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One of the severe ordeals
of the Christian is the conquering of the love of the spirit of
worldliness under the leadership of pride. Worldly pride challenges
faith in God and obedience to Him, and only those who are of good
courage and full of confidence in the Lord can overcome this giant.
It is necessary, too, that the victory should be made complete—that
pride should be thoroughly humiliated, killed, so that it can never
rise up again to destroy us. It is an individual battle, and the
only proper armament against this giant is a stone from the brook,
the message of the Lord, showing us what is pleasing and acceptable
in His sight, and assuring us that he that humbles himself shall be
exalted and he that exalts himself shall be abased. As the poet has
expressed it:
“Where
boasting ends, true dignity begins.”— |
