{"id":5092,"date":"2019-09-18T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T03:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2019-09-18T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T04:16:34","slug":"2chronicles_26_16-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2chronicles_26_16-23\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways Pride Can Destroy Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Chronicles 26:16-23\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Chronicles 26:16-23.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 26:16 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 16:\u00a0\u00a0Notice it was Uzziah\u2019s pride, not his power, that led to his downfall<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0When you think you are powerful, be especially wary of pride.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Powerful people are not necessarily prideful.\u00a0\u00a0You can be humble and powerful like Jesus, or you can be prideful and powerful like Uzziah.\u00a0\u00a0The choice is yours.\u00a0\u00a0That said, pride often affects us when we think we are powerful.\u00a0\u00a0So when things are going well, when your business or ministry grows, when you\u2019ve got some accomplishments or experience under your belt, be careful not to let pride slip into your life.<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 26:16 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u2026He was unfaithful to the\u00a0LORD\u00a0his God, and entered the temple of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0to burn incense on the altar of incense.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 16b:\u00a0\u00a0According to the Jewish law, only the high priest was allowed to enter the temple and burn incense on the altar.\u00a0 But\u00a0Uzziah thinks, \u201cI\u2019m the king.\u00a0\u00a0I can do whatever I want.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Before, when Uzziah was younger, he knew his place as king and he had a good relationship with the priests of the land.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, Uzziah would sit under the teaching of the prophet Zechariah. But now that Uzziah was powerful, Uzziah thought to himself, \u201cI don\u2019t need to submit to a spiritual leader.\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t need to be part of a church.\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t care what the Bible says, or what God says, or what my pastors say.\u00a0\u00a0I can do things my way.\u00a0\u00a0I can be my own priest, my own pastor, my own church.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0What\u2019s the lesson here?\u00a0\u00a0Pride causes me to have a distorted view of myself, of God and of others.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 26:17-19 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0followed him in.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They confronted him and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the\u00a0LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by theLORD\u00a0God.”
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the\u00a0LORD’s temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 17-19:\u00a0\u00a0While Uzziah is getting ready to offer unauthorized incense, the priests try to confront Uzziah about his sin and Uzziah becomes incensed (pun intended).\u00a0\u00a0Instead of listening to advice, Uzziah loses his temper.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Pride causes me to be unteachable, defensive and to lose my temper easily.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, while Uzziah is raging at the priests in the Lord\u2019s temple, leprosy breaks out on Uzziah\u2019s forehead.\u00a0\u00a0Uzziah doesn\u2019t notice it at first, but the priests do, and eventually they rush him out of the temple, since no one with leprosy was allowed to enter the temple.\u00a0\u00a0What\u2019s the lesson here?\u00a0\u00a0Pride is a disease where sometimes I\u2019m the last to notice it in myself and quick to notice it in others.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s hard to remain in God\u2019s presence when I\u2019m prideful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 26:21-23 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house–leprous, and excluded from the temple of the\u00a0LORD. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The other events of Uzziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field for burial that belonged to the kings, for people said, “He had leprosy.” And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 21-23:\u00a0\u00a0Because of his leprosy, King Uzziah could not live with people, could not enter the temple to worship the Lord, and could not fulfill his responsibilities as king.\u00a0\u00a0His reputation became known as the one who had leprosy (v23). What can we learn from this?\u00a0Like Uzziah\u2019s leprosy,\u00a0pride isolates me from others and from God.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Pride keeps us from being the people God made us to be.\u00a0\u00a0If left unchecked, pride can destroy your life and derail your destiny.<\/p>\n

Are you a prideful person?\u00a0\u00a0What is the cure for pride?\u00a0\u00a0Check out this sermon I preached called \u201cCuring Your Pride\u201d\u00a0for some practical tips on how to fight pride in your life.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You for showing us through Uzziah\u2019s life how destructive pride can be in our lives. I pray that every day I would clothe myself with humility and teachability, that I would be more like Your Son Jesus, powerful but humble.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Chronicles 26:16-23.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 26:16 (NIV)\u00a0
\n16\u00a0\u00a0But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall\u2026<\/p>\n

On verse 16:\u00a0\u00a0Notice it was Uzziah\u2019s pride, not his power, that led to his downfall.\u00a0\u00a0What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0When you think you are powerful, be especially wary of pride.\u00a0\u00a0Powerful people are not necessarily prideful.\u00a0\u00a0You can be humble and powerful like Jesus, or you can be prideful and powerful like Uzziah.\u00a0\u00a0The choice is yours.\u00a0\u00a0That said, pride often affects us when we think we are powerful.\u00a0\u00a0So when things are going well, when your business or ministry grows, when you\u2019ve got some accomplishments or experience under your belt, be careful not to let pride slip into your life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

2 Chronicles 26:16 (NIV)\u00a0
\n16\u00a0\u00a0\u2026He was unfaithful to the\u00a0LORD\u00a0his God, and entered the temple of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0to burn incense on the altar of incense.<\/p>\n

On verse 16b:\u00a0\u00a0According to the Jewish law, only the high priest was allowed to enter the temple and burn incense on the altar.\u00a0 But\u00a0Uzziah thinks, \u201cI\u2019m the king.\u00a0\u00a0I can do whatever I want.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Before, when Uzziah was younger, he knew his place as king and he had a good relationship with the priests of the land.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, Uzziah would sit under the teaching of the prophet Zechariah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5201,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/5201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}