don't know who i am.
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  • I'm the guy in charge of the butter."
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  • (congregation laughing)
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  • You know, every now and then, we need somebody like that
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  • To burst our bubble, don't we?
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  • To bring us down to reality,
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  • To help us see ourselves as we really are.
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  • And that's what we're going to talk about today.
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  • Today, we're going to continue our series:
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  • Choose your attitudes, change your life.
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  • We're looking at 11 essential biblical attitudes
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  • That we have to embrace if we're going to enjoy
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  • That abundant life that jesus promised us.
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  • You know, one common circumstance we all face in life
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  • Is how are we going to respond
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  • To both our successes and our failures?
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  • We can either respond with pride
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  • Or we can respond with humility.
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  • And today, we're going to talk about the importance
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  • Of choosing humility over pride.
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  • Now, it might be helpful to first of all look briefly
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  • At what the bible says about both humility and pride.
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  • And for starters, let's give some definitions.
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  • What is pride?
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  • Very simply, pride is an attitude that causes us
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  • To credit ourselves for our accomplishments
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  • And blame others for our failures.
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  • On the other hand,
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  • Humility is an attitude
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  • That used both our accomplishments
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  • And our failures from god's perspective.
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  • You know, over and over again,
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  • The bible warns against the dangers of pride.
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  • I've jotted down just a few of those references for you.
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  • Proverbs 16:5, "everyone who is proud in heart
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  • Is an abomination to the lord.
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  • Assuredly, he will not go unpunished."
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  • Or proverbs 16:18, "pride goes before destruction
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  • And a haughty spirit before stumbling."
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  • One more, james 4:6,
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  • "god is opposed to the proud."
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  • If you want to know how to get god on your bad side,
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  • Just be prideful.
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  • "god is opposed to the proud,
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  • But he gives grace to the humble."
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  • In contrast to that,
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  • Look at what the bible says about humility,
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  • The value, the premium god places on humility.
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  • Proverbs 11:2,
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  • "when pride comes, then comes dishonor.
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  • But with the humble, there is wisdom."
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  • Proverbs 16:19,
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  • "it is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly
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  • Than to divide the spoil with the proud."
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  • One more, matthew 23:12, jesus said,
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  • "and whoever exalts himself shall be humbled
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  • And whoever humbles himself shall be exalted."
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  • Why does god emphasize
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  • The problem of pride so much?
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  • You know, we think humility or pride,
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  • Those are kind of secondary issues.
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  • They don't rank up there with the really big sins
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  • Like murder and adultery and so forth.
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  • "isn't this kind of a secondary issue, pastor?
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  • Why in the world do you talk so much
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  • About pride and humility?"
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  • You know, in proverbs 6,
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  • God lists the seven things he hates the most.
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  • Do you know what's at the top of the list? pride.
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  • God hates pride more than any other sin.
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  • Why is that?
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  • Because of the effects of pride in our lives.
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  • I want to mention this morning four sins,
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  • And they are in order,
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  • They're progressive that are the direct result of pride.
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  • First of all, the sin of ingratitude
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  • Stems directly from pride, ingratitude.
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  • When our oldest daughter, julia, was two,
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  • She had a habit of taking whatever presents
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  • Were given to her at christmas or at her birthday,
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  • And she would name those gifts
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  • According to who gave them to her.
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  • And i remember we were down in austin
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  • Visiting amy's parents who are here today, by the way,
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  • Sue and keith.
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  • And it was right after christmas
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  • And julia was going through her christmas gifts
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  • And she held up a gift and she said, "grandma!"
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  • The only problem was grandma had not given her
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  • That particular gift.
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  • She had given her a lot of gifts,
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  • But not that one.
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  • I was the one
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  • -who had given her the gift! -(congregation laughing)
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  • And i'm going to have to tell you, it kind of ticked me off.
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  • I wanted her to know
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  • I was the one who gave her that gift.
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  • Why did i want her to know that?
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  • Because i wanted her to know how much i loved her.
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  • I'm the one who gave her the gift.
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  • And it's the same way with god.
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  • The reason god hates pride so much is it blinds us
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  • To the great gifts he has given us.
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  • You see, in the individualistic culture we live in,
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  • Especially here in america,
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  • We love these rags to riches stories.
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  • We love to think, "i'm the master of my fate."
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  • "i'm the captain of my soul."
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  • "whatever the mind can conceive and believe,
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  • It can achieve."
