Bible

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Don't know exactly where to start, so reckon the best way is to just jump in, I have never understood the writings of the prophets, I have tried but always came up lacking understanding.....well a few days ago I entered into Isaiah with the determination to at least get a small grasp on what Isaiah was trying to convey to us here in 2020. In chapter 11: starting with verse 12 he writes of the fall of Lucifer, ---Lucifer in his heart uses the thought of---"I WILL" 5 times, moving me to the thought of pride, this is/was Lucifer's big problem----OK, his problem how does this apply to me today, I will not say us or you, I will leave that for you to think on. Now going through 3 different study Bibles then "The Interpreter's Bible" and what caught my eye on this was something that back some years ago I was very guilty of---"Pride", now I know that through out my entire life I have always been taught to take pride in what I did, and this is a good thing, so I suppose there is "good pride" and "not so good pride". The Church Fathers in their list of the 7 deadly sins put "pride" 1st----So did the Hebrews, Why? because the essence of this sin is to treat God with distain or actually defy Him.......Allow me to move from a few thousand years ago up to closer times, more modern civilization -----As humanity realized its own powers, man took such pride in the work of his own hands that multitudes felt no necessity for God. Now here comes the change----The philosophy of Humanism was born of an age of scientific achievement . Humanism proclaims the greatness of man/woman and denied the need of any power other than his own for salvation. Humanism simply dismisses God as irrelevant.----To dismiss God, to leave Him of account in the handling of life, means a steady deterioration in human relationships; arrogance, engenders hatred and fear, till the world is full of suspicion, the armaments are piled up, the fatal "incident" occurs, and the earth is on fire, so man in his pride is brought down to hell.-----HUMANISM----Much of this is what I took from my study resources, they offer much food for thought, allow me a simple example.....there was a man I know who faired very well, he was generous and shared his good tidings and was well thought of, but his short-coming was "he did it", because he felt compelled to, never did he think he was doing what God wanted him to do, he was doing his will, not God's will------Pride stepped in and God was put on the back burner. It is good to do good, but are we doing good because we want to or because we acknowledge God as the One who gives to us and calls us to share.---doing God's will not my will

Just some morning thoughts here---God Bless and WOOOOPIIEEE---Friday is here and for you folks who are still working for a living----Liberty will be sounded in jus a few hours----God Bless