Zac Poonen - The Root Of All Sin Is Pride

Zac PoonenMarch 4, 202432mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: The Root Of All Sin Is Pride Date: 03/03/2024 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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Pride is the root of all sin, and genuine spiritual victory comes only after believers hit rock bottom and acknowledge their complete dependence on God rather than their own efforts. True transformation is marked by humility, freedom from pride even after receiving blessings, and the inability to despise others—recognizing that all victory is God's work, not personal achievement.

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Learning victory through rock bottom failureGod allows us to fail repeatedly until we reach rock bottom, teaching us that we can never gain true victory through our own effort.

The second lesson of rock bottom: never despising othersWhen we realize our own immense failures and how 100 percent of our victory is from God, we stop despising anyone else who falls.

Rejecting superficial and fake victoryMany Christians maintain a superficial appearance of joy and victory to impress others, but it is empty and lacks genuine substance.

Keeping our faces in the dustLike the Apostle John who fell on his face before Jesus even after decades of walking with God, we must stay humble and low.

Laying the axe to the rootUnlike the old covenant that only dealt with external actions through law, the New Covenant deals with the root cause of all sin.Matthew 3:10

Where sin originated in Ezekiel 28Sin did not originate in outward acts like anger or money, but in the heart of Lucifer becoming proud because of his beauty and wisdom.

Allowing God to hit the root of self-exaltationIf we do not let God hit the invisible root of pride in our hearts, we will remain defeated and prone to endless conflicts.

The three secrets of the Christian life: humilitySince pride is the root of all sin, the root of all salvation is its exact opposite, found in the mindset of Christ.

Regarding others as more important than yourselfTrue humility is not pretending others are more spiritual when they are carnal, but treating everyone with the respect due a dignitary.

The three steps of Christ's humilityJesus demonstrated humility by emptying Himself to become a man, taking the place of a slave, and finally dying as a criminal.

Giving up cheap triumphalismFollowing Jesus means refusing any desire to prove ourselves right or humiliate others after overcoming, leaving our vindication entirely to God.

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