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  • We want to think that we are the ones responsible
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  • For the good things in our life.
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  • But whenever we begin to think that we're responsible
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  • For the good things in our life,
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  • We should remember this very penetrating question
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  • Asked by the apostle paul.
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  • It's found in 1 corinthians 4:7.
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  • Paul said, "for who regards you as superior
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  • And what do you have that you did not receive?
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  • But if you did receive it,
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  • Why do you boast as if you had not received it?"
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  • Paul is basically saying, do an inventory
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  • Of all the good things in your life and ask yourself,
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  • Where did these things come from?
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  • You know, if we do that,
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  • We think about the good things in our life,
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  • If we're truly humble,
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  • We come to the conclusion that every good thing in life
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  • Is the result of either what god
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  • Or other people have done for us.
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  • What good thing in your life cannot ultimately be traced
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  • To the generosity and goodness of god?
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  • You say, "well, my appearance!
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  • My appearance is the result of eating right and working out.
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  • I take good care of myself.
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  • That's why i look so fantastic."
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  • Well, before you come to that conclusion,
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  • Listen to what the psalmist said.
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  • Psalm 139:13-14, "for thou didst form my inward parts:
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  • Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb.
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  • I will give thanks to thee
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  • For i am fearfully and wonderfully made."
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  • Our appearance is the result of what god has given to us.
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  • Other people say, "well, my abilities.
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  • I'm such a gifted person because i've worked so hard
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  • And i've practiced and i've studied.
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  • That is why i'm such a gifted person."
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  • Think again, james 1:17 says,
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  • "every good thing bestowed
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  • And every perfect gift is from above,
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  • Coming down from the father of lights
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  • With whom there is no variation or shifting shadow."
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  • What about your children?
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  • "oh, my children?
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  • They are so wonderful.
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  • They are the result of great genes
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  • And tremendous child rearing.
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  • That's why they are so fantastic."
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  • The psalmist said in psalm 127:3,
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  • "behold, children are a gift of the lord.
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  • The fruit of the womb is a reward."
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  • What about your possessions?
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  • A lot of people think,
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  • "well, the reason i'm so successful,
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  • The reason i've accumulated so much money,
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  • The reason i enjoy a great lifestyle
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  • Is because of my hard work."
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  • Think again, deuteronomy 8:18, moses said,
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  • "but you shall remember that the lord your god,
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  • It is he who is giving you the power to make wealth."
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  • Just think about it.
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  • The only reason you are alive and breathing right now
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  • Is because god has kept you alive.
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  • He has given you the breath of life.
  • 00:12:01.177 --> 00:12:04.113
  • And that's why paul said every good thing in your life
  • 00:12:04.113 --> 00:12:07.183
  • Is ultimately a gift from god.
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  • Pride keeps us from seeing that.
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  • Pride leads to ingratitude
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  • And ingratitude leads to a second sin
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  • And that is independence.
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  • You know, you may be asking yourself,
  • 00:12:20.029 --> 00:12:22.498
  • Is god so petty?
  • 00:12:22.498 --> 00:12:24.567
  • Is god so petty that he has to be thanked regularly by us?
  • 00:12:24.567 --> 00:12:28.571
  • Is he that insecure that he has to have us glorify him
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  • And always complimenting?
  • 00:12:32.408 --> 00:12:34.276
  • I mean, is something wrong with god?
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  • No, not at all.
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  • The fact is god doesn't need anything from us,
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  • But we need everything from god.
  • 00:12:44.420 --> 00:12:47.957
  • You've heard people say, "well, you know,
  • 00:12:47.957 --> 00:12:49.859
  • The reason god created us
  • 00:12:49.859 --> 00:12:51.160
  • Was god was sitting in heaven one day
  • 00:12:51.160 --> 00:12:53.162
  • And he had spent billions of years up there by himself
  • 00:12:53.162 --> 00:12:56.165
  • And he got lonely and said,
  • 00:12:56.165 --> 00:12:57.533
  • 'i need somebody to have fellowship with.'"
  • 00:12:57.533 --> 00:12:59.635
  • Have you heard that before?
  • 00:12:59.635 --> 00:13:01.437
  • There's a theological term for that, hogwash.
  • 00:13:01.437 --> 00:13:04.506
  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:13:04.506 --> 00:13:07.109
  • God isn't lonely.
  • 00:13:07.109 --> 00:13:09.345
  • God doesn't need you.
