Like a weed upon a dung-heap!'

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"I hate pride and arrogance!" Proverbs 8:13

Our hearts are desperately proud.

If there is one sin which God hates more than 
another, and more sets Himself against, it is 
the sin of pride. 

Like a weed upon a dung-heap, pride grows
more profusely in some soils, especially when 
well fertilized by . . .
rank,
riches,
praise,
flattery,
our own ignorance,
and the ignorance of others.

We all inherit pride from our fallen ancestor 
Adam, who got it from Satan, that "king over 
all the children of pride." 

Those, perhaps, who think they possess the 
least pride, and view themselves with wonderful 
self-admiration as the humblest of mortals, may 
have more pride than those who feel and confess 
it. It may only be more deeply hidden in the dark 
recesses of their carnal mind. 

As God then sees all hearts, and knows every 
movement of pride, whether we see it or not, 
His purpose is to humble us!

When I look back upon my life, and see . . .
all my sins,
all my follies,
all my slips,
all my falls, 
my conscience testifies of the many things 
I have thought, said, and done, which . . .
grieve my soul,
make me hang my head before God,
put my mouth in the dust, and
confess my sins unto Him.

When I contrast my own exceeding 
sinfulness with . . .
God's greatness,
God's majesty,
God's holiness, and
God's purity . . .
I fall down, humbly and meekly before Him,
I put my mouth in the dust,
I acknowledge I am vile.

"I am nothing but dust and ashes." (Abraham)

"Behold, I am vile!" (Job)

"Woe to me! I am ruined!" (Isaiah)

"I am a sinful man!" (Peter)

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