CPC Discussions: Sermon Questions: Why Pride Is Foolish

Monday, August 1, 2011

Sermon Questions: Why Pride Is Foolish

Sermon: Why Pride is Foolish
Pastor: Ryan Laughlin

Pride is rooted in a profound misunderstanding of who we are.

Consider this sentence. How would most people describe or define pride? Or its relationship to self-view? “Knowing who you are” seems to be an important value in our culture—why? How might this concept be understood differently within our culture from the quotation above?

Consider how the following verses expand on the quotation above: Prov. 26:12, 16:5, 3:5, 3:7, 27:1, 25:27, 27:2. How do they challenge, affirm, or expand on our understanding of pride and of who we are?

How does Prov. 30:2-4 expand on the quotation above? How does it point to a solution to the problem of pride?

Ryan suggested going back to creation and to the cross to realize the wisdom of humility, as opposed to the competitive nature of pride. How do creation and the cross call us to humility? How do they help us understand who we are better?

Consider again your initial thoughts on how most people would define pride. How would they “solve” the problem of pride? How would you share with them from God’s wisdom?

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1. Read through the Bible together with other people.

2. There will be some passages that you may not find interesting and / or difficult to read. Remember 2 Timothy 3:16-17 as you read these passages: "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be equipped for every good work." Ask yourself why God spoke this particular passage, and how it is profitable to you.

3. Do the whole reading for each day, but look for a "best thought" for each day - something you can ponder the rest of the day, a verse to memorize, something memorable.

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5. Let your prayers for others flow out of what you read. Pray and read Scripture. After you read a passage, pray that passage for yourself and for others.

6. Some readings will be long and some short. Take advantage of shorter passages by reading them carefully, reflecting, asking questions, praying for answers, engage.

7. Look for ways you can practically live out what you're reading. James 1:22, "But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves."

*The above is taken from Stephen Witmer, http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/12/29/two-year-bible-reading-plan/