Pride Goes Before a Fall. Part [4] 04/07/2026 (Morning thought)

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

With the indulgence of pride, Lucifer couldn’t reason out things logically in a number of instances, because pride can cause one to think and act in a manner that is irrational, for the simple fact that pride interferes with deep rational thought. Even though some may not know it, pride inevitably leads to presumption, meaning that you would end up taking risks that are not well thought out. This is what happened when there was war in heaven.

If Lucifer had studied the situation thoroughly, with a humble spirit, he would have seen and known that it was a futile venture to enter into war against God. But pride, and the craving for worship and adoration has the effect of warping a person’s thought process and if the situation is not promptly corrected, it will send a person completely off their rockers, and put them in untenable situations, they would try in vain to extricate themselves from.

Being humble involves much more than manifesting an outward appearance of piety, for there are folks who may dress pretty humbly, and yet their hearts are swelling with pride. God is not deceived, nor is He impressed with mere outward manifestations of humility. Many scribes, and pharisees of Christ’s day went to great lengths to exude a persona of humility, but when it came time to accept God’s revealed will, or to confess that they were wrong many of them were a no show.

Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Pride Goes Before a Fall. Part [3] 04/07/2026 (Evening thought)

John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Whatever good we may do, we should always recognize that all we accomplish, and all that we become as far as our standing among men goes, is the result of God who enables and empowers us to do these things. God desires His people to be the head, and not the tail, but to often, when He raises us to great heights, we become dizzy, and we often forget The Lord who brought us from nothing to something, and persons often begin to take the glory of their achievements to themselves.

Then there is the very worst kind of pride, where a person craves the admiration and praise that belong to God alone. Whenever any person gets fired up by the praise of others, wherever commendations, and applause of fellow mortals, fuel what they say or do, it’ll just be a matter of time, before they are praised into doing something really stupid. Worship belongs to God alone, and if any mortal has indulged in the craving for praise, a very serious fall will be coming due.

This is exactly what took place in heaven when Lucifer indulged pride, and by doing so, he became satan.  As he indulged the craving for praise and worship from fellow angels, he forgot that he was a created being and the more he indulged the craving, his own mind became very adversely affected and he began to say and do things that he never would have done if he remained humble. In other words, the indulgence of pride began to adversely affect lucifer’s thought processes.

Ezekiel 28: 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!