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