1. What is the greatest danger facing God’s People today?

2. PRIDE
Deuteronomy 8:11-20

3. What Is Pride? “haughty, vainglory, high look…”
“puffed up, to inflate, blow up, blow out, to cause to swell up Figuratively, To make proud.”
Full of hot air – Proverbs 25:14
Pride is an unrealistic view of ones abilities
Scriptures warn: Galatians 6:3; Romans 12:3

4. Pride comes from Abundance, Achievements & Blessings
Watch for pride – 2 Corinthians 8:1,2
Careful who you put into positions of responsibility – 1 Timothy 3:6
Paul needed help to avoid pride – 2 Corinthians 12:7

5. The Horrors of Pride Pride is a sin
What does God think of pride? Proverbs 21:4; 6:16-19; 16:5; 8:13
It is a sin that comes from an evil heart that defiles a man – Mark 7:21-23
When God makes such statements about a sin we better flee from it!

6. Pride Causes Other Sins
1 John 2:16,17
Involved in the first sin – Genesis 3:5
Pride made Satan, Satan – 1 Timothy 3:6
Pride will prevent conversion – Matthew 18:1-4
Pompous pride kept Felix from obeying the gospel – Acts 24:25
Pride one of the sins characterize “perilous times” – 2 Timothy 3:1-5

7. Still Hope If One Repents
Pride causes blindness – Romans 1:20-22
Man who is proud will be afraid to face self
Sometimes we use other words for pride, such as stubbornness.
Identifying Pride in our lives:
Pride is essentially competitive – 3John 9,10
Pride looks down on others- Luke 18:9