Sermon Illustrations about Self-Exaltation
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Perilous Boasting
Trouble always comes whenever we begin to take credit for any of the gifts of the Spirit, be they gifts of prayer, tongues, prophecy, art, science.
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The Poisonous Self
We have within us a self that has its poison from Satan--from hell--and yet we cherish and nourish it. What do we not do to please self and nourish self--and ...
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No Way to Live
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.
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A Stolen Throne
Sin has many manifestations but its essence is one. A moral being, created to worship before the throne of God, sits on the throne of his own selfhood ...
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Today's Testimonies
So much so-called "testimony" today is really autobiography and even sometimes thinly disguised self-advertisement, that we need to regain a ...
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A Common Misstep
It is a small step from looking down on others to looking up to oneself.
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You're Not God
During Sunday school, our pastor, who was teaching the adult class, selected a middle-aged couple to act out the burning bush scene from the Old Testament. ...
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The Wrong God
The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. ...
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God and the "Me" Generation
[Rabbi Harold] Kushner's book [When Bad Things Happen to Good People] was a best seller not only because it is so well written, but also because it ...
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Self-Love First?
The reigning cliche of the day is that in order to love others one must first learn to love oneself. This formulation--love thyself, then thy neighbor--is ...
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