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Day 10: ‘You have gone too far!’         “They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD's assembly?   …   and tomorrow put fire and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!” (Numbers 16:3, 7)           The church is hindering evangelism.   The church is failing to fulfill its role as the light and salt of this dark world.   Instead of showing God's love to the world, jealousy, rivalry, fighting, and disputes are rampant within the church.   The church, which should be reflecting God's holiness, is becoming increasingly worldly.   What could be the cause of such strife within a church that is heading down a worldly path?   I found one answer in today'...

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Pride or Humility "Pride is a deep rooted and a self-preserving sin; and therefore is harder to be killed and rooted up than other sins.   It hinders the discovery of itself.   ...   It will not allow the dinner to see his pride when he is reproved; neither will it allow him to confess it if he see it; nor ... to loathe himself and forsake it.   ...   Even when he recognizes all of the evidences of pride in others, he will not see it in himself. ..."   "Humility is willingness and desire that others should not think of us, or speak of us, or use (i.e., treat) us as greater or wiser or better than we are: that they should give us no more honor, praise or love than is our due."   (Richard Baxter)