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The Sin of “Self-Enhancement”

Self enhancement involves the things we do to telegraph our importance.  Self enhancement comes in many forms and most of them are obvious and irritating to the people we are trying to impress.  A polished self enhancer dominates conversations with tales of their travels, the important people they know, their accomplishments and overall wonderfulness.  They [...]

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The Sin of “Self-Righteousness”

Self righteousness involves making judgments about what other people need to do, based on decisions we made for ourselves.  Because something was good for us, we righteously believe others need it too.  Our good becomes another man’s duty!  I quite smoking, therefore all smokers should be forced, intimidated and coerced into becoming like me.  I [...]

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The Sin of “Self Confidence”

Oh my goodness! How can self confidence be a sin?  Well, self confidence is a sin because Jesus said we are incapable of doing anything apart from Him.  The sin of self confidence is the sin of pride and an inflated ego.  Self confidence from the sin perspective involves believing we are superior and better [...]

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Addiction – Self Seeking Run Riot!

Addictions of all kinds are nothing more that self seeking run amok and out of control.  The addicted person is so determined to feel good they are willing to put every other aspect of their life at risk to appease their desire.  Someone once said the lives of at least nineteen other people improve the [...]

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The Sin of Self-Seeking

Self seeking involves taking advantage of situations and circumstances without regard for the consequences to others.  Self seeking only cares for how things can be better for me!  Even though there will be consequences for others, self seeking enables us to rationalize and discount the collateral damage.

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Self Love

The secular world, liberal Christianity and modern psychology want us to believe that our primary problem in life is not loving ourselves enough.   It is said we need more self-esteem so that we can appreciate our value.   This will supposedly help us be all that we can be.  Loving ourselves is supposed to be the [...]

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Hostility Toward God

Hostility toward God is rebellion against God.  Rebellion against God is sin.  That is the true nature of self-sin and that is why God is working all things together in the life of a believer to crucify self.  These sins of self are the sins that matter because they are the sins that prevent us [...]

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The Sins of Self

There are seven specific sins of self that are at the root of all that God wants us to crucify in our lives.   The complete removal of these self-sins is the objective work of the Holy Spirit in the life of every believer.  It is the way God goes about conforming us to the image [...]

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