Pride is a Terrible Sin

 

Pride is a Terrible Sin

This might be a good time of year to remind people that pride is a terrible sin. A terrible, terrible sin, that God looks upon and seeks to humble or punish. 

Look at these passages:

Proverbs 8:13, “The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.”

Proverbs 11:2, “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.”

Proverbs 16:18, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Proverbs 21:24, “Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.”

Proverbs 29:23, “One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.”

This is just from one book of the Bible, there is much more in the scriptures about pride.

Wearing your pride or your sin like a badge is basically temping God to smite you. It is a terribly dangerous sin. Of course, God is patient, merciful and just, and he wants to give everyone as much time to repent as possible. The Apostle Peter tells us this,

“8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed” (2 Peter 3:8-10).

God is patient towards sinners, and praise God he is. But those who wear pride like a badge provoke the anger of our patient and merciful Lord. Turn from your sin and trust in Jesus. He is merciful and gracious to sinner, no matter the sin. But he will not forgive unrepentent pride.