Shine the spotlight on others
- Matthew 6:2, 5, 16 – The proud act is to bring attention to themselves.
- What if we don’t seek praise and people offer it anyway?
- Acts 3:12, 16 – Peter and John
- Acts 12:21-23 – King Herod
- Acts 14:11-14 – Paul and Barnabas
- I Corinthians 1:12-15; 17:2; II Corinthians 12:9-10
- Revelation 4, 5 – Him who sits on the throne, and the Lamb
Wait
- Matthew 4:1-11
- Satan appealed to pride in every one of his temptations.
- “If you are the Son of God…”
- Jesus waited
- He would miraculously create food on two recorded occasions – Matthew 14; Mark 6; Luke 9; Matthew 15; Mark 8
- The angels did come and minister to Him (twice – here and in Gethsemane! Luke 22:43)
- He reigns as king over all the world.
- Satan appealed to pride in every one of his temptations.
- When is it hard to wait?
- Alternatives to waiting with humility
- Taking what we want now
- Waiting with complaining
- Who or what should we wait for?
- The Lord
- Each other
Waiting for each other
- I Corinthians 11:33 – What is Paul talking about? How did pride factor into this situation?
- When do we have to?
- I Thessalonians 5:14 – with everyone
- II Timothy 2:24 – when arranged
- II Peter 3:9 – I need the Lord’s patience
Waiting on the Lord
- Why can’t we wait on the Lord? Why do we get impatient?
- II Kings 6:33-7:2, 17 – Lack of faith
- Lamentations 3:24-26 – What if we waited instead?
- Psalms 25:2-3, 20-21
- Proverbs 20:22
- Isaiah 40:30-31
- I Peter 5:3-10
Conclusion
- Some of the worst of the worst
- I Kings 21:27-29 – Ahab humbled himself
- II Chronicles 33:12-13 – Manasseh humbled himself
- Daniel 4:34-37 – Nebuchadnezzar
- Romans 12:3 – “sound judgment” is the same word as “sane”