THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE – HUMILITY BEFORE HONOR
DANIEL 4
“DO YOU WISH PEOPLE TO THINK WELL OF YOU? DON’T SPEAK WELL OF YOURSELF.” PASCAL
“THERE IS A VICE OF WHICH NO MAN IN THE WORLD IS FREE; WHICH EVERYONE LOATHES WHEN HE SEES IT IN SOMEONE ELSE; AND WHICH HARDLY ANY PEOPLE, EXCEPT CHRISTIANS, EVER IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE GUILTY THEMSELVES. I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE ADMIT THAT THEY ARE BAD-TEMPERED, OR THAT THEY CANNOT KEEP THEIR HEADS ABOUT GIRLS OR DRINK, OR EVEN THAT THEY ARE COWARDS. I DO NOT THINK I HAVE EVER HEARD ANYONE WHO WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN ACCUSE HIMSELF OF THIS VICE.
PRIDE LEADS TO EVERY OTHER VICE; IT IS THE COMPLETE ANTI-GOD STATE OF MIND.”
C.S. LEWIS
“PRIDE IS MORE DIFFICULT TO DISCERN THAN ANY OTHER CORRUPTION BECAUSE, BY NATURE, PRIDE IS A PERSON HAVING TOO HIGH A THOUGHT OF HIMSELF. IS IT ANY SURPRISE, THEN, THAT A PERSON WHO HAS TOO HIGH A THOUGHT OF HIM-SELF IS UNAWARE OF IT? HE THINKS THE OPINION HE HAS OF HIMSELF HAS JUST GROUNDS AND IS THEREFORE NOT TOO HIGH. AS A RESULT, THERE IS NO OTHER MATTER IN WHICH THE HEART IS MORE DECEITFUL AND UNSEARCHABLE. THE VERY NATURE OF IT IS TO WORK SELF-CONFIDENCE AND DRIVE AWAY SUSPICION OF EVIL RESPECTING ITSELF.”
JONATHAN EDWARDS
PROVERBS 8:13
PROVERBS 16:18
THE POWER OF DIVINE INTERVENTION …
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DEPOSITION,
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM AND DANIEL’S INTERPRETATION,
THE ROOT OF HUMAN PRIDE …
ENGROSSMENT, 4, 29-30
ENLARGEMENT, 11-12
ENDOWMENT,
THE JUDGEMENT OF HUMAN PRIDE …
APPROPRIATE IN IT’S ANNOUNCEMENT,
DREAM, 5
DELEGATE, 13
DIVINE VOICE, 31
TOTAL IN IT’S ABASEMENT,
DIMINISHED, 14
DESERTED, 33 “DRIVEN AWAY FROM MEN”
DEHUMANIZED, 33-34
LYCANTHROPY – BOANTHROPY
A REDEMPTIVE WORD,
REDEMPTIVE IN REVELATION, 17
RESTORATION OF HUMAN SANCTITY, 34-35
REALIZATION OF DIVINE EQUITY, 36
APPLICATION, 37
