There are many people who claim to be believers who deliberately keep their lives secret, defend those who resist sound teaching and those who walk in pride.
Those who speak the truth boldly for the sake of the gospel and Spiritual growth, for cleansing and purification, are dismissed, rejected and maligned for their stand for Christ. Pettiness in these gatherings is rampant to keep all truth tellers in a one down position.
Many who claim to be believers are full of pride working to silence the truth that they may be allowed to indulge in their sinfulness.
My prayer is that the pride that dominates so many gatherings and groups, will be destroyed, through circumstances. The best thing that can happen to the arrogant man is to be stripped of all that self confidence, while seeing their own need for repentance and humility.
Isaiah 2:12 "For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased."
Isaiah 23:9 "The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty. To despise all the honored of the earth."
James 4:6 "6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:10 "10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you."
Jeremiah 9:23 "23 Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;"
Philippians 2:3 "3 Do nothing [a]from [b]selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; "
Proverbs 8:13 "“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate."
Proverbs 11:2 "When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom."
Proverbs 13:10 "Through insolence [a]comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel."
Proverbs 16:5 "Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished."
Proverbs 16:18-19 "Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud."
Proverbs 18:12 "Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility goes before honor."
Proverbs 21:4 "Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin."
Proverbs 21:24 "“Proud,” “Haughty,” “Scoffer,” are his names, Who acts with insolent pride."
Proverbs 25:27 "It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory."
Proverbs 26:12 "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him."
Proverbs 29:23 "A man’s pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor."
Psalm 10:4 "The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Psalm 138:6 "For though the Lord is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar."
Romans 12:3 "3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith."
Romans 12:16 "16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but [a]associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation."
1 Corinthians 13:4 "4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,"
Daniel 5:20 "20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so [a]proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him."
Galatians 6:1-3 "1 Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself."
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