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Q28. (1 John 2:15-16) What role does pride have in worldliness? How can we live holy lives in this world? What does "stealing the glory" look like? How can it be dangerous?

The world promotes pride.  The army advertises, "Be All You Can Be".  And so it goes with the institutions of learning and the world system.  When people graduate the celebrate those that come from that system as they make them "proud".  After all if they institution wasn't great it would not promote one such as this.  Hollywood and the stars are used to represent everything, whether charities or causes, or products or politicians.  Obviously they know the insider info, and the success has elevated them to the top so they have the right to promote whatever it is the promote.  Millions run to do what they promote because obviously they are success  and success breeds success. Meanwhile, they fill the coffers on the money by promoting.  They did it all for money not because of legitimate praise of a person, product, cause, charity.  This is the worldliness we are surrounded with and it does affect us, our mindsets, attitudes, and sometimes the way we copy to get by or participate in.  There is no mention of God usually in this or giving God glory.  Stars usually thank the director or producer or maybe a mom or dad for sacrificing for them to get to the pinnacle of success but rarely do we see people giving God all the glory.  We know God says every good and perfect gift comes from God and yet we adopt the ways of the world and attribute it to many other things.  

God warns us through John to not love the world or the things of the world or the love of the Father is not in us.  

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.

If we know all comes from God, then all praise goes back to God and whatever we attain or steward is a gift from him and to be used as he directs we would do well and we would please God.

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Q28 We are finite God is infinite and all knowing: That being stated, as Christians we are constantly under a barrage of earthly principles.  We see all the shiney and bright things that we can buy and we know, money will permit us to live with lots of world things.  Somewhere in the quest for a comfortable life we are like David.  All the worldly things that were presented before his eyes by his foreign wives led him too take his eye off the God that he serves.  We are foreigners also, we accept earthly values from earthly ordinanances, We are proud of ourselves and we are praised amongst men.  We soon forget Him, lost in our self pride.  Col3:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,  Col 3:21 Touch not: taste not: handle not.  We should be aware these verses as we live on the earth. We must learn to pray on all things and discern the things that are within Gods word.  But for pride of material riches, having new cars, new houses nice things are not a sinful want as long as God is first in our lifes.  Job promotion and pay raises come to those who put in the work, when all the hard work is finished and your life is pleasant, remember what the source of your happiness is. Don't look at your accomplishment and give yourself the Glory.  Everything earned and accomphished in life is by the grace of God.  Staying on the narrow road will help us to navagate life with humility and grace.  Remember earthly things come and soon wither away.  We have our treasure in Jesus Christ, be filled with the Spirit and embrace our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Every gift from above is Holy and the word of God will never wither. God is with us always.

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Q28. (1 JOHN 2:15-16) 
What role does pride have in worldliness? How can we live holy lives in this world? What does "stealing the glory" look like? How can it be dangerous? 
For example, we see it when worldly prosperity makes us proud and vain, and we expect to be greatly honoured by others. When we esteem and favour persons purely according to their birth, fortunes, and success. When there is an unholy ambition for self-display and self-glorification. Pride also appears from our wilfulness and our uncontrollable efforts to get what we want – no matter what. A true Christian living in the world is like a ship sailing on the ocean. It is not the ship being in the water which will sink it, but the water getting into the ship. So in like manner the Christian is not ruined by living in the world, but by the world living in them. This world living in us is controlled by Satan. He is the ruler and god of this world (John 14:30). Satan's power exists only because God allows him to act. If we obey Jesus and align ourselves closely with God's purposes, Satan can have no power over us. As soon as we allow anything of love for the world, we shut ourself off from the love of the Father. By taking personal credit for everything that our Heavenly Father has done for us, we steal the glory that is due to Him. Every good thing, everything we have achieved, everything we are proud of has all been made possible through our Lord. There is nothing we can take personal credit for – without Him nothing is and was possible. It can be very dangerous to steal God’s glory as seen in the case of Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:23) when God took his sin of pride seriously and he immediately died a horrible death. 
 

