Arguably one of the most basic, sinful inclinations humans have is pride: an inflation of self-importance and self-accomplishment. This is, after all, what the serpent appealed to when speaking to Adam and Eve in Genesis 3: “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:5 CSB). Adam and Eve ate out of a desire to elevate themselves and become equals with their all-powerful Creator. Every time we look around at our accomplishments and say, “Look what I have done,” we fall prey to the same sin as our Biblical ancestors: forgetting our place as servants who serve at the pleasure of the all-powerful One and acting in the pretense that we are equals or even superiors to God.
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