Pride is a killer. In Luke chapter 11, Jesus challenges the Pharisees about the pride that is in their hearts. “Woe to you Pharisees because you love the important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. “ Later in this chapter, Jesus says it is this very pride that caused their forefathers to literally kill the former prophets that brought them truth.
As I studied this morning I was faced with the truth that when pride is exposed in our lives something must die.
We will either repent and kill the pride in our hearts, or we kill the one that exposes our pride. We will either humble ourselves or belittle, slander, and excuse the one that shows us our faults. This is why they killed Jesus, He exposed their pride and something had to die.
The truth is that there is a “little Pharisee” in each of us. A sickness in our heart that left unchecked will continue to grow. The choice is ours, we will either allow Jesus to remove this from our hearts and kill our pride or we will kill the very ones who show us our sin. Either way something must die.
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