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May 27, 1984
Humanity’s purpose is to glorify God—but our pride often gets in the way. We want to claim glory for ourselves, and we trust our own power and resources to get it. This temptation is not new, Alistair Begg explains. Indeed, it can be traced back to Eve’s desire to eat the fruit in Eden. So how are we to withstand pride’s snare? Alistair encourages us to remember Jesus, who set aside His position, His power, and Himself to do for us what we could not do for ourselves.
9He also told this parable to some cwho trusted din themselves that they were righteous, eand treated others with contempt: 10“Two men fwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee, gstanding by himself, prayed1 hthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12iI fast twice a week; jI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13But the tax collector, gstanding far off, kwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but lbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, mbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For neveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
18mPride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
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