Dutch Sheets shares with us his thoughts on pride, and where it comes from:
“How does Satan blind the mind of the unbeliever: What gives place to
this veil?
I believe the Lord has shown me a valuable clue. The word “blinded” in 2 Cor. 4:4 (KJV) is tuphloo, which means ‘to dull the intellect; to make blind.’
[W.E Vine, The Expanded Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Minneapolis: Bethany Hours Publishers, 1984) p. 125]
I believe the Lord has shown me a valuable clue. The word “blinded” in 2 Cor. 4:4 (KJV) is tuphloo, which means ‘to dull the intellect; to make blind.’
[W.E Vine, The Expanded Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words (Minneapolis: Bethany Hours Publishers, 1984) p. 125]
The root word, turpho, has
the meaning of making smoke, [Strong, The New Strong’s
Exhaustive Concordance, ref. no 5188] and the
blindness in this passage is like a smoke screen that clouds or darkens the air
in such a way as to prohibit a person from seeing.
This made sense to me, but it didn’t seem to fully answer how he did it. Then I made a fascinating discovery.
This made sense to me, but it didn’t seem to fully answer how he did it. Then I made a fascinating discovery.
From this same root comes a word (tuphoo)
that is used for being high-minded, proud or inflated with self-conceit. [Ibid., ref. no 5187]
The picture is of one who is ‘puffed up’ much like smoke puffs up or billows.
When I saw the connection between the words blindness and pride, a major missing link was supplied for me.
The picture is of one who is ‘puffed up’ much like smoke puffs up or billows.
When I saw the connection between the words blindness and pride, a major missing link was supplied for me.
I realized immediately it was the sin of pride, passed on from Lucifer
to humankind in the Garden, that Satan uses to blind them.
I realized that most rejection of Christ, whether from the works motivation of most false religions or the simple fact most people just don’t want to give lordship of their lives to another is due to pride.
It is the ultimate enemy of Christ and will ultimately be dealt with in finality when every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Christ is Lord. Pride will be dealt its final blow!”
I realized that most rejection of Christ, whether from the works motivation of most false religions or the simple fact most people just don’t want to give lordship of their lives to another is due to pride.
It is the ultimate enemy of Christ and will ultimately be dealt with in finality when every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Christ is Lord. Pride will be dealt its final blow!”
The next Prayer Note on 9/20- The Male Pride Factor: Prayer Note #74
"Sin ravages a fruitful life
When it is not addressed;
But God restores and makes us right
once sin has been confessed.—Sper
God doesn't remove all of our imperfections,
but He makes us beautiful by shining through them."
Our Daily Bread
April 25/12
Tomorrow’s
post: Persevering Through Disappointments by Kathy Cheek
Today’s
treasure truth #19: If you are “born again”, you are an heir to the blessings of Abraham. (Gal. 3:13, 14)
Our
thought for today: Jesus, help me to have faith that You're in the process of changing me.
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