4 Ways C.S. Lewis Examines Pride

[@RobG811]

“Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor” - Proverbs 29:23

[@novellamoreland5692]

"Pride... The more we have it in ourselves, the more we dislike it in others" 😲

[@Sub_901]

That stung, indeed!

[@raymondtaylor6049]

😮

[@jenniferbreidenbach579]

I had the same reaction

[@raymondtaylor6049]

@@novellamoreland5692 Have an ice cream 🍦 😋.

[@raymondtaylor6049]

@@jenniferbreidenbach579 Have an ice cream 🍦 😋.

[@johncronin5311]

Lord please save me from myself, Thank You Jesus

[@miken2604]

WOW!!! so good

[@lizzy5637]

Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@timothyfortune3922]

I have prayed that exact same prayer many times!

[@suelizmungai8863]

The number of times I pray this prayer😮‍💨

[@Eva-Libi]

@johncronin5311, absolutely agree🙃. And thank You Abba Father for saving me for You, in Your Beloved Spirit and Truth, IJN Amen Thanks for the blessed reminder sunshine. Abba Father I pray nothing but You, Your Righteousness, Your Peace and Your Joy in the Holy Spirit, His Rule, His Reign, His Power and His Righteousness for Your Beloved son John, who IS perfectly accepted in The Beloved Son, NOW! I praise You Gracious and Righteous Name Abba Father. Thank You for blessing John and his family indeed, In Jesus Name Amen x Much much Love (our Beloved God, all of Him IS Love) to you and yours sunshine. One of the best declarations I’ve ever heard.🙃

[@zacariasnelson5753]

Pride is so dangerous and beguiling that it can be mistaken for self loathing, where one truly believes they have sinned so great that the Blood of the Lamb of God isn’t sufficient to cover their sins. How arrogant to believe you’re capable of such sin that the Creator Himself cannot forgive from His own sacrifice. This is what I’ve needed to take to heart for a long time

[@lizzy5637]

Amen 🙏

[@mykaylaberna7588]

This!! I've heard it be said, if you don't think that Jesus' blood can cover ALL your sins, it's akin to telling him "you're not good enough to save me, I require even more from you."

[@trishbowring726]

This is an interesting point of view. I never considered it from this perspective.

[@deanwilliams534]

Very well said

[@jane_7777]

Thank you for this! ❤ I so need this in this season of my life. Life's been hard.

[@SkoolNerds]

The level of emotional intelligence this man had is off the charts. Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me a sinner.

[@SLC259]

☦️

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

Agreed. I have never heard a more convicting description of pride in my life. The Bible referrs to that "emotional intellegence" as "wisdom." "The wisdom of heaven..." It is not of the man it is of heaven.

[@derekdavis3004]

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. - Proverbs 11:2

[@psychedforlife7176]

I'm really just a small dirty sheep that can't figure out the way on my own. Thank God for Jesus being the Good Shepherd and coming to find me to bring me back to His flock. I was lost but He found me.

[@jafuni9349]

C. S. Louis made a really important distinction between pride and vanity, this was enlightening for me. So many nuggets, but this one is my favorite: “Pride makes people look down on others, and those who are looking down cannot look up.”

[@maxcosby8166]

Amen 🙏

[@houstonanderson6482]

Vanity speaks to what you wrongly want others to think of you and pride is what you wrongly think about yourself

[@msudawgma]

They don't want to look up.

[@euphemiariley4523]

Pride is not only the number one sin, it is also dangerous. Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18.

[@claradiaz3147]

The reason why pride is near the top of worst sins is that it blinds us from all our other sins.

[@oppressednolonger1497]

amen

[@matthewhester2630]

"He (the devil) is perfectly content to see you becoming chaste and brave and self-controlled, provided all the time he is setting up in you the dictatorship of pride". This was powerful for me. I used to stack up perceived virtues like trophies, glorifying myself in my own mind. I'm currently trying to transition from that mode of thinking to that of forgetting myself and pursuing virtue because it's what God has called us to. Lord, let my motivation be of submission and obedience, not pride and false humility!

[@christophermckillop549]

I think I will need to hear this on a regular basis. There is so much in this 17 minutes.

[@angelacrick3066]

😊

[@djbzwaxx421]

I just finished saying this to my brother only after the first 3 minutes.

[@hprincessbride5277]

When I am self focused, Lord God refocus me! Day after day; I must decrease and Jesus must increase! Help is my plea. 🙏🏽

[@alicemitchell3668]

Amen 🙏 Amen 🙏

[@ajschielie2447]

Yes, i echo that prayer🙇‍♀️

[@christmaspartylights]

Amen!!!

[@edwardrobinol7474]

Someone like this so I’m reminded to come back and humble myself

[@CtPartridge]

There is a thought, a confession which is an anchor of humility. "Apart from Thee I can do nothing." Apart from Jesus, we are nothing in terms of faith or religion. He is the vine which nourishes the branch and brings forth the fruit from it: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness and so on. It is the grace of God, his work in my heart which enables my anchor to hold. Gracious Father in Heaven, in the kindness of your gentle Spirit, grant me grace to be reminded that apart from you and your Son, I can do nothing pertaining to love and Godliness.

