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  (SERMON CLIP) GOD IS THE ENEMY OF THE PROUD
  by Zac Poonen
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Summary: This sermon delves into the destructive nature of pride,
emphasizing how it hinders believers from growing spiritually despite
hearing powerful messages. The speaker highlights that pride lurks in
the hearts of many, hindering their progress and causing disobedience to
God's commandments. The message stresses that God opposes the proud,
regardless of their status or usefulness, drawing a parallel to the
unyielding nature of gravity. It challenges believers to humbly submit
to God's word without picking and choosing which commandments to follow
based on personal preferences.

Topics: "Pride", "Humility in Obedience"
Scripture References: Proverbs 16:18, James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5, Philippians 2:3, Proverbs 11:2

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This sermon delves into the destructive nature of pride, emphasizing how
it hinders believers from growing spiritually despite hearing powerful
messages. The speaker highlights that pride lurks in the hearts of many,
hindering their progress and causing disobedience to God's commandments.
The message stresses that God opposes the proud, regardless of their
status or usefulness, drawing a parallel to the unyielding nature of
gravity. It challenges believers to humbly submit to God's word without
picking and choosing which commandments to follow based on personal
preferences.

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CONTENT
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Pride is so close to us and I'm absolutely convinced that the reason why
many believers, even in CFC, have not grown as much as they should have
by now, after all the wonderful messages they've heard, brothers and
sisters, there's only one reason. Deep down in their heart, they are
proud of something. I don't know what it is.

You know. Many years ago, I understood one thing, that God is the enemy
of the proud and there's no partiality with God. It's like the law of
gravity.

If you jump off the roof, the law of gravity doesn't first check up
whether you're a believer or whether you speak in tongues. It just pulls
you down. God resists the proud.

It doesn't matter who you are. You can be the most useful person on
earth. God will resist you.

Pride is what makes us disobey God's commandments. Pride is what makes
us look at some verses in the Bible and say, oh, that's not one of the
major commandments. Boy, you must be a very important person to dissect
God's word and decide which are things that you should take seriously
and which are things you don't have to take seriously.

Do you see the pride there? Almighty God has given his word and you
decide what is important and what is not important? I see the smallest
little commandment, which may be written in half a verse. I want to obey
it.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/GJNOnM04xgc.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/zac-poonen/sermon-clip-god-is-the-enemy-of-the-proud/
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