Here are a few thoughts concerning pride I found in an article by Fabienne Harford
1) While pride causes us to filter out the evil in our own hearts, it also causes us to filter out God’s goodness in others.
2) Those with pride in their hearts speak of others’ sins with contempt, irritation, frustration, or judgment.
3) With pride in our hearts, we’re far more concerned with others’ perceptions of us than the reality of our hearts.
4) True humility is not knocked off balance and thrown into a defensive posture by challenge or rebuke.
5) Pride is hungry for attention, respect, and worship in all its form.
6) Pride prefers some people over others.
7) Pride is the sin most likely to keep you from crying out for a Savior.
Is there any thoughts on these or something else we should consider about pride ?
- Jonathan EdwardsThe spiritually proud person shows it in his finding fault with other saints. . . . The eminently humble Christian has so much to do at home and sees so much evil in his own that he is not apt to be very busy with other hearts.