Posted on 12/15/2021 10:31:57 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished” (Proverbs 16:4-5).
“Every one that is proud in heart,” you see, there is the problem, they are stuck on themselves like the Devil. The Devil wanted to ascend above God and set his throne over God’s throne. That’s where the Devil got in trouble and that is where every person gets in trouble. They just think that they are it, and that God and the world owes them something, and they can just go through life expecting everybody to bow before their wishes.
“Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD,” one of the worst things you can do today is get your kid involved in sports where that ugly business of self-pride is built up. You have to be really careful of that. You need to explain to him beforehand that if he is going to get involved in sports, he is to do it for the Lord, and if he ever become successful at it he needs to give the glory to God and not to himself. It is because God gave him the ability, not because it was built in.
Coaches build up kids with the wrong kind of mentality. “You have the potential!” “You’re a natural!” Building up one’s pride in themselves is an abomination to God. It is absolutely sickening to hear some of these sports’ “heroes” talk about themselves.
“. . . though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished,” that’s a whole lot of folks getting together but note the singular “he” – “he shall not be unpunished.” The proudest man that will ever walk on the face of this earth will be the Antichrist. He will join hand in hand at the battle of Armageddon, but he will not go unpunished. Old Satan himself, Satan incarnate, the Antichrist will not go unpunished.
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He promises He will punish them no matter how they group up to protect each other. Faith, folks.
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