Devotion
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Heavenly Gifts: Part XXXVIII
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Feb 16, 2023
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Love does not parade itself, is not puffed up. I Corinthians 13:4
Love does not parade itself, is not puffed up. I Corinthians 13:4
When I think about someone who parades himself, I think of a rooster strutting around the pen trying to impress the other chickens! Some preachers are like roosters who parade themselves full of pride and an arrogant look of superiority!
I would say, the "Top Cock" would be Satan who was expelled from the vaults of Heaven's glory only to be cast out like a rotten apple! His pride was his downfall and those who are puffed up with pride are filled with the nature of the devil! It is demonic and just the opposite of the heart of a disciple of the Lord Jesus.
Pride has led many a man and woman down a slippery slope into the pits of Hell for their arrogant behavior and puffed-up attitude toward others. For the church of God to be strong and spiritually healthy these prideful preachers and TV charlatans must be purged in order to purify the body of Christ!
How you are fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' Yet you shall be brought down to She'ol, to the lowest depths of the pit. Isaiah 14:12-15
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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