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SERMONS : Damning Sin Of Pride ~ Pastor William Kumuyi | DCLM Daily Manna 20 /4 / 2015




Topic: Damning Sin Of Pride [Monday April 20, 2015]
Text: Isaiah 3:13-26

Key verse: “Moreover the LORD saith, Because the
daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched
forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go… the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of
the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will
discover their secret parts” ( Isaiah 3:16,17 ).
A lawyer sued a big company for a breach of contract.
In the court, he demanded a very large sum of
settlement money that outraged the judge who wanted
to know why the lawyer asked for so much.
He responded: “I’m doing this for one reason.” With
pride and utter contempt for his colleagues, the lawyer
declared: “I am, you understand, the best attorney in
the world.”

At the end of the case, a friend confronted the lawyer.
“Why did you brag about yourself the way you did?”
With more vainglory the lawyer said: “There was
nothing else I could do. After all, I was speaking under
oath. I had to tell the truth.” Obviously, this man was
not aware of God’s word in Romans 12:3 that a man
should not think of himself more highly than he ought
to think but to think soberly. It was the same problem
the daughters of Zion had during the ministry of Isaiah
the prophet. “…

The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes and mincing as
they go, and making a tinkling with their feet” ( Isaiah
3:16 ). What judgment was waiting for them?
“Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of
the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will
discover their secrets” (Isaiah 3:17 ).
Pride is addictive attention to self and an exaggeration
of a person’s self-worth. Pride leads to spiritual decline
that manifests in immorality, oppression of the poor,
materialism and worldliness (Isaiah 3:16-26 ) which
attract divine judgment.

Unless the proud repents and turns to Christ for
salvation who alone gives grace for humility, modesty
and heaven-mindedness, he will remain rejected by
God. No proud person is believer as God resists
(rejects) the proud, while He gives grace to the humble

Bible in One Year: Psalm 107-109
Thought for The Day: Pride goeth before destruction.
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William
Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General
Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church
situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, Nigeria.

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