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In one of our recent lectures, we talked about overcoming the natural man. At a BYU devotional, Kim B. Clark, President of BYU-Idaho, asked the following questions:
1. Do you find yourself critiquing the talks in sacrament meeting?
2. Are you critical of others? Do you look down on others? Do you scorn or ridicule them?
3. When adversity strikes, do you hear a voice inside that says, “Why me?
4. Do you react to prophetic counsel by ignoring it, being upset by it, or interpreting it to suit your own desires?
2. Are you critical of others? Do you look down on others? Do you scorn or ridicule them?
3. When adversity strikes, do you hear a voice inside that says, “Why me?
4. Do you react to prophetic counsel by ignoring it, being upset by it, or interpreting it to suit your own desires?
5. When you do something good, do you hear a voice inside congratulating yourself?
6. Do you feel self-gratification and a sense of importance in your knowledge and skill?
7. If someone you know receives something good, do you hear a voice inside saying, “What about me?”
8. Do you find ways to let others know of your success without appearing to boast?
9. If someone corrects a mistake you made, do you feel defensive and resentful?
10. When someone does something that creates inconvenience for you, do you feel annoyed?
“I could go on. There are many, many red flags of pride. Brothers and sisters, I did not get this list from a book. I have firsthand experience with the questions I have asked you, and I know that if you and I ever feel any of them or hear any of them in our minds, we need to recognize them for what they are—the echoes of the Great Lie, the beginning of a call to enmity with our Heavenly Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Kim B. Clark, “Are Ye Stripped of Pride, BYU Speeches, 29 September 2009, 4-5).
This was an especially good lecture. How many of those things do I, myself, do? It is so important to remember why we are here, and who we are here for. Not ourselves, for Heavenly Father. We are here to prove ourselves worthy to enter into his kingdom. How can we even come close if we are still prideful? It is not our place to judge.
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