Emptiness of Pride

Steve McKenzie June 13, 2021

June 13, 2021

Jeremiah 9:23-24; 1 Cor. 1:30-31

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

First created in the mid-4th century by Evagrius of Pontus while pastoring and teaching for 17 years in a monastic community.
These categories came to western christianity in the 5th century.
Throughout the centuries, these categories of sin served “as a rubric for self-examination and an aid for confession, earnest Christians could trace the species (kind) of sin to their source and excise it through repentance and application of the gospel.” Marshall Segal
The Catholic Church unhelpfully added degrees to the categories thus adding the adjective of “deadly” to the list of sins.

IDENTIFYING PRIDE

SIDE #1 – Building Ourselves Up
- Self-Exaltation
- Self-Promotion
- Self-Justification
SIDE #2 – Tearing Ourselves Down
- Self-Degradation
- Self-Demotion
- Self-Condemnation

IDENTITY IN CHRIST

STEADFAST LOVE (Hessed,חֶסֶד) – the loyal, sacrificial, strong, and gentle love of God.
JUSTICE (Mishpat,מִשְׁפָּט) – the restorative justice of God that seeks out people who are vulnerable and being taken advantage of and helping them.
RIGHTEOUSNESS (Tzedakah,צְדָקָה) –

ABIDING WITH HUMILITY

Humility is not thinking less about yourself. Humility is thinking about yourself less.
“The joy of self-forgetfulness come when a superior satisfaction overpowers our self-preoccupation.” Marshall Segal