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Enter Into the Rock ISAIAH 2: 10 -12 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Humble: (Gr. ) tapeinoo metaph. To assign a lower rank or place to; to abase; to be ranked below others who are honoured or rewarded; to humble or abase myself by humble living. To lower, depress: one's soul bring down one's pride; to have a modest opinion of one's self, to behave in an unassuming manner, devoid of all haughtiness. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 2

JAMES 4: 6 -7 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. I PETER 5: 5 -6 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 3

DANIEL 4: 30 -33 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 4

times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 5

DANIEL 4: 34 -37 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 6

none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou…? 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Pride is the worst of sins because it involves a full-scale inversion of reality. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 7

II TIMOTHY 3: 1 -5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 8

Highminded: (Gr. ) Tuphoo Metaph. to make proud, puff up with pride, render insolent; pass. to be puffed up with haughtiness or pride; to blind with pride or conceit, to render foolish or stupid. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 9

GO. TELL. MY. DISCIPLES 93 Mary Magdalene knew His power… something about Him was different from anyone else. She had seven devils cast out of her… No one can ever come in His great Divine Presence, and ever be the same person any more. You're changed… So she had seven devils cast out of her: pride and envy, and she thought she was so pretty and there was no one like her. But when Jesus spoke and said, "Be thou clean, " all that left her. She become a new person. She wasn't so pretty any more in her own sight. But she wrapped herself in the robe of meekness and gentleness, and followed the Master. She loved Him. 53 -0405 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 10

Pride (w) Implies an unduly favorable idea of one's own appearance, advantages, achievements, etc. , and often applies to offensive characteristics. Pride is a lofty and often arrogant assumption of superiority. The proud person has difficulty with others since he/she does not react well to feedback. Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Vanity. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 11

It was Pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Augustine 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 12

Search Me, O God… PSALM 139: 23 -24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

INFLUENCE 63 -1114 37 Uzziah held this standard. He was a great influence, to Isaiah. And Uzziah made that fatal mistake, just like many other people does. When he felt secured, felt he had the whole thing in his hand, he got lifted up in his spirit, lifted up to pride. Now, there's a real example for us all. You know, that's been the trouble, speaking to Christians and ministers… where many ministers even make a mistake. I think sometimes, them are good men, wonderful Christians that's been used of the Lord. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 14

And finally they get a little kingdom built around them, or a lot of influence, many people attending their meetings, until they get careless, and they get kinda lifted up. The people applaud them and stand up, we shouldn't really do that. Remember there's no big people among us. Why, we're all just God's children. God made some of us one thing and some another. . . Well, we got to apprec-iate each other, and then not try to feel big. Because we're all connected together to one God and we all come off of one tree. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 15

ECCLESIASTES 7: 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit (slow to anger) is better than the proud in spirit. PROVERBS 16: 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. Abomination: (Heb. ) tow'ebah A disgusting thing, abominable; Ritual sense: unclean food, idols, mixed marriages; (ethical) wickedness. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 16

LEVITICUS 18: 22 -30 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 17

your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled; ) 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 18

DOOR. TO. THE. HEART 17 Oh, we Christians, though alienated from the world, and we are heaven-bound subjects of the Lord Jesus, we should conduct ourselves as sons and daughters of God. Pride keeps us from doing it. We're afraid somebody will say something against us. When the spirit blesses, many are ashamed to say "Amen. " There is many who in their office work, the Lord Jesus could have healed them of diseases, and they're afraid to testify to the glory of God because of pride. Many are afraid to stand say, "I have received Christ as my personal Saviour and been filled with the Holy Spirit. ": ashamed. Pride, oh, what a great thing that is. 58 -0112 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 19

Example: LUKE 18: 9 -14 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 20

SEAL. OF. THE. ANTICHRIST 17 Notice the natures of these spirits now. Judas, was a religious man. He was not an infidel… He worked the very closest hand to Christ, His right hand man. Did you know that in heaven, that the devil was God's right hand man in the beginning, that Lucifer, the son of the morning, was given power? And the reason that he brought sin into the world, he was able to take something that God had created, and pervert it back into an evil thing, which started all this trouble in the beginning. Then God, back before the foundation of the world was ever laid, when He seen what Satan done. . . In his pride went over in the north, and set up a kingdom, and fought against Michael and his Angels. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 55 -0311 21

Example: ACTS 12: 20 20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. 21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 22

PSALM 12: 6 -7 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 3 -4 -20 The Demise of the Proud 23