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Ezekiel chapter 28 verses 1 and 2.

The word of the Lord came to me.

Son of man, say to the Prince of Tyre, thus says the Lord God,

Because your heart is proud, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,

yet you are but a man and no God, though you make your heart like the heart of a God.

And such begins in this chapter, the prophecy specifically against the prince of Tyre, the leader of Tyre,

who has basically set himself up like he is a God.

He has looked at himself that way. He has exalted himself that way. He has projected that

towards others. They should look to him that way. His heart has been proud. Like he is a God.

And as we hear this judgment against the prince of tyre for his pride i can't help but to think number one about the pride in my own heart the pride in each of our hearts like this is the

essence of sin that we set ourselves up as if we are God as if we know what is best for our lives

like every sin is born in a heart of pride that says, I'm going to do things

my way instead of God's way. I'm not going to submit to God. I'm going to be like God. Like I know,

good and evil. It's Genesis chapter 3, and it's every single time we sin.

Like, C.S. Lewis's chapter on pride in mere Christianity is so helpful because he talks about just the root of sin being pride before God.

And it's on display here in the Prince of Tyre in Ezekiel chapter 28. And sadly, it's so

often on display in each of our hearts. And so Ezekiel chapter 28 just drives us to pray in confession

and repentance with humility before God. God, we, even in saying that in prayer, saying God, we are confessing you are God, we are not.

We are not God.

We are not a God.

We don't know what is best for our lives.

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