Like all personal...
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Object:
Like all personal attributes, pride in and of itself is not bad; but it becomes a sin when it becomes oversized. We can be proud of our accomplishments and we can even boast of something that we have done exceptionally well. In fact, I teach my college students that it is good to be proud of an exceptional talent you have, because we are all good at something, even several things. What is wrong, I inform them, is when you think you are good at everything and think you know everything. As I instruct my students, we are all good at some things, but none of us are good at all things. To consider one's self good at all things is oversized pride.
Application: We must understand that we are a lamp unto the world, but none of us is a sun who can illuminate the entire world. We are not the Son, only a servant of the Son.
Application: We must understand that we are a lamp unto the world, but none of us is a sun who can illuminate the entire world. We are not the Son, only a servant of the Son.
