The Heart of Mankind - Part 6: Pride
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Pastor Dean Odle presents pride as a foundational corruption of the human heart: self-exaltation that resists truth, correction, dependence, and humble obedience to God. Jeremiah 17 again supplies the series’ controlling diagnosis, while Proverbs, Obadiah, Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 trace pride’s deception and its association with Satan’s fall. Spiritual gifts, knowledge, success, and ministry activity can themselves become occasions for boasting if love and humility are absent.
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Pastor Dean Odle presents pride as a foundational corruption of the human heart: self-exaltation that resists truth, correction, dependence, and humble obedience to God. Jeremiah 17 again supplies the series’ controlling diagnosis, while Proverbs, Obadiah, Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 trace pride’s deception and its association with Satan’s fall. Spiritual gifts, knowledge, success, and ministry activity can themselves become occasions for boasting if love and humility are absent.
Pastor Dean Odle presents pride as a foundational corruption of the human heart: self-exaltation that resists truth, correction, dependence, and humble obedience to God. Jeremiah 17 again supplies the series’ controlling diagnosis, while Proverbs, Obadiah, Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 trace pride’s deception and its association with Satan’s fall. Spiritual gifts, knowledge, success, and ministry activity can themselves become occasions for boasting if love and humility are absent.
Pastor Dean Odle presents pride as a foundational corruption of the human heart: self-exaltation that resists truth, correction, dependence, and humble obedience to God. Jeremiah 17 again supplies the series’ controlling diagnosis, while Proverbs, Obadiah, Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 trace pride’s deception and its association with Satan’s fall. Spiritual gifts, knowledge, success, and ministry activity can themselves become occasions for boasting if love and humility are absent.
Pastor Dean Odle presents pride as a foundational corruption of the human heart: self-exaltation that resists truth, correction, dependence, and humble obedience to God. Jeremiah 17 again supplies the series’ controlling diagnosis, while Proverbs, Obadiah, Isaiah 14, and Ezekiel 28 trace pride’s deception and its association with Satan’s fall. Spiritual gifts, knowledge, success, and ministry activity can themselves become occasions for boasting if love and humility are absent.
The message contrasts pride with Christ’s invitation to learn His meekness and lowliness. Odle calls listeners to submit to God, receive correction, cast down proud imaginations, serve without seeking recognition, and remember that God gives grace to the humble. The sermon’s practical aim is a heart that welcomes the Holy Spirit, esteems God’s Word above self, and refuses every impulse to be exalted over others.
The message contrasts pride with Christ’s invitation to learn His meekness and lowliness. Odle calls listeners to submit to God, receive correction, cast down proud imaginations, serve without seeking recognition, and remember that God gives grace to the humble. The sermon’s practical aim is a heart that welcomes the Holy Spirit, esteems God’s Word above self, and refuses every impulse to be exalted over others.
The message contrasts pride with Christ’s invitation to learn His meekness and lowliness. Odle calls listeners to submit to God, receive correction, cast down proud imaginations, serve without seeking recognition, and remember that God gives grace to the humble. The sermon’s practical aim is a heart that welcomes the Holy Spirit, esteems God’s Word above self, and refuses every impulse to be exalted over others.
The message contrasts pride with Christ’s invitation to learn His meekness and lowliness. Odle calls listeners to submit to God, receive correction, cast down proud imaginations, serve without seeking recognition, and remember that God gives grace to the humble. The sermon’s practical aim is a heart that welcomes the Holy Spirit, esteems God’s Word above self, and refuses every impulse to be exalted over others.
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- 0:00:01
in this place the Holy Spirit and I just want you when you're singing this to not just think about this building but but this place where you live in this body that the Holy Spirit is welcome here and just it's not just about the building but we need to have our our house in order for the Holy Spirit to dwell in this morning there's nothing worth more could ever come close nothing can compare our living hope your prayer I tasted and see the sweetest of love my heart becomes free and my shame is undone in your presence Lord you are welcome place and feel the oddest works long to be your your presence nothing worth more ever come close nothing can come I tasted and see the sweetest of heart becomes free and my shame is undone in your prayer body's work of your prayer let us become of your
- 0:03:44
prayer let us experience the glory of your good of your presence let it be your prayer this morning Holy Spirit you are welcome here come flood this place and feel the atmosphere your glory God is what our hearts long for to be overcome by your presence Lord your prayer let us become let us become of your prayer let us speak the glory of your of your prayer you are well place and feel the atmosphere your glory God is what our hearts long to be over by your presence no one more time you are with place and feel the adder your glory God is what our hearts long to be overcome by your presence so who's thirsty in here this
- 0:07:10
morning amen and we need that we don't need to just sing a worship song we need that when we sing it we need to we need to be ready to mean it and I know a lot of us have problems and we have issues and helmets and sicknesses and troubles but you know what the Holy Ghost is bigger than those the Holy Spirit of the living God is upon me amen to bring the good news and when we worship the Lord and Spirit and in truth he moves and and we've got to look beyond those troubles and I understand coming into a house of worship and trying to worship when your heart is just heavy and full and you got stuff on it and you just can't get it off there but you know what you can worship your way out of it I'm telling you you can decide that you're going to let the Lord have his way and then he and then when you do he can move and praise God you know so let's just agree with the Holy Spirit and just sing these words like we mean them amen and he will move I mean he will it's up to him but it's up to us to don't walk to the fountain dip your heart in the stream of life let the pain and the sorrow wash the waves of his mercy Oh as deep cries out to deep we see come Lord she thirsty tip dip your heart in the streams up let the pain and the
- 0:10:35
sorrow wash to mercy Holy Spirit thirsty dip your heart in the street let the pain wash to mercy to the past deep as deep cries out to eyes out tip your heart in the street let the pain go ahead and give praise to the Lord
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