In Proverbs 16:18 it says “Pride goes before destruction”. In our text, Jesus warned the crowd to not be proud. The Pharisees and Elders had a “me-first” attitude and wanted to be at the head of the line. They wanted to get all the praise. The Pharisees and Elders were proud men that expected to be honored and had this “me-first” thinking.
Scripture says that God opposes the proud. Scripture says God will punish people who don’t listen to Him and He will break down their pride. Pride makes no room for God and pride makes people forget all that God has done for them. Scripture says being a friend of the world makes you an enemy of God. Pride causes people to seek friendship of this world and they want praise, applause from the crowd.
To Avoid Pride:
1) Don’t Do Things to Get Noticed and to Get Attention. Don’t do things to get marveled at by the people. Jesus said our giving should be done in secret and our prayers should be done in secret in a closet. We should not do these things so all can see us. Jesus also said when you fast, don’t do it for show but do it in secret because it is God we want to please and not the world. Proud people cannot do this because they want to be noticed, want to be first, want to tell everybody all the stuff that that they did. This is because they want the applause and attention.
We should let God see our humbleness and let God put us first and not ourselves. Being humble before God will get us blessed. The proud man who trusts in himself is a fool as the Bible says. The proud and selfish say that God helps those who help themselves. This is not a biblical scripture but is a saying that the proud use to justify their evil. God does help those who try to please Him and they will get help from God.
2) Don’t Desire Lofty Titles and Names for Yourself. Jesus said to not desire lofty titles and names that elevate yourself. This puts us above other people and Jesus said we should be servants of God. Therefore we should not hold people in awe, with their lofty titles that supposedly give them authority. The only authority we have is in Jesus Christ. The need for a title shows a person’s inner pride. Titles are important to people because it makes them feel important.
A true Christian is a servant of God and Jesus with a humble heart. They are humble with no pride about what they do for God. They are not looking for the applause of the world. They are humbling themselves in the sight of the Lord and the Lord will lift them up. It is God who sustains us.
11/14/2020 Seventh Day BAPTIST Edgewater FL Pastor Keith “Forsake Pride”
Posted : 15 Nov, 2020 02:29 AM
Yes truth is easy, seen in all Jesus accomplished, making Himself lowly for us, hated by the ones who love themselves, as Gods way is to suffer all the selfish can put onto you.
To have nowhere to lay His head, to go about doing good, removing the evil one from everywhere.
To share the secrets of Heaven, to be the last the least, the lowest, and God sees all in secret, which pride hates, as it has no purpose any more.
But what the evil loves is to do wickedness in secret, not the goodness of Gods secret, openly declaring their sin as sodom, but being a backbiter is the preferred way as God has told us all things, truth.
The purpose of sitting lowest, is to see the Lord in His Highest place from there, sitting at His footstool...
Psalm 99:5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalm 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
The first man is of the earth earthly, the second man is the Lord from Heaven, we wait for the Lord, the confident prefer to race and be first..
1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Proverbs 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 27:12 A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished
Luke 9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
11/14/2020 Seventh Day BAPTIST Edgewater FL Pastor Keith “Forsake Pride”
Posted : 21 Nov, 2020 09:51 AM
Flat Teddy of the Flat Earth Comedy Series, not only believes the earth is a flat disc but also believes Adam’s cut chop and paste verses of scriptures, that have been removed from their original contexts, are STILL in context!!!!
What kinda flat disc cognition is that???!!
Let that sink in for a moment: Verses removed from their original context—-according to Flat Teddy—-are STILL IN CONTEXT!!!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm HMMMMMMMM
OOOOH!!! Waaaaaait a just minute!!!
All a sudden I understand what “context” means to Flat Teddy. Flat Teddy is talkin’ about a different kinda context!!
Flat Teddy and his false teacher Awesome Adam, think “context” means whatever Adam decides it is.
There ya go!!!
For example, when Adam cuts chops and bundle pastes verses of scripture, he is creating his OWN CONTEXT!!!
He does that first by surgically removing verses from their original biblical contexts so he can custom paste them together into on single unit thus creating his OWN make-believe context/s
There ya go—now we have a “context”—-a false one—but nevertheless, a “context”!!
Thusly, Awesome Adam magically makes scripture say whatever Awesome Adam wants it say. Thaaaaaat’s why Awesome Adam is——“Awesome” Adam!!!!
Now if only Awesome Adam could magically transform the spherical earth into a flat disc !!! A gift for all occasions, for his best trained disciple, Flat Teddy
11/14/2020 Seventh Day BAPTIST Edgewater FL Pastor Keith “Forsake Pride”
Posted : 21 Nov, 2020 10:27 PM
Well there you go friends, David7745 ONCE AGAIN is doing just what he makes a big deal about, that everybody else is supposedly posting nothing but copy and paste! David has this motto that - don't do what I do but do what I say! He has different rules for himself because he is special, as in special ed in school! LOL!
Then to make matters worse, is that he claims others are taking Scripture out of context just because he does not agree with the Scripture posted that is about the subject and topic being discussed. In fact he has NO ANSWER for it, so of course he does his typical self and creates a distraction mind you! Its quite the childish thing with Junior David! David prides himself on claiming to always expose false teachers such as his dad Richard7744 but here he has NO evidence to present to the table of Adam7777 doing so BEEEEECAAAAAAUS there is NO context problem with Adam! David just hates the message of Righteousness by FAITH and therefore the power from above given to born again saints to keep them from sinning each and everyday! So what does he do but his childish distraction and change of subject, so that he does not have to debate it properly as a REAL Christian would respectfully!
I guess we might call it his globe head 'cognition' of traditionalism he still believes in also because of his religion of a ball shaped secular earth the Bible never even hints at, let alone describes as such! The Bible says in Rev 7:1 the earth has 4 corners but then David does not believe in an inspired Bible, just like his son Quiz!?
But there is more friends because David was owned in his last class reunion by a class mate that is WAY more smarter in common sense than David wants to exercise right now!
His class mate asked David some questions like – 'There is supposed 'gravity' (grabbity is only a theory mind you!) and all things cling to the earth and even on the sides and bottom that causes people to hang upside down in Australia but they don't know it, right? David responded, 'why yes, and thusly our Creator was so thoughtful to let the blood run to their heads always in Australia, the 'land down under” he said...
But then his knowledgeable class mate that is educated in WAY MORE common sense and reasoning skills that David currently does not have, said to him - 'if you was to drill a hole thru the middle of the so called ball shaped earth you claim to live on and then jumped through that hole, would you come out the other side feet first?'
David was speechless!!! David had that look on his face like his monkey face avatar picture he use to have posted on this forum, you know with the dumb gaping wide hole in its mouth on David's t shirt!
David had no answer, just like David has no answer to why Adam7777 is supposedly taking Scripture out of context and changing the verses in question and there meaning! Once again David is OWNED!
David just hates the message of Righteousness by FAITH and therefore the power from above given to born again saints to keep them from sinning each and everyday! 
So what does he do but his childish distraction and change of subject, so that he does not have to debate it properly as a REAL Christian would respectfully! 
The Bible says in Rev 7:1 the earth has 4 corners but then David does not believe in an inspired Bible, just like his son Quiz!? 
David responded, 'why yes, and thusly our Creator was so thoughtful to let the blood run to their heads always in Australia, the 'land down under” he said... 
David had that look on his face like his monkey face avatar picture he use to have posted on this forum, you know with the dumb gaping wide hole in its mouth on David's t shirt! 
Once again David is OWNED! 