Jeremiah prophesied how Christ would redeem you from these five images of how pride makes you useless. 1. …like a favorite piece of clothing now repulsively ruined - no longer close to God! (v.1-11) 2. …like a wrongly filled bottle – designed to be filled with God's Spirit, but filled with something else. (v.12-14) 3. …like turning off the light – no longer listening to God's Word. (v.15-17) 4. …like the heartbreaking fall of a mighty leader – a needlessly sad failure to humble oneself! (v.18-19) 5. …like being the last to know – your disgrace, loss, and uncleanness were obvious to God & others before you became aware and entered mourning in bitterness and shame. (v.20-27) Applying: Why is pride such a dangerous flaw? 1. How does pride make us useless to worship? Eph. 1:12 2. Once we have pride, what comes next? Prov. 16:18, Heb. 12:10 3. Who was lamenting for whom in 2 Samuel 1:25, 27?
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The Rev. Benjamin J. Snodgrass has been Pastor at Falls Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, since October, 2004. He graduated from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and previously served at Grace Fellowship OPC in the Germantown area of...