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Satan has taken pride, an attribute of sinful man that Yahweh deplores, and has transformed it
into a virtue in the eyes of the world.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverted
mouth, I hate.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes dishonor, but with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a humble
spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Mark 7:20-23
And [Yahshua] was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders,
adulteries, deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride
and foolishness. All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
This is the twisted, upside down world Satan has fashioned. He calls evil good. He makes a
virtue out of that which Yahweh detests. He deceives men and women, enticing them to commit
unnatural, and debased acts, convincing them that he is seeking their welfare, promoting their
liberty, and protecting their freedoms. Satan lies as he tells humanity that following their
unrestrained sexual desires will make them “gay” when in fact it leads to misery. When Jennifer
Knapp came out with a new album after she revealed openly and unrepentantly that she was in a
lesbian relationship, it seemed fitting that she titled it “Letting Go.”
Satan tells mankind that it is wrong to repress their fleshly desires and passions. He urges them to