This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.
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Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.
Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.
The first and most fundamental issue of sin is pride.
I look upon pride as a sin.
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity - enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen.
Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.
Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. It's just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
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