Your Soul's Greatest Enemy
If we are honest, there are many dangers that threaten your walk with Christ. But one sin in particular is emphasized all through Scripture—and it is this sin that poses the greatest danger to your soul: your own pride. In our day, pride isn’t considered a sin but is promoted as a virtue. And such thinking runs contrary to all of Scripture, specifically what the apostle Peter writes in his first epistle. Join Tom Pennington as he explains why pride is Your Soul's Greatest Enemy.
Part 1
In 1 Peter 5, the apostle Peter helps us understand that the cure for pride is humility. Humility was modeled best by our Lord Jesus Christ and it is a virtue that must be a constant pursuit for us as Christians. In fact, Augustine, an early church father, once said that “the three greatest Christian virtues are humility, humility, and humility.”
Part 2
Sadly, pride is considered a necessary virtue in our world today. But the Bible says the opposite is true: those who have been redeemed by Christ must flee from the sinfulness of pride and put on humility. But for us as Christians, how do we pursue humility and continue to grow in this nonnegotiable virtue? Tom Pennington explains from 1 Peter 5 how Christians can be humble and walk in a manner that is worthy of the gospel.