Don’t Get Twisted Up

Don't Get Twisted Up

The idea of being proud or prideful is to cause a thing or oneself to outshine another. And this is all the product of a fallen imagination. It's all an imagination… a falsified imagination. Pride at all levels is mere imagination. And this vain thinking, within those who are functioning with this veil of pride, will attempt to outshine the light and love of Jesus. God scatters the proud in their thoughts, trust, treasures, and time everywhere — minus the right place. Pride is the veil that keeps the fool from seeing even the simplest forms of God's common grace. (Psalm 119:21; Isaiah 44:18-20; Lamentations 3:65; Isaiah 25:7)

Prideful — means to imagine your life and light, on a particular thing, outshines and is, therefore, superior than the light, life, and love of God.

A few bullet points from the transcription of this message.

• Healing miracles in Luke's Gospel.
◦ Jesus is on His way to heal a dying girl, and is stopped in His tracks by a woman who touched Him, and the disciples question Him on it.
◦ Pastor Nick Holden highlights the healing of a woman with a 12-year blood flow issue through touching Jesus' garment, also mentioned in Matthew 9:18-19.
• Jesus' healing miracles and faith.
◦ Jesus responds to hopeless situations with "only believe" and goes to help, despite others' assertions of impossibility.
◦ Pastor Nick emphasizes the importance of not getting caught up with people on the highways and byways, and instead focusing on the specific places where they are sent to go.
◦ Pastor Nick argues that seeking advice from unspiritual people can lead to failure, as they lack spiritual insight and discernment.
◦ He believes that