| No. |
Proud People |
Humble People |
| 1 |
Focus on the failures of others |
Are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need and constantly realize how far they fall short |
| 2 |
Are self-righteous; have a critical fault-finding spirit; look at their own life / faults through a telescope, but others' with a microscope |
Are compassionate and forgiving; they look for the best in others |
| 3 |
Look down on others who aren't as "spiritual' or "committed" as they are |
Esteem others as better than themselves and realize how far they fall short |
| 4 |
Have to always prove that they are right; must win every argument |
Are willing to yield the right to be right |
| 5 |
Think they know what a person's motives are for doing some ministry or personal action |
Realize that only God (1 Cor. 4:5) truly knows the motives of a persons heart and so gives the person the benefit of the doubt |
| 6 |
Tend to think that they know who are the truly proud people and who are the truly humble people |
Leave the judgment of a persons heart in God's hands |
| 7 |
Say: "The ministry is priveleged to have me!" |
Say: "I don't deserve to serve in ministry" |
