Orgulho
O orgulho é um dos pecados mais condenados na Bíblia. Deus resiste aos soberbos, mas dá graça aos humildes. A humildade é o caminho da honra verdadeira.
Deus resiste ao soberbo
A soberba precede a ruína e o orgulho antecede a queda. Deus abomina o coração altivo e promete humilhar quem se exalta.
Humildade como caminho
Humilhai-vos diante do Senhor e Ele vos exaltará. A grandeza no Reino vem pelo serviço humilde, não pela autopromoção.
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
10 Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
9 Let the lowly brother rejoice in his exaltation,10 but the rich [man ]in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
5 Likewise, younger [people], subject yourselves to [the] elders. And all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, because "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,7 casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares about you.
11 For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
3 doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.4 Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for the concerns of others.5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Os perigos do orgulho
O orgulho cega, gera contendas e afasta de Deus. A Escritura adverte contra a soberba da vida e a vã glória mundana.
16 Because everything that is in the world-the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world.
12 So then, let him who thinks he stands take heed, lest he should fall!
3 And though I give away all my possessions to feed [the poor], and though I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
28 And the lowly things of the world, and the despised things God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,29 so that no man may boast before God.
17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the LORD."18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but he[ ]whom the Lord commends.
20 And He said, "That which comes out of a man, that defiles a man.21 For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man."
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to put their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who provides all things richly for us to enjoy,
O olhar de Deus
O Senhor não olha como o homem. Ele vê o coração e se agrada dos quebrantados de espírito e dos que tremem diante da sua Palavra.
16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but [rather ]associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness, self-control-against such things there is no law.