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Pride is up there with justice and honour with so many people, it is pivotal. According to psychologists there is a healthy balance of self esteem. Pride can be extreme. It can be based on something untrue or exaggerated. A basis for self deception. Satan was proud and in Hebrew this extreme pride is called Chutzpah.
The Hebrews carefully allowed some Hellenism and Socrates considered pride as a virtue. You can ask a sinner, have you no pride? I ask myself questions with some pride and it helps me motivate myself to overcome sins, by pressing into the Spirit's power and self discipline with self judgments. "Judge yourself before God judges you." And before others do as well.
In Luke's Gospel, pride is unclean, I suppose this means Satan's pride. A basis for fights and thefts, jealousy, self pity.
Theology and Socrates, Greek philosophy is much used. So think, I'll use pride freely.
The Hebrews carefully allowed some Hellenism and Socrates considered pride as a virtue. You can ask a sinner, have you no pride? I ask myself questions with some pride and it helps me motivate myself to overcome sins, by pressing into the Spirit's power and self discipline with self judgments. "Judge yourself before God judges you." And before others do as well.
In Luke's Gospel, pride is unclean, I suppose this means Satan's pride. A basis for fights and thefts, jealousy, self pity.
Theology and Socrates, Greek philosophy is much used. So think, I'll use pride freely.