Evergreen Christian Community

The Big Idea: To have a shot at transformation, I must shatter my delusional sense of self. Luke 18:9-14 This is a universal human struggle: a DELUSIONAL SENSE OF SELF. Symptoms of a Problem: ● Vanity ● Defensiveness ● Exclusiveness ● Pride Self-absorbed = How to be NOXIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. “…to some who were confident in their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else.” (v.9) PRIDE keeps us from recognizing that we are the BIGGEST SINNER in the room. The antidote is HUMILITY. Luke 14:11 The fallen self is occupied with two things: COMPARING and BOASTING. “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next person. We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looking than others. If everyone else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking there would be nothing to be proud about.” C. S. Lewis Luke 18:17 “Truly I tell you, anyone who will not r