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The word world in the context of Jesus teaching means anything that is not the will of God, which is the system of the devil of this fallen world. Being worldly means participanting in the life of a fallen world where sins abound including pride, feeling a.no need of God. 
 
we are in the world but not of the world. We are citizens of heaven and thus living a life that pertains to God in obedience of Him who rules and reigns in our hearts .

Stealing the glory that belongs to God means taking what is His as ours. We own nothing ,everything we have is from Him and to Him alone do we give back what is due to Him.glory, honour, merit ,praise etc. 

Taking for ourselves the glory that solely belongs to God is considering ourselves  equal to God. That very attitude of satan which has caused his downfalll . 

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The role of pride in the worldliness is that whatever the achievements a person receives are based on the self and not acknowledging that it is God who gives us the ability to acquire all that we have. Pride is boasting about what you have done to have all the things you need to enjoy yourself and not even care about the widows, the poor and the orphans that live in your community. Some people even boast about how much they tithe so that they can be applauded. By the way, tithing is a personal matter between yourself and God and people do not even have to know about that.

We can live holy lives by subjecting ourselves under God's authority. If we allow the flesh to rule us and not the spirit, we will surely be out of the will of God. We must allow the Holy Spirit who dwells in us and us in Him to guide, lead, direct, advise and help us in other that our lives can be perfected in Christ.

"Stealing the glory" is when you trust in your own power and nowhere think that God is at work in your life. We must acknowledge that without God, whatever we have and have achieved comes from Him and give thanks continually to what God continues to do in our lives. We do not have to forget to thank Him for life because some of us think that waking up is a right whereas it is a privilege.When you survive a car accident you give yourself credit based on your driving skills. In everything, we must give thanks according to 1 Thessalonians 5:18. I even thank God for assisting me to answer the questions that are asked here.

It is dangerous because it offends God if we do not acknowledge Him. When Jesus Christ healed the 10 lepers and only 1 coming back to thank Him, He was offended and asked if He did not heal 10 and only one came back. If you do not thank God, it means that you believe that all the powers are from you and that can be very dangerous.

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Q28. (1 John 2:15-16)

What role does pride have in worldliness?

By boasting or arrogance in one's wealth or outward circumstances

How can we live holy lives in this world?

Focus on GOD and give GOD all the praise.

What does "stealing the glory" look like?

To claim a kind of personal credit for what GOD has done.

How can it be dangerous?

We serve a jealous GOD, HE deserve to be honor and praise, if not we must accept the full consequence of that.

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Q. 28 1 John 2:15-16 What role does pride have in worldliness?

It plays a significant role because it represents a self-centered attitude that prioritizes early achievements and desires over God's will. **** of the eyes and a prideful life are temptations that pull people away from God.

How can we live holy lives in this world?

Staying focused on the Promises of God. Obedience, praying, fasting and always reading the Word and being separate from the world. According to this passage Christians can live holy lives by not loving the world but God's love.

What does stealing the Glory look like?

When people attempt to take credit for which God alone has accomplished.

How can it be dangerous?

Very dangerous because it would mean people would actually be defaming God. We should never worship any other God, for the LORD, is a jealous God.

 

 

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Q28. (1 John 2:15-16) What role does pride have in worldliness? How can we live holy lives in this world? What does "stealing the glory" look like? How can it be dangerous?

The role of pride is it breeds ****, sin, self, we become selfish, we lack compassion and we are self focused.   This is how the world operates, "How can I get ahead?" "How can I rise above others?"   We are able to live holy lives when we don't seek to be elevated, when we keep our hearts pure before God, and when we desire and crave the things of God rather than the things of the temporal world.    Stealing glory is when one receives the praise instead of offering it to God.  Stealing glory is when we think we are the source of something great rather than God.   This is dangerous because it leads to destruction.  Paul tore his clothes because they praised him.  It should shake us to the core when we feel as though God is not receiving what he deserves.

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