JESUS TAUGHT US TO BE HUMBLE

PRIDE BUSTERS 

JESUS IS HUMBLE

"Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded himself.

After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. Then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, 'Lord, are You washing my feet?"
John 13:2-6 NKJV

It was a custom that the servant would wash the feet of the master and guests when they enter a house. 

Jesus humbled himself as a servant, taking His own towel to wash all the disciple's feet.

Jesus answered and said to him, 'What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this."

Peter said to Him, 'You shall never wash my feet!'

Jesus answered him, 'If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.'

Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!'

Jesus said to him, 'He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.' For he knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, 'You are not all clean.'

So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, 'Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." 

John 7:14 NKJV

"For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, happy are you if you do them." 

John 15:15 NKJV

WHICH ARE YOU?

Someone who loves to serve others?

Or someone who enjoys to be served?

SATAN & THE GARDEN OF EDEN

PRIDE BUSTERS

 

"Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. The LORD God commanded the man, saying,

Listen Adam and Eve, there is a garden full of delicious fruit trees to eat from.  But you're going to die if you eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

"From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die." 

Genesis 2:15-17 NASB

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman,
"Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?"

The woman said to the serpent,
"from the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'"

The serpent said to the woman, "You surely shall not die!  For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings."
Genesis 3:1-7 NASB

Lucifer fell because of the sin of pride, wanting to be like God.  This is how he enticed Eve, by promising everlasting life and evil knowledge; if you disobey God, eating the forbidden fruit.

"They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden." Genesis 3:8 NASB

It is sinful nature trying to cover up your sin; and hide from God.

"Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:9 NASB

God is omnipresent and omniscient; present everwhere and knowing everything.  So, why did Adam and Eve think they can hide from God?

He said, (Adam) 'I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself."
And He said, 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" 

Genesis 3:11 NASB  

You better tell the truth!

"The man said, 'The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." Genesis 3:12 NASB

Instead of admitting his sin to God, Adam blames Eve.  And Eve blamed the Serpent.

Pride blames others; and refuses to examines their own sins. The serpent deceived Eve into believing, she could be like God. 

Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 

Genesis 3:13 NASB

God's Judgment on the serpent, Satan

"The LORD God said to the serpent,
'Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life; and I will put enmity between you the the woman, and between your seed and her seed;
(JESUS) He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel."
Genesis 3:14-15 NASB

God's Judgment on Eve her offspring

To the woman He said, 'I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall bring forth children; yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." 

Genesis 3:16 NASB

God's Judgment on Adam and his offspring

Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life, both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Genesis 3:17-19 NASB

Sin and death entered the world because of Adam & Eve's disobedience. It is because of Satan's lie of pride that they were enticed to eat the forbidden fruit. 

"So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life." Genesis 3:24 NASB

If Satan told you that you can become like God, would you believe his lie?  
Adam and Eve were the first humans to commit sinful Pride and disobedience.  

All mankind has been paying for Adam's sin, ever since the fall in the garden.

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life...

JESUS & HUMILITY

PRIDE BUSTERS 

DO YOU WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS?

"Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy be being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind,

Pride is doing things by conceit and selfish ambition.

While the 'mind of Christ' is having the same love, being in one accord, and being lowly in mind by esteeming others better than yourself. 

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowiness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 

Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others." Philippians 2:1-4 NKJV

"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God," Philippians 2:5-6 NKJV

Jesus is God the son.

"Who being in the form, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a SERVANT and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He HUMBLED Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross "made Himself of no reputation..."  Philippians 2:7-8 NKJV

Jesus emptied himself, becoming a servant, and humbling himself to the point of death on the cross.  "If you HUMBLE yourself, you shall be exalted."

"Therefore God also has HIGHLY EXALTED Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is LORD, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and with Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it."
John 1:1-5 NKJV

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
John 1:14 NKJV

God emptied, humbling himself, becoming a mere man (Jesus), being a servant to the point of death on the cross.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NKJV

Are you a disciple of Jesus?  

Are you humble?  Are you a servant?

LUCIFER & PRIDE

PRIDE BUSTERS 

LUCIFER IS LATIN FOR MORNING STAR

LUCIFER IS FULL OF PRIDE

"How you have fallen from heaven,
O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
But you said in your heart,
'I will ascend to the heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.'
Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ponder over you, saying,
'Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
Who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew the cities,
Who did not allow his prisoners to go home."
Isaiah 14:12-17 NAS 

 

LUCIFER HAD "I" DISEASE 

1. I WILL ASCEND TO THE HEAVENS
2. I WILL RAISE MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD
3. I WILL SIT ON THE MOUNT OF THE ASSEMBLY...
4. I WILL ASCEND TO THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS
5. I WILL MAKE MYSELF LIKE THE MOST HIGH 

According to GOD's Word: "If you EXALT yourself, you will be ABASED.  LUCIFER is full of PRIDE.
LUCIFER, the morning star will be cast into the PIT, because he exalted himself as god.

          ARE YOU FULL OF PRIDE TOO?