"Several Shades of Pride": A Sermon Outline for Sunday, May 15, 2011

Several Shades of Pride

John 7:14-24

Proposition:  We, like the crowd in Jerusalem that day, are often blind to the pride in our own lives and require the word of God to reveal it and remove it.

Transition:  The pride in our life is frequently seen in our attitudes.  4 such attitudes are revealed in our text.

I.  We Have Pride in Our Education (vv. 14-16)  
   A.  Our Pride May Be in Formal Education
   B.  Our Pride May Be in Informal Education
   C.  Our Education, Formal or Informal, Should Bring Glory to God

II.  We Have Pride in Our Teaching (vv. 17-18)
   A.  Our Pride Leads Us to Teach Our Understanding of Scripture as the Only Truth
   B.  Our Pride Leads Us to Teach So We Glorify Ourselves
   C.  Our Teaching Should Seek God's Glory

III.  We Have Pride in Our Religion (vv. 19-23)
   A.  Our Pride Blinds Us to Our Sin (vv. 19-20)
   B.  Our Pride Causes Us to Rebel When Called a Sinner (v. 20)
   C.  Our Pride Leads Us to Lie When Our Sin is Confronted (vv. 20)
   D.  Our Pride Reveals We Cling to Religious Tradition (vv. 21-23)

IV.  We Have Pride in Our Judgment (v. 24)
   A.  Our Pride Judges Outwardly
   B.  Let Us Judge Righteously