Pride Goes Before a Fall. Part [18] 04/14/2026 (Morning thought)

Psalms 147:1 Praise you the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

[Conflict & Courage pp 212] The custom of offering praise to men is one that results in great evil. One praises another, and thus men are led to feel that glory and honor belong to them. When you exalt man, you lay a snare for his soul, and do just as Satan would have you.... God alone is worthy to be glorified…. As was stated before, the Lord is getting ready to do great things through His people, and for His people.

Some who will be alive during earth’s final crisis will be endowed with gifts of healing, and others will be given major victories, with close encounters with God, like the Mt. Carmel kind. It becomes all the more important that we cultivate a humble and teachable spirit, trusting entirely in God, and waiting at His gates to be directed in all of our decisions. This is a call to prayer and deep soul searching, to see if there are any vestiges of pride in us, and if so, God call on us to confess and repent.

[Christ’s Object Lessons pp 162] It was when Moses was hidden in the cleft of the rock that he beheld the glory of God. It is when we hide in the riven Rock that Christ will cover us with His own pierced hand, and we shall hear what the Lord saith unto His servants….. We therefore end with two passages of Scripture that will help us to keep Christ ever before our faces and God will forgive and forget, if we be willing to renounce pride in all of its various forms.

Micah 6: 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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

Pride Goes Before a Fall. Part [17] 04/14/2026 (Evening thought)

Job 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

[Christ’s Object Lessons pp 161>162] Fear lest self shall interpose between your soul and the great Master Worker. Fear lest self-will shall mar the high purpose that through you God desires to accomplish. Fear to trust to your own strength, fear to withdraw your hand from the hand of Christ and attempt to walk life’s pathway without His abiding presence. We need to shun everything that would encourage pride and self-sufficiency; therefore, we should beware of giving or receiving flattery or praise.

It is Satan’s work to flatter. He deals in flattery as well as in accusing and condemnation. Thus he seeks to work the ruin of the soul. Those who give praise to men are used by Satan as his agents. Let the workers for Christ direct every word of praise away from themselves. Let self be put out of sight. Christ alone is to be exalted. “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood,” let every eye be directed, and praise from every heart ascend.

The heart that has not fallen on the Rock is proud of its wholeness. Men want a dignified religion. They desire to walk in a path wide enough to take in their own attributes. Their self-love, their love of popularity and love of praise, exclude the Saviour from their hearts, and without Him there is gloom and sadness. But Christ dwelling in the soul is a wellspring of joy. For all who receive Him, the very keynote of the word of God is rejoicing.

Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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