  • 00:13:09.345 --> 00:13:10.579
  • He doesn't need me to be fulfilled.
  • 00:13:10.579 --> 00:13:13.349
  • He is totally self-sufficient,
  • 00:13:13.349 --> 00:13:15.551
  • But we need god.
  • 00:13:15.551 --> 00:13:17.653
  • Saint augustine said, "there is a god-shaped vacuum
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  • In every human heart that only christ can fill."
  • 00:13:21.523 --> 00:13:25.694
  • God knows that we need him.
  • 00:13:25.694 --> 00:13:28.030
  • And that's why he makes every effort
  • 00:13:28.030 --> 00:13:30.833
  • Had to have a relationship with us
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  • So that he can meet our greatest need of all.
  • 00:13:33.202 --> 00:13:36.438
  • Now, think about this.
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  • If you were a parent
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  • Trying to get the attention of a wayward child,
  • 00:13:38.874 --> 00:13:41.176
  • How would you do it?
  • 00:13:41.176 --> 00:13:43.779
  • How would you try to communicate that you love your child?
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  • One way you would do it
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  • Is by showering great gifts,
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  • Giving good gifts to your children
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  • To show your love for them.
  • 00:13:53.822 --> 00:13:55.391
  • That's what jesus said in matthew 7:11,
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  • "if you, then, being evil
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  • Know how to give good gifts to your children,
  • 00:13:59.962 --> 00:14:02.765
  • How much more shall your gather who is in heaven
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  • Give what is good to those who ask him."
  • 00:14:06.068 --> 00:14:08.938
  • In the book of romans, paul said,
  • 00:14:08.938 --> 00:14:11.407
  • "it is the grace of god,
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  • The goodness of god,
  • 00:14:13.208 --> 00:14:15.277
  • That leads us to repentance."
  • 00:14:15.277 --> 00:14:18.514
  • But when we don't recognize
  • 00:14:18.514 --> 00:14:20.149
  • That these good gifts are from god,
  • 00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:23.085
  • When we don't express gratitude,
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  • We are prone to live apart from god,
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  • To go our own way.
  • 00:14:28.324 --> 00:14:30.859
  • And that's exactly what happened to lucifer,
  • 00:14:30.859 --> 00:14:33.929
  • His ingratitude for the good things
  • 00:14:33.929 --> 00:14:36.498
  • God had done in creating him
  • 00:14:36.498 --> 00:14:38.600
  • As the head of the angels
  • 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:40.536
  • Led to an independent spirit and rebellion.
  • 00:14:40.536 --> 00:14:44.206
  • God said this to lucifer, ezekiel 28:15 and 17:
  • 00:14:44.206 --> 00:14:48.210
  • "you were blameless in your ways
  • 00:14:48.210 --> 00:14:50.446
  • From the day you were created
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  • Until unrighteousness was found in you."
  • 00:14:52.348 --> 00:14:55.117
  • Now, listen to this verse 17.
  • 00:14:55.117 --> 00:14:56.752
  • "your heart was lifted up because of your beauty.
  • 00:14:56.752 --> 00:15:01.690
  • You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor."
  • 00:15:01.690 --> 00:15:06.628
  • Lucifer, in heaven one day,
  • 00:15:07.229 --> 00:15:08.630
  • Started looking in a mirror, said,
  • 00:15:08.630 --> 00:15:11.066
  • "hey, i'm pretty impressive.
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  • I'm pretty good-looking.
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  • I'm pretty wise."
  • 00:15:15.437 --> 00:15:17.606
  • Satan forgot he was a creature instead of the creator.
  • 00:15:18.674 --> 00:15:23.278
  • And that pride in his heart
  • 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:26.281
  • Led to independence to a rebellion.
  • 00:15:26.281 --> 00:15:28.884
  • And that rebellion is described
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  • In isaiah 14:13 and 14.
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  • God said, "lucifer, you said in your heart,
  • 00:15:32.955 --> 00:15:36.225
  • I will ascend to heaven.
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  • I will raise my throne above the stars of god.
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  • I will sit on the mount of the assembly.
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  • I will ascend to the heights of the clouds.
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  • I will make myself like the most high god."
  • 00:15:44.466 --> 00:15:48.737
  • That is always what happens
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  • When we fail to show appreciation to god.
  • 00:15:50.973 --> 00:15:54.543
  • That ingratitude leads to an independence from god.
