Out of Your Cave

Healing from Pride

Judges 15:6-17

• You need to see pride for what it is: Judges 15:6-17
  1. Self-deception.
  2. The shadow of oncoming destruction.
  3. The taproot of a tree that will never bear good fruit.
  4. A toxic disease you don’t’ know you have, but is obvious to everyone else.

• You need to see what pride does to you: Judges 15
  1. Makes you vengeful. (15:7)
  2. Isolates (15:8)
  3. Hurts those closest to you. (15:11b)
  4. Makes you lie to yourself. (15:16)

• You need to know what God thinks about pride:
  1. He detests (Proverbs 16:5)
  2. He opposes those who are prideful. (James 4:6)

• You can heal from the sin of pride:
  1. Repent. (Acts 2:37-41)
  2. Pursue humility. (James 4:6-8)

Final thought: Address your pride and follow God’s purpose for you so that He will work through you rather than in spite of you.