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Continuing what our general preahcing thought today - "Who do we think we are, anyway?" - let's look at what the Book says about being puffed up with pride, etc  Are Bible Believing Christians beginning to live on their own self-designed and redefined religion as they slowy creep away from the final authority they used to claim in their KJB?.

Pride:  Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others' insolence; rude treatment of others; loftiness; ostentation.

Puffed up:  to be proud to be swelled up with conceit

Dealing with the difficult days and lives so many Christians have in their testimony these days:

• Are we our own architect of our own misery?
• Going to accept your lot in life - Proverbs 16:33"The lot is cast into the lap;..."- or are you going to allow God to get you out of it - "... but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD"?

• Not willing to allow God to work in your life? (review from SS lesson)
  Ephesians 4:12,13 - For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
  Colossians 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  I Thessalonians 3:10 - Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
  II Timothy 3:17- That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
  Colossians 3:14 - And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
  Philippians 3:12 -Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
  Galatians 3:3 - Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
• Look at yourself in a higher plane than you ought to?

True, we are a great work of God since we trusted Christ!
But we have not arrived yet - we have not landed yet!  We have plenty of building left to do!

PS - if you don't think you are very prideful, then you are probably more prideful than you want to realize.  We have been TAUGHT to be prideful - USA - Homeschooled - church - KJB, etc.

This looking at ourselves more than we should...

So you have a sincere faith - and do you 'avoid the stain of unconfessed sin"
Do you believe that now that you are pure, then all things are pure to you and what you do will alwyas be pure in God's eyes, etc.?

Where do folks get this present purity concept today?
Over claiming - wrongly dividing and over application of Philippians 4:8; I Timothy 1:5,19; 3:9; 5:22; II Timothy 2:22

Do not condemn yourself
Romans 14:22

Pride of life is of the world
I John 2:16

Pride in yourself - like the wicked?
Psalm 10:4-6

Don't think too highly of folks!
I Corinthians 4:6,7

Why do we still need teachers, preachers, etc.
I Corinthians 4:17-19
Why do folks get angry back at us?  or these messages on GC, Music, KJB, etc.  I am not angry at them for their answers... etc.
I may not want to talk anymore about it - or debate, etc.
2Tm:2:23: But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
Ti:3:9: But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Don't 'rejoice' at another's fall!
I Corinthians 5:1,2
also see Galatians 6:1,2

We have knowlege?  in part in that reference
I Corinthians 8:1
Today?  the Book has it all!
Do you believe that or is Bible Believing not what it used to be?

Conceit?
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.  Romans 11:25
Proverbs 18:10-12 -The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.  Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 26:4,5 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 26:12 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?  there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 28:11 - The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

WE TEND TO FORGET...
WHO WE WERE...
WHO WE ARE...
HOW WE GOT HERE...
WHERE WE ARE GOING...
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO US BETWEEN NOW AND THEN...
WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE THEN!
Colossians 4:25