But when the hearts of men are full of pride, ambition, and the love of the world, there is no room for the word of God to abide in them. (Jn 5:39-44)
2007-09-16 02:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
people who are overly concerned with the material posessions. you msut realise that most of the bible talks down at rich people, simply because in the days it was written, the rich people were mostly romans, and the romans were hated for opressing the people.
2007-09-16 02:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by mrzwink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pride is looking down on others. It is any attitude that keeps you thinking you are in control, or that you are superior to anyone else.
"...Pride always means enmity-it is enmity. And not only enmity between man and man, but enmity to God.
"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison- you do not know God at all. As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."--C.S. Lewis, "The Greatest Sin"
2007-09-16 09:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by The Electro Ferret 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes, in our every day life we get caught up in the hoopla, and we forget what is really important.Money, power, prestige, there is nothing wrong with any of it. we just tend to always want more. God wants us to have pride and ambition, but, he also wants us to get our priorities straight. too much of anything is bad. we have to stop and smell the simplicity of gods love, and teachings, and listen, if you get to caught up you wont be able to find your way, this is not pleasing to god.
sister you got me started. glory to the most high.
2007-09-16 11:00:59 · answer #3 · answered by KARMA IS IT THOU? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see pride as being absolutely sure that we understand that mystery, the mysterious, and the mystical in life are non-existent, being so attached to physical reality that we cannot see beyond it.
2007-09-16 09:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by jaicee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are obsessed with worldly things there isn't time to think upon the higher things that benefit your soul.
2007-09-16 09:06:18 · answer #5 · answered by Soul Shaper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. Meaningless, meaningless, all is meaningless. Vanity, all is emptiness.
2007-09-16 09:07:52 · answer #6 · answered by Son of David 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