  • 00:15:54.543 --> 00:15:58.781
  • That independence from god leads to a third sin
  • 00:15:59.715 --> 00:16:02.785
  • And that is intolerance of others.
  • 00:16:02.785 --> 00:16:06.088
  • And intolerance for others,
  • 00:16:06.088 --> 00:16:07.489
  • You know, you look through the teaching of jesus,
  • 00:16:07.489 --> 00:16:10.325
  • He spoke pretty harshly at times.
  • 00:16:10.325 --> 00:16:13.262
  • You know, jesus wasn't this caspar milquetoast guy
  • 00:16:13.262 --> 00:16:16.432
  • Who, you know, walked around in sandals
  • 00:16:16.432 --> 00:16:20.936
  • Chewing on bird seeds,
  • 00:16:20.936 --> 00:16:22.304
  • Saying nice things to people all the time.
  • 00:16:22.304 --> 00:16:25.307
  • That wasn't jesus.
  • 00:16:25.307 --> 00:16:26.241
  • He could be tough,
  • 00:16:26.241 --> 00:16:27.876
  • Really tough at times.
  • 00:16:27.876 --> 00:16:29.945
  • But his harshest, his toughest words
  • 00:16:29.945 --> 00:16:33.315
  • Were spoken not to murderers or adulterers,
  • 00:16:33.315 --> 00:16:37.686
  • But it was to the religious hypocrites of his day:
  • 00:16:37.686 --> 00:16:41.423
  • The pharisees and the sadducees
  • 00:16:41.423 --> 00:16:43.692
  • Who had an inflated view of their own righteousness
  • 00:16:43.692 --> 00:16:48.197
  • And looked down upon others with contempt.
  • 00:16:48.197 --> 00:16:51.800
  • Matthew 23: 13, jesus said, "but woe to you,
  • 00:16:51.800 --> 00:16:55.904
  • Scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!
  • 00:16:55.904 --> 00:16:58.440
  • Because you shut off the kingdom of god for men,
  • 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.276
  • For you do not enter in yourselves,
  • 00:17:01.276 --> 00:17:03.378
  • Nor do you allow those who are entering to go in."
  • 00:17:03.378 --> 00:17:08.317
  • Probably the greatest illustration
  • 00:17:09.084 --> 00:17:11.753
  • Of the intolerance of the religious hypocrites
  • 00:17:11.753 --> 00:17:14.690
  • Is found in one of the parables jesus told,
  • 00:17:14.690 --> 00:17:17.493
  • Luke 18:9-14,
  • 00:17:17.493 --> 00:17:19.695
  • This shows how pride leads to a hatred of other people.
  • 00:17:19.695 --> 00:17:23.899
  • Listen to this, luke 18 beginning with verse 9.
  • 00:17:23.899 --> 00:17:26.435
  • "and jesus also told this parable
  • 00:17:26.435 --> 00:17:29.104
  • To certain ones who trusted in themselves
  • 00:17:29.104 --> 00:17:33.575
  • That they were righteous
  • 00:17:33.575 --> 00:17:35.210
  • And viewed others with contempt."
  • 00:17:35.210 --> 00:17:37.246
  • You know what self-righteousness means?
  • 00:17:37.246 --> 00:17:39.848
  • It means looking to yourself for your own righteousness,
  • 00:17:39.848 --> 00:17:44.353
  • Your right standing with god.
  • 00:17:44.353 --> 00:17:46.188
  • It means believing you are good enough
  • 00:17:46.188 --> 00:17:47.956
  • To get into heaven and earn god's approval.
  • 00:17:47.956 --> 00:17:50.659
  • So jesus told a story
  • 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:51.994
  • To those who felt that way about themselves:
  • 00:17:51.994 --> 00:17:54.830
  • "and whenever you feel like you're righteous
  • 00:17:54.830 --> 00:17:57.332
  • By your own good works,
  • 00:17:57.332 --> 00:17:58.901
  • You're going to naturally view other people with contempt."
  • 00:17:58.901 --> 00:18:02.304
  • So he told the story, verse 10,
  • 00:18:02.304 --> 00:18:04.306
  • "two men went up into the temple to pray.
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  • One was a pharisee, the other, a tax gatherer."
  • 00:18:07.910 --> 00:18:13.415
  • There was no more hated group
  • 00:18:14.049 --> 00:18:17.052
  • In israel than tax gatherers, tax collectors.
