“I am so proud of you,” I exclaimed, as I returned the hug. My two-year-old grandson jumped into my lap and hugged me. It is the way secured for us by Jesus’ humble sacrifice, giving His life to pay the penalty for and break the power of our sinful pride (Philippians 2:1-11). It is the only way to be restored to our rightful place in the created order, and to recover our sense of “good pride” in what God designed us to be. Humility is the path to the honor and greatness humanity was created to embody.
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Since that moment, God continues resisting those who proudly defy Him, but He freely gives “grace to the humble” (Isaiah 57:15 Micah 6:8 1 Peter 3:8 5:5-7, 12b James 4:7-10). However, God opened a merciful door when He gave Adam and Eve the hope of salvation and restoration. There were consequences, which would unfold over time. In response to Adam and Eve’s arrogant rebellion, God doled out the necessary judgment.
They rejected God’s leadership and set themselves up as gods, thus twisting and distorting their self-worth (Proverbs 28:26 11:28).They chose to derive worth from within, rather than from God.They sought more freedom and authority than God had given them.They did not wait on the Lord or ask for wisdom they began to devise their own truth and their own wisdom.Adam and Eve listened to and believed the deceptive lies of the Serpent.Quite literally, pride came before the fall (Proverbs 16:18)! Rather than embrace their exalted position, submitted under God (Psalm 8:1-8), they embraced selfishness and turned away from God. Adam and Eve were being trained to function as caretakers of creation, the privileged sons and daughters of God’s eternal kingdom. Genesis 3 tells the story of how we human beings fell into destructive pride. Like a rotten apple, they tend to spoil that which touches them. Here’s an irony: We’ve all been around prideful people … and are we proud of them? Certainly not! They are spoiled, arrogant, and self-exalting. Everything becomes about “me.” My ambition. When pride becomes self-focused, self-promoting, self-indulging, it becomes the root of our sinful rebellion.Īs it did with Lucifer, selfish pride leads us to try to take God’s rightful position, so that we end up determining our own truth and glorifying our own decisions. When we fall for his deceptions, we end up with self-pride, neglecting to consider the source of our “glory.” We get the idea in our heads that we are great, or worthy, or sufficient, or admirable … apart from God. The problem is that Satan has twisted our sense of worth. From this righteous source, we derive our sense of identity and our belief that human life is particularly valuable. The correct “worth” we feel about ourselves is rooted in a proper view of God, and a proper view of our place in creation. Galatians 6:1-4 speaks of a proper pride-that which comes from a serving heart, a Spirit-filled life, a humble walk, and a commitment to carrying one’s own load. Our worth is found in God, which is why Paul spoke on multiple occasions of his “boasting” in Christ. And we know that as redeemed saints, we are children of God, heirs to His glory forever. Webster describes pride as “a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.” There is a reason we have this consciousness-God made us in His own image (Genesis 1:26-27)! Psalm 8 declares that God placed His glory in man. God Himself even said He was pleased with (proud of) Jesus Christ on two occasions-at Jesus’ baptism and at His transfiguration (Matthew 3:17 17:5). In many of his epistles, Paul commends churches and individuals, seeming to gloat on the positive choices they made or their ability to stand firm under persecution. In the Bible we see some “positive pride” being expressed, although that specific word isn’t used. Other expressions of it are obviously rebellious. Some of this kind of pride seems appropriate, even righteous. Human culture, of course, encourages pride of all sorts-pride in your work, pride in your nation, pride in your school, pride in your lifestyle choices. I can still hear my mother saying, “We are so proud of you, Son!” (Just recently she said those very words to my brother Mike and me as we celebrated her 90th birthday.)
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I grew up in a home full of positive affirmation.
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