[@makeit2649]

I must gently disagree with your interpretation of this verse. This verse says that without Christ, we can do NOTHING. That isn't limited to things relating only to our faith, religions, or matters of love and Godliness. It says NOTHING. Not one of us - believer or unbeliever - can even take a breath without Him. In Daniel 5:23, the prophet reminds a pagan king that God holds his (the king's) breath in his hands. Paul told the unbelieving Greeks in Acts 17:28 that "in Him we live and move and have our being." So, nothing means "not a single thing." :)

[@loli3939]

​@@makeit2649splitting hairs 😮

[@aquaseahorselove3939]

Agree. People try to manufacture these attributes apart from Christ. People try to work for God to impress Him or be accepted by Him. But we will always fall short if we try to produce these fruit on our own. Staying in relationship with our heavenly Father through Christ is what transforms us. We can't transform ourselves. The reason Jesus died for us is to bring us back into right standing and relationship with God. There was a time when I had stopped praying and disconnected from God because I had been hurt by the church, looking back at that time, the fruits of the spirit that I had grown by being connected to the vine began to wither when I distanced myself from God and the longer I stayed away, the more I began to smell the stench of the fruit rotting out of my life. I began to yearn for Gods fellowship again. I started communing with Him again and once again the fruit began to produce in my life. This verse is quite meaningful to me because I saw it literally happen within my life. We cannot produce the fruit of the Spirit apart from the vine. Jesus is life! 🙌🏼

[@siseabarton874]

Amen! Lord Jesus please deliver me from all pride and false humility that I may be Holy Set apart for You and Your Kingdom, Glory, Honor, Praise and Worship. Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy Will.

[@matthewhester2630]

Great prayer!

[@graceperiod5352]

Fix our eyes 👀 on Jesus 🙏

[@BruzeCruze]

I recognize that phrase…and pray it regularly. I offer myself to You, to build with me and do with me as You will…may I do Your will always.

[@vdsilva6806]

Man… this was a major lesson on the evils of our pride!

[@ma_86]

Yes it’s so true!

[@billyback1038]

I have a grandson who was raised in church and to believe the gospel. When his grandmother, who loved him above the others, asked him to go to college, he did. It was a Baptist college and he went in as a believer and came out an atheist. I was talking to him the other day, and I told him, not to let his pride keep him from believing in God. It's not hard to spot. He really is full of pride since he graduated.

[@BozzleyOfficial]

Universities are liberal brainwashing factories. He will find his way back.

[@Ykpaina988]

He should have proud of graduating

[@brianbarcelo6920]

No matter where one receives their education, I got mine on the street, pride is ever present, college just serves it up in heaps, it's a stronghold of prideful principles.

[@lisadixon3127]

College destroys their minds

[@bravingbrivatebrian]

I think that if a person is raised into a belief it is almost necessary for them to lose faith first in order to develop true faith. When faith is inherited before one has a real choice it isn't quite the same thing. Everyone has to deal with and confront pride at some point. If a person were incapable of pride, it would be no great virtue to overcome it.

[@Ruth_1_16]

“ the more pride one has.. the more one disliked the pride in others”….. 🫨🫨🫨🫢🫢 😱😱😱😱🤯🤯🤯🤯 shot to my heart! 🙏🏼✝️Lord, forgive me! Lord, help me! Thank you for these revelations!

[@melanieburns6009]

How is C. S. Lewis so smart!!?? I'm always so mind blown by his insights.. This is a good message to keep me in check

[@johornbuckle5272]

He is gifted for sure, thank God

[@loli3939]

Look at who his heavenly Father is, took Clive a bit to get to his salvation question too, so remember to be kind and share the gospel to all ages. So grateful for the skilled people "and the idiots as Lewis says," God created. Thank you Father!

[@DaDoubleDee]

"The devil loves curing a small fault by giving you a great one." Dang, that's some wisdom.

[@MH-zq4nl]

I once had the great blessing of experiencing the personality of God. The most striking initial impression was that He has no pride. This amazed me, to know that the One with all power and glory is totally devoid of pride. He has none. Pride is the self indulgent sin that makes us most unlike God. This revelation has given me great discernment. CS must have had so much insight into the subject because of the highly competetive academic circles in which he moved. It is the most wonderful blessing to meet a man or woman, expert or leader in their field, who has not succumbed to this temptation. Blessed are the poor in Spirit.

[@juliepolyanski6940]

61 years old and finally understanding “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” thank you for this comment, this platform and all your servants Lord!

[@ScripturePathways.01]

This video hit home hard. I've struggled with pride disguised as self-hatred for years, thinking my sins were too big for forgiveness. It's eye-opening to realize that's just another form of pride. Lewis's insights are helping me see how sneaky pride can be. Learning to truly humble myself before God's grace. Thank you for this powerful reminder.

[@beemer2869]

Is this the voice of C S Lewis? Such wise words. Makes me feel very humble.

[@UnitedWayWