Hour #3 – Religion & Covenant: The Royal Priesthood #12

Pride of heart deceives (Obadiah 1:3)
Do not be deceived (Gal 6:7)
Sowing to the flesh reaps corruption from the flesh (Gal 6:8)
Deceiving one’s own heart by thinking he is religious and does not bridle own tongue (James 1:26)
- The Lord hears the tender and humble in heart (2 Kings 22:19)
- Humbling self for pride of heart can turn away or delay the wrath of God (2 Chron 32:26)
- Having the words of mouth and mediations of the heart please the Lord (Ps 19:14)
- The hearts of the humble shall live (Ps 69:32)
- Being what you think in your heart (Prov 23:7)
- Treasuring good things in your heart (Luke 6:45)
- Having an abundance of good things come from the mouth that are treasured in the heart (Luke 6:45)
- Living from the reality and belief that we will reap what we sow (Gal 6:7)
- Sowing to the Spirit will reap everlasting life from the Spirit (Gal 6:8)
Not showing humility to all men (Titus 3:2)
Being foolish (Titus 3:3)
Being disobedient (Titus 3:3)
Being deceived (Titus 3:3)
Serving various lusts and pleasures (Titus 3:3)
Living in malice and envy (Titus 3:3)
Being hateful (Titus 3:3)
Hating one another (Titus 3:3)
- Showing humility to all men (Titus 3:2)
- Obeying rulers and authorities (Titus 3:1)
- Being ready for every good work (Titus 3:1)
- Speaking evil of no one (Titus 3:2)
- Being peaceable (Titus 3:2)
- Being gentle (Titus 3:2)
- Showing humility to all men (Titus 3:2)
- Being saved by the mercy of God (Titus 3:5)
- Being washed of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5)
- Being justified by His grace (Titus 3:7)
- Becoming heirs by means of the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:7)
- Being careful to maintain good works (Titus 3:8)
- Loving one another as Christ loves you (John 15:12)
Not having an upright soul when proud (Hab 2:4)
- The just and righteous live by faith (Hab 2:4)
Pride in reproaching the people of the Lord of Hosts (Zeph 2:10)
- Doing good to all, especially to those who are of the household of God (Gal 6:10)
- Avoiding those who cause divisions (Rom 16:17)
Pride in making arrogant threats against the people of the Lord of Hosts (Zeph 2:10)
- Doing good to all, especially to those who are of the household of God (Gal 6:10)
- Avoiding those who cause divisions (Rom 16:17)
Pride and not seeking the Lord (Zeph 2:3)
- Being meek and seeking the Lord (Zeph 2:3)
- Seeking righteousness (Zeph 2:3)
- Seeking humility (Zeph 2:3)
- Seeking righteousness and humility may results in being hidden from the day of the Lord’s anger (Zeph 2:3)
Saying it is useless to serve God (Mal 3:14)
- The eyes of the Lord are on the faithful of the land, so they may dwell with Him (Ps 101:6)
- Death is swallowed up in victory through Jesus Christ (1 Cor 15:57)
- Abounding in the work of the Lord is not in vain (1 Cor 15:58)
- Sowing to the Spirit to reap everlasting life (Gal 6:8)
- Not growing weary in doing good (Gal 6:9)
- Reaping in the right season by not losing heart (Gal 6:9)
Calling the proud blessed (Mal 3:15)
- The meek and humble will inherit the earth (Psalm 37:11; Matt 5:5)
- The meek and humble shall delight in abundant peace (Psalm 37:11)
- God gives grace to the humble (Prov 3:34; James 4:6; 1 Pet 5:5)
- Discerning between the righteous and the wicked (Mal 3:18)
- Discerning between those who serve the Lord and those who do not (Mal 3:18)
- God exalts the humble (1 Pet 5:6)
Having pride in imaginations* and thoughts* of the heartˆ (Luke 1:51)
- Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind*.’” (Matt 22:37)
- That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding* being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. (Eph 1:17-21)
  - *Strong’s G1271 – the mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring; understanding; mind, i.e. spirit, way of thinking and feeling; thoughts, either good or bad
  - ˆStrong’s G2588 – the heart, denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life; the centre and seat of spiritual life; the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence; of the will and character
Being puffed up with knowledge (1 Cor 8:1)
- Being built up by love (1 Cor 8:1)
- Building others up by love (1 Cor 8:1)
Being puffed up with pride (1 Tim 3:6)
- Being built up with love (1 Cor 8:1)
Not consenting to wholesome words and the words of the Lord (1 Tim 6:3)
- Speaking the law and instruction of truth (Mal 2:6)
- Speaking justice with the lips (Mal 2:6)
- Speaking knowledge (Mal 2:7)
- Speaking words that are consistent with being a messenger of the Lord of Hosts (Mal 2:7)
Not consenting to the doctrine that leads to godliness (1 Tim 6:3)
- Teaching and consenting to wholesome words (1 Tim 6:3)
- Teaching the words of the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Tim 6:3)
- Teaching doctrine which goes along with godliness (1 Tim 6:3)
Being proud and knowing nothing (1 Tim 6:4)
- Having the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16)
- Having love (1 Cor 13:1-13)
Being obsessed with arguments over words (1 Tim 6:4)
Participating in arguments that result in envy, strife, slander and evil surmising (1 Tim 6:4)
- Abound in speaking words of grace (2 Cor 8:7)
  - Grace [Strongs G5485]
  - grace: that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
  - good will, loving-kindness, favor: of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
- Putting on tender compassion and mercy (Col 3:12)
- Putting on kindness (Col 3:12)
- Putting on humility (Col 3:12)
- Putting on gentleness and meekness (Col 3:12)
- Putting on patience (Col 3:12)
- Holding up one another (Col 3:13)
- Putting on forgiveness (Col 3:13)
- Putting on affection and brotherly love for one another (Col 3:14)
- Speaking words of grace, seasoned with salt (Col 4:6)
Supposing gain and acquisition is godliness (1 Tim 6:5)
- Great gain is godliness with contentment (1 Tim 6:6)