Virtues and Vices, Part 7: Humility vs. Pride

// March 15th, 2010 // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

By David Watson

Benchley, March 7, 2010

Applications, continued:
- Address the causes of pride.
  - Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4) – accomplishments
  - Heritage/ancestry
  - Saul (I Samuel 9:19-10:24; 15:17-19) – power
  - Personality
- Use strategies to achieve humility.
  - Admit our own pride and be honest with ourselves. I John 1:8-9
  - Remember and search out our own faults.
  - Remember that we are merely human.
  - Matthew 6:1-4 – Hide your good deeds.
  - Philippians 2:3-4 – Focus on others.
  - Luke 15:15-19 – Let circumstances humble us. II Corinthians 10:17-18
Covetousness: good vs. bad
- Epithumeo: Luke 15:16; 16:20-21; 22:15
- Applications
  - Covet God’s Word. – Matthew 13:17; Hebrews 11:13; I Peter 1:10-12; I Peter 2:2

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