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Location: Women's Bible Study
Discussion: PRIDE
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PamelaFuller PamelaFuller |
PRIDE
Apr 29 2008, 8:39 AM EDT AUGUSTINE writes of PRIDE: "The enemy of our true happiness therefore lies in wait for those of us who by reason of our official positions in human society must of necessity be loved and honored by our fellows. On every side he scatters popular plaudits to trap us, so that as we eagerly collect them we may be caught unawares, and abandon our delight in your truth to look for it instead in human flattery. So the affection and honor we receive come to be something we enjoy not for your sake but in your stead, and in this way that enemy who decided to set up his throne in the far recesses of the north wins cronies in his own likeness, not to live with him in loving concord but to be tormented in his company, slaves in darkness and cold of him who imitates you in his perverse, distorted fashion." Confessions (X, 36, 58 - X, 39, 64) The third great temptation: pride Do you find this valuable? |
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