  • 00:18:17.052 --> 00:18:21.924
  • After 2000 years, some things never changed.
  • 00:18:21.924 --> 00:18:24.660
  • -do they? -(congregation laughing)
  • 00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:25.694
  • As april 15th approaches.
  • 00:18:25.694 --> 00:18:27.896
  • Well, they hated these tax gatherers.
  • 00:18:28.664 --> 00:18:30.632
  • Two men went up to pray.
  • 00:18:30.632 --> 00:18:31.867
  • One was a religious leader,
  • 00:18:31.867 --> 00:18:33.535
  • The other was an irs agent.
  • 00:18:33.535 --> 00:18:36.171
  • Verse 11, "the pharisees stood
  • 00:18:36.171 --> 00:18:39.241
  • And was praying thus to himself."
  • 00:18:39.241 --> 00:18:41.877
  • I love that, he thought he was talking to god.
  • 00:18:41.877 --> 00:18:44.880
  • His prayer didn't make it above the roof of the temple.
  • 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:47.082
  • He was really praying to himself.
  • 00:18:47.082 --> 00:18:49.418
  • But this is what he said to god.
  • 00:18:49.418 --> 00:18:50.886
  • "god, i thank thee that i'm not like other people.
  • 00:18:50.886 --> 00:18:53.989
  • Swindlers, unjust, adulterers,
  • 00:18:53.989 --> 00:18:57.326
  • Or even like this tax gatherer over here.
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  • I fast twice a week.
  • 00:19:00.662 --> 00:19:02.464
  • I pay tithes of all that i get."
  • 00:19:02.464 --> 00:19:05.367
  • You know, this religious leader sounds
  • 00:19:05.367 --> 00:19:07.970
  • A whole lot like some religious leaders i know right now.
  • 00:19:07.970 --> 00:19:12.874
  • "thank god i'm not like that guy over there!
  • 00:19:13.775 --> 00:19:17.679
  • He's an adulterer, he's a crook,
  • 00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:20.515
  • He's a liar.
  • 00:19:20.515 --> 00:19:22.050
  • If only he could be more like me."
  • 00:19:22.050 --> 00:19:25.520
  • God hates that attitude.
  • 00:19:26.021 --> 00:19:28.523
  • Absolutely hates it.
  • 00:19:28.523 --> 00:19:30.125
  • But notice verse 13,
  • 00:19:30.125 --> 00:19:31.860
  • "but the tax gatherer
  • 00:19:31.860 --> 00:19:34.129
  • Standing some distance away,
  • 00:19:34.129 --> 00:19:37.766
  • He felt so unholy and unworthy.
  • 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:40.402
  • He backed up as far as he could
  • 00:19:40.402 --> 00:19:43.005
  • From the holy place.
  • 00:19:43.005 --> 00:19:45.007
  • And he simply looked up and he said,
  • 00:19:45.007 --> 00:19:46.842
  • 'god, be merciful.'"
  • 00:19:46.842 --> 00:19:50.946
  • That word merciful is literally the word mercy seated,
  • 00:19:50.946 --> 00:19:56.218
  • God be mercy seated to me.
  • 00:19:56.785 --> 00:19:59.054
  • You remember the mercy seat
  • 00:19:59.054 --> 00:20:00.922
  • That was in the holy of holies?
  • 00:20:00.922 --> 00:20:02.824
  • The ark of the covenant had the 10 commandments.
  • 00:20:02.824 --> 00:20:06.261
  • There was a gold lid on it.
  • 00:20:06.261 --> 00:20:08.163
  • God was thought to dwell above that mercy seat
  • 00:20:08.163 --> 00:20:11.667
  • Between the cherubim.
  • 00:20:11.667 --> 00:20:13.902
  • And 359 days a year,
  • 00:20:14.369 --> 00:20:17.873
  • The picture was god looking down on the law
  • 00:20:17.873 --> 00:20:21.009
  • That his people had broken,
  • 00:20:21.009 --> 00:20:22.244
  • It was a place of judgment.
  • 00:20:22.244 --> 00:20:24.680
  • But once a year,
  • 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.647
  • The high priest would come in
  • 00:20:25.647 --> 00:20:27.215
  • With the blood of an innocent animal
  • 00:20:27.215 --> 00:20:29.351
  • And he would sprinkle it
  • 00:20:29.351 --> 00:20:30.485
  • On top of that mercy seat, cover it.
