What you may not know about yourself that will kill you

What bothers you the most about bothersome people? Is it that you see so clearly what they are blind to:  Their very worst trait?

Man, it’s aggravating to see how they think so highly of themselves.  You can see it so clearly.
But what if they feel the same way…ABOUT YOU? OR ME?
Do we see in ourselves clearly the essence of our sin, and the thing that will kill us all if we don’t admit it?

What is it?
PRIDE.

It is the assumption behind our every assumption: that deep down inside, WE’RE OK. As a matter of fact, better than Ok! Down right awesome, if you really want to know! We think we’re the super stars in our own reality show. And if others don’t know, it‘s because they haven’t tuned in!

Our sin.

Our pride.

Will kill us.

Insidious because we don’t know the poison in us. The only antidote to this poison is the truth:

• We must admit that we are prideful.
• We must hate this about ourselves like we hate it in others.
• We must ask God’s forgiveness in humility, and humbly forgive others as God humbly forgave us.