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September 17, 2023
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If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it. —Matthew 10:39 (NLT)
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 ((NLT)
When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too; so that my proud ego no longer lives. But the Messiah lives in me, and the life I now live in my body I live by the same trusting faithfulness that the Son of God had, who loved me and gave himself up for me. —Galatians 2:20 (CJB)
When the Messiah was executed on the stake as a criminal, I was too. —Galatians 2:20 (CJB)
…so that my proud ego no longer lives. —Galatians 2:20 (CJB)
Pride
Worldly Definition
I am better
I am important
I am entitled
Godly Definition
Relying on yourself
Taking God’s place
Lack of trust in God
Entitlement from God
Lack of surrender and submission
And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” —James 4:6 (NLT)
Humility
Worldly Definition
I am worse
I am unimportant
I don’t deserve it
Godly Definition
Relying on God
Right relationship with God
Trust in God
Surrender and submission
But the Messiah lives in me. —Galatians 2:20 (CJB)
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” —John 11:25 (NLT)
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. —Romans 8:11 (NIV)
…and the life I now live in my body I live by the same trusting faithfulness that the Son of God had, who loved me and gave himself up for me. —Galatians 2:20 (CJB)
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