  • 00:20:30.485 --> 00:20:33.288
  • So that when god looked down,
  • 00:20:33.288 --> 00:20:35.390
  • He no longer saw the sins of his people
  • 00:20:35.390 --> 00:20:37.726
  • Deserving eternal death.
  • 00:20:37.726 --> 00:20:39.795
  • He saw the blood that covered that broken law.
  • 00:20:39.795 --> 00:20:43.932
  • And, of course, that was a picture of what jesus,
  • 00:20:43.932 --> 00:20:47.135
  • The lamb of god, would do for us one day
  • 00:20:47.135 --> 00:20:50.038
  • When he would offer his blood
  • 00:20:50.038 --> 00:20:51.773
  • As a covering for our sin.
  • 00:20:51.773 --> 00:20:55.143
  • That's what the tax gatherer was saying,
  • 00:20:56.011 --> 00:20:58.347
  • "god, i can't save myself.
  • 00:20:58.347 --> 00:20:59.948
  • My only hope is that you show mercy and grace,
  • 00:20:59.948 --> 00:21:03.452
  • That you pay the penalty for my sin."
  • 00:21:03.452 --> 00:21:07.756
  • Two men with two very different kinds of prayers.
  • 00:21:07.756 --> 00:21:11.059
  • Look at what jesus says in verse 14,
  • 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:12.794
  • "but i tell you this,
  • 00:21:12.794 --> 00:21:14.930
  • It is this man, the tax gatherer
  • 00:21:14.930 --> 00:21:18.633
  • Who went down to his house justified
  • 00:21:19.434 --> 00:21:22.771
  • Rather than the pharisee."
  • 00:21:22.771 --> 00:21:24.873
  • There a gasp in the audience when jesus said that.
  • 00:21:25.907 --> 00:21:28.143
  • "this man, the tax gatherer?
  • 00:21:28.143 --> 00:21:29.611
  • You are telling me this sinner
  • 00:21:29.611 --> 00:21:32.347
  • Is the one who god has justified
  • 00:21:32.347 --> 00:21:35.016
  • And not the religious person?
  • 00:21:35.016 --> 00:21:36.585
  • We can't believe that, god.
  • 00:21:36.585 --> 00:21:38.120
  • We can't accept that!"
  • 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:39.721
  • But jesus added,
  • 00:21:39.721 --> 00:21:41.289
  • "for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled,
  • 00:21:41.289 --> 00:21:45.394
  • But he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
  • 00:21:45.394 --> 00:21:50.132
  • Pride, an inflated view of our own righteousness,
  • 00:21:51.133 --> 00:21:56.304
  • Leads to intolerance toward others.
  • 00:21:57.072 --> 00:21:59.775
  • And finally, fourth,
  • 00:21:59.775 --> 00:22:01.743
  • The result of pride is an inability to accept god's grace.
  • 00:22:02.878 --> 00:22:06.314
  • This is perhaps the most damning
  • 00:22:06.314 --> 00:22:08.683
  • Of all of the consequences of pride,
  • 00:22:08.683 --> 00:22:10.786
  • An inability to accept god's grace.
  • 00:22:10.786 --> 00:22:13.822
  • You know, in luke chapter 18:17,
  • 00:22:13.822 --> 00:22:16.124
  • We find an intriguing verse by jesus.
  • 00:22:16.124 --> 00:22:18.860
  • He said, "truly, i say to you,
  • 00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:21.630
  • Whoever does not receive the kingdom of god like a child
  • 00:22:21.630 --> 00:22:26.301
  • Shall not enter it at all."
  • 00:22:26.301 --> 00:22:29.471
  • You know, i love so many things about first baptist dallas,
  • 00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:33.275
  • But one of the things i love most
  • 00:22:33.275 --> 00:22:35.010
  • Is the great children and student ministry we have here.
  • 00:22:35.010 --> 00:22:39.381
  • We don't just babysit kids here.
  • 00:22:40.015 --> 00:22:41.716
  • We teach them the scriptures
  • 00:22:41.716 --> 00:22:43.752
  • And regularly throughout any year,
  • 00:22:43.752 --> 00:22:45.787
  • We give our children and teenagers
  • 00:22:45.787 --> 00:22:48.156
  • A chance to trust in christ as savior.
  • 00:22:48.156 --> 00:22:50.959
  • One of those times we do it
  • 00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:52.394
  • Is that vacation bible school every summer,
  • 00:22:52.394 --> 00:22:54.429
  • We'll have maybe 2000 kids here.
