But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:7). The exalted self is perhaps the biggest casualty of Adam's sin. This residual effect of spiritual death has left its root system in every child of God. The root of the exalted self is pride. And we know that according to Proverbs that pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. You can see this exalted self in the pastor seek

Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you (Luke 6:37-38). The law of sowing and reaping is working constantly in our lives. The attitudes I sow in others I reap back from them. The kindness I sow comes

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2:21). For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9). Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead (James 2:17). For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also (James 2:26). We’re not saved by what