Page 16 - Prophetic Word Newsletter Archive 2011

How serious is God about resisting “the proud in spirit” among His people? Consider a sampling of
passages in which God warns His people about the danger of pride. Note also the severity of the
consequences God promises to bring upon those who refuse to heed His warning about being prideful:

“I WILL BREAK THE PRIDE OF YOUR POWER; "THUS SAYS THE LORD:
I WILL MAKE YOUR HEAVENS LIKE IRON AND 'IN THIS MANNER

YOUR EARTH LIKE BRONZE. AND YOUR I WILL RUIN THE PRIDE OF JUDAH
STRENGTH SHALL BE SPENT IN VAIN; AND THE GREAT PRIDE OF JERUSALEM.
THIS EVIL PEOPLE, WHO REFUSE TO HEAR MY
FOR YOUR LAND SHALL NOT YIELD ITS WORDS, WHO FOLLOW THE DICTATES OF
PRODUCE, NOR SHALL THE TREES OF THE THEIR HEARTS…HEAR AND GIVE EAR:

LAND YIELD THEIR FRUIT.” DO NOT BE PROUD,
FOR THE LORD HAS SPOKEN. GIVE GLORY TO
Lev 26:19-20
THE LORD YOUR GOD BEFORE HE CAUSES
“WOE TO THE CROWN OF PRIDE, DARKNESS, AND BEFORE YOUR FEET STUMBLE
TO THE DRUNKARDS OF EPHRAIM, (ISRAEL) ON THE DARK MOUNTAINS, AND WHILE YOU
WHOSE GLORIOUS BEAUTY IS A FADING FLOWER… ARE LOOKING FOR LIGHT, HE TURNS IT INTO
BEHOLD, THE LORD HAS A MIGHTY AND STRONG THE SHADOW OF DEATH AND MAKES IT DENSE

ONE, LIKE A TEMPEST OF HAIL AND A DARKNESS. BUT IF YOU WILL NOT HEAR IT,
DESTROYING STORM, LIKE A FLOOD OF MIGHTY MY SOUL WILL WEEP IN SECRET
WATERS OVERFLOWING, WHO WILL BRING THEM
FOR YOUR PRIDE; MY EYES WILL WEEP
DOWN TO THE EARTH WITH HIS HAND. BITTERLY AND RUN DOWN WITH TEARS,
THE CROWN OF PRIDE,
BECAUSE THE LORD'S FLOCK
THE DRUNKARDS OF EPHRAIM, (ISRAEL)
WILL BE TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT…” HAS BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE.”

Isa 28:1-3 Jer 13:8-17

“PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION, AND A HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.
BETTER TO BE OF A HUMBLE SPIRIT WITH THE LOWLY…”
Prov. 16:18-19

God is determined not to allow pride to dominate His people. It brought destruction and a fall to Lucifer,
and it will bring the same result to God’s people. The stated consequences of such pride in passages
like those listed above, give understanding as to why destruction always follows pride in God’s people,
and why a fall will be the end result of His people who cultivate a haughty spirit of pride. It is God
Himself who is at work against the “proud in spirit.” Hear it clearly:

“GOD RESISTS THE PROUD,
BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”

Jas. 4:6

Who is immune to pride? No one. Consider the amazing fact as to why God gave even the apostle
Paul a “thorn in his flesh”:

“AND LEST I SHOULD BE EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE
BY THE ABUNDANCE OF THE REVELATIONS,
A THORN IN THE FLESH WAS GIVEN TO ME,
A MESSENGER OF SATAN TO BUFFET ME,
LEST I BE EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE.
CONCERNING THIS THING
I PLEADED WITH THE LORD THREE TIMES
THAT IT MIGHT DEPART FROM ME.
AND HE SAID TO ME,
"MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU,
FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS."
THEREFORE MOST GLADLY I WILL RATHER BOAST IN MY INFIRMITIES,
THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME.
THEREFORE I TAKE PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES, IN REPROACHES, IN NEEDS,
IN PERSECUTIONS, IN DISTRESSES, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.
FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.”

2 Cor 12:7-10