certainly you can't say that pride is always a bad thing. is it wrong to be proud of your children or anything else you love? of course there is a certain level with being proud of one's self too much to the point of vanity. so why do you suppose the bible doesn't list vanity as being a deadly sin and not pride? there's nothing wrong with a little pride, is there?
2007-06-13 05:19:00 · 16 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
having pride in yourself is not a sin... and i don't think there's anything wrong with believing in yourself either. and i don't really think it has anything to do with believing in god or a god. does it really take away from the fact that you're vain if you attribute your "greatness" to god? how about luck and good genetics?
2007-06-13 06:16:14 · update #1
Pride is exalting self above others & also above the knowledge of God. Pride can also be self righteousness where one thinks they are more righteous than others because of personal rules (root of criticle spirit).
But pride is good when one is a proud doer of the Word of God. I take this Proverb as being obedient to God & not ashamed of this, but proud to trust & obey God.
Also, I tell my children that I am proud of them when they make right choices or do well in their right choices or goals.
All sins are deadly. The wages of sin (any sin) is death. Do you notice that everyone physically dies. So, everyone sins in their flesh. The sin nature is in our corruptible flesh. But when one is redeemed & are born of His Spirit, then dieing to the sin nature is continual. People make the soul choice to not react in the flesh but to respond & follow after the Spirit.
2007-06-13 05:26:07 · answer #1 · answered by LottaLou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am very proud of my son who just graduated from high school. However, if my pride for my son, is higher than my honor and love for the Lord then it can become sin. Anything that we put ahead of God and are prideful of is a sin. When we start to thing "too highly" or ourself, then it is a sin. We can take pride in family, etc. however we should never have them be above God, and realize that what our family has become is totally a gift from God, and not something that we have accomplished apart from Him.
2007-06-13 05:35:30 · answer #2 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think that being proud of your children is a sin. But pride of yourself definately is . Hear some wisdom from the smartest man to ever live ( excepting Jesus of course) King Soloman said in Proverbs 6:16-19 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Pride is first on the list of things God hates. God's standards are very hard to live up to,but they can be. But God knows we are but flesh and that we will stumble. And when we stumble he has given us grace thru the blood of Jesus. Thank you LORD!!! The real issue is, Is your heart right with God?
If you love him and are serving him with all your heart , all your might, and all your soul , he knows it and his grace will abound.
2007-06-13 06:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having pride in yourself or your child for an acomplishment is not a sin.
Pride is a sin when you become so proud to admit when you are wrong.
Too proud when you think you are the boss, and disrespect others.
Too proud to try and prove people wrong, for you own benifit
2007-06-13 05:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There is certainly nothing wrong with "a little pride".
However, if your pride causes you to feel greater than God, and you try to take over heaven but instead get sentenced to an eternity of hell, then you know you have a problem.
2007-06-13 05:28:44 · answer #5 · answered by vince_the_bat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride is concerned with *who* is right.
Humility is concerned with *what* is right.
We are not righteous alone because we are sinners. Boasting is only a sin when we brag about ourselves without giving Glory to God - we reduce ourselves to self idolatry, breaking the first & second commandment (Have no other gods before me ... for I am a jealous God).
But in humble surrender and repentance to Jesus (releasing of the "self", "ego", "flesh"), God's righteousness is imputed unto us. If one boasts, it should all be for the Glory of God, not of oneself.
"My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice." -- Psalm 34:2 NIV
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Ok. I see where you are coming from. Confidence in oneself can be viewed as "innocent" self pride that doesn't intend to put down or be condescending to others. But when that confidence transgresses into arrogance and vanity as a means to intimidate others, then I think it does become what the bible calls "self-puffery". But I do see what you mean.
2007-06-13 05:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. G™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You kind of answered your own question. Too much self pride (vanity)= bad. Taking pride in others before yourself= good.
2007-06-13 05:44:49 · answer #7 · answered by B . 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride becomes a sin when you begin to feel that you completed something with absolutely no help from God.
2007-06-13 05:22:24 · answer #8 · answered by Jesse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you put what you take pride in before God, you have left the path of righeousness. This is what I think but I know other people can take this question a bit further.
2007-06-13 05:24:49 · answer #9 · answered by Repent 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride by way of taking credit for things which God has given you in blessing, we are given all things from God, even our children are blessings which we are to thank God for etc...
2007-06-13 05:23:29 · answer #10 · answered by sassinya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