It piqued my curiosity while being hesitant, what deserved the title granddaddy? It felt much like peaking behind a door you are afraid to look behind. What on earth? Here it goes ...
Pride is the graddaddy of all sins - typically the sin from which all other sins originate. It was pride that caused Satan to become Satan. It was price that caused the fall of Israel. And, as much as we hate to admit it, it is often pride that blocks the Holy Spirit from moving in our lives. It's the sin with the strongest grip, the sin we loathe when we see it in others, and the sin we often refuse to see in ourselves.
Throughout Scripture, God calls Christians to be humble and warns of the consequences of pride, "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled" and he foretells of the blessings of humility, "Those who humble themselves will be exalted." - Matthew 23:12.
1.
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2.
the state or feeling of being proud.
3.
a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
4.
Synonyms being: Ego, self-confidence, self-love, self sufficiency, self trust.
pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself:
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he
fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- 1 Timothy 3:6
It was pride that caused Satan to become Satan.
What a powerful statement. To be cast from heaven due to a dignified sense of oneself, to hell.
Destruction of everything good and perfect because of an entitled thought and a snowball of actions.
