{"id":2364,"date":"2016-10-18T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T04:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w3.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2016-11-01T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T08:02:54","slug":"mark-7-they-have-an-aversion-to-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2364","title":{"rendered":"Mark #7: They Have an Aversion to Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where do we see pride? The translator, microphone, volume level, technology, clothing, mannerisms, and words all say, \u201cLook at me. Notice me. Enjoy the demonstration.\u201d Peter says that all elders should be clothed with humility (1 Peter 5:5), meaning the public demeanor of a pastor should remind us constantly that they are not that important (1 Cor. 3:7).<\/p>\n<p>Considering that no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven without humility (Matt. 18:3-4), why doesn\u2019t every pastor preach about this? Considering that this was a vital and repeated mark of our Savior while on earth (John 13:5; Matt. 11:29; Luke 23:34; Phil. 2:5-8), why doesn\u2019t this come up in some way or another in every sermon? Considering that gospel humility is a near synonym from saving faith, why isn\u2019t this prominent in their preaching?<\/p>\n<p>One easy trap into which nearly all false teachers fall is their intense pride. Just ask yourself from what you see and hear, \u201cWould this man be satisfied if we forgot him, but remembered Jesus Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2351\">Identifying Prosperity Preachers<br \/>\nMark #1: They Do Not Stay Long in a Single Verse<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2353\">Mark #2: They Are Intentionally Vague<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2355\">Mark #3: They Consistently Disobey Explicit Scriptural Teaching About Tongues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2357\">Mark #4: They Prostitute the Old Testament <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2359\">Mark #5: They Assume Their Listeners Are All Born Again<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2361\">Mark #6: They Ignore the Great Themes of Scripture<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2364\">Mark #7: They Have an Aversion to Humility<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonofcarey.com\/?p=2366\">Mark #8: They Draw the Affections to Earth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do we see pride? The translator, microphone, volume level, technology, clothing, mannerisms, and words all say, \u201cLook at me. Notice me. 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