  • 00:22:54.429 --> 00:22:57.232
  • And every thursday, i'll stand up
  • 00:22:57.232 --> 00:22:58.900
  • And give a gospel presentation to the children
  • 00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.635
  • Explaining how they can be saved.
  • 00:23:00.635 --> 00:23:03.538
  • And when i give the invitation
  • 00:23:03.538 --> 00:23:05.040
  • For kids who want to trust in jesus to come forward,
  • 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:08.210
  • I mean hundreds of them come sometimes.
  • 00:23:08.210 --> 00:23:12.013
  • And you know, every now and then,
  • 00:23:12.013 --> 00:23:13.448
  • There are a few adults standing at the back like this,
  • 00:23:13.448 --> 00:23:16.751
  • Kind of watching all of it.
  • 00:23:16.751 --> 00:23:18.353
  • And you can kind of tell
  • 00:23:18.353 --> 00:23:19.688
  • They're not sure what they think about that.
  • 00:23:19.688 --> 00:23:22.157
  • They won't say it to me,
  • 00:23:22.157 --> 00:23:23.358
  • But they'll say to some other people,
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  • "you know, i think the pastor made it too easy.
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  • Do those children really know what they're doing?
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  • Don't they need to be older?"
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  • Well, we don't do it with the youngest children,
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  • But we do it when they're old enough to know.
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  • But people say, "well, don't they need to be older
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  • Before they can be saved?"
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  • What did jesus say?
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  • Well, as we conclude today's broadcast,
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  • I want to share this encouraging note i received
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  • From someone who uses
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  • Our pathway to victory daily devotional.
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  • Harry wrote: "i'm writing to let you know
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  • How much your daily devotional
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  • Has been working in my life.
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  • I absolutely love how it is written.
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  • It's like i'm hearing you speak when i read it each day.
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  • I love that each devotional
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  • Builds on the previous day's entry.
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  • God bless you."
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  • Well, thank you, harry, for that word of encouragement.
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  • I'm so glad that the daily devotional
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  • Has been a source of blessing in your life.
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  • And to those of you who support this ministry,
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  • Thank you for making it possible
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  • For us to reach friends like harry
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  • And so many others around the world.
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  • Now, stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
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  • When unexpected challenges hit,
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  • It's easy to feel defeated and robbed of joy.
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  • But while we can't always choose our circumstances,
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  • We can always choose how we respond to them.
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  • In "choose your attitudes, change your life,"
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  • Dr. robert jeff shares 11 proven attitude choices
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  • That will help you experience the abundant life
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  • God desires for you.
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  • The bible tells us that as a person thinks within himself,
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  • So is he.
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  • Our attitudes impact everything:
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  • Our health, our relationships, our work,
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  • And even our eternity.
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  • In my book "choose your attitudes, change your life,"
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  • I walk you through 11 essential choices
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  • Like purpose over aimlessness,
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  • Perseverance over defeat,
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  • And faith over worry.
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  • These biblical principles have transformed countless lives
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  • And they can transform yours as well.
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  • Request your copy
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  • Of "choose your attitudes, change your life"
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  • To support "pathway to victory."
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  • Our attitude determines our destiny.
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  • Attitudes profoundly impact our life, our death,
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  • And our eternal destiny.
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  • Thank you for your generous support
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  • Of "pathway to victory."
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  • Your partnership helps us bring
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  • Practical life-changing biblical truth
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  • Into homes across the nation and around the world.
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  • One of the reasons that god hates pride
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  • More than any other sin
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  • Is because he knows the damage it causes in our lives.
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  • And i hope this message today reinforces your desire
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  • To choose humility over pride.
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  • Some of the most successful people i know are humble.
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  • Their modesty always surprises me a little bit
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  • Because, well, you'd think they'd want to swagger a little.
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  • After all, success comes with bragging rights,
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  • Don't you think?
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  • Well, far from it.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series: choose your attitudes, change your life.
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  • You know, we tend to go to one of two extremes
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  • When we try to evaluate ourselves.
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  • One extreme is, "i'm so wonderful.
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  • How could god in the world ever get along without me?"
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  • The other extreme is, "i'm nothing but a worm.
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  • I can't do anything,
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  • Neither is a right proper assessment."
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  • Set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For part two of the message:
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  • Choosing humility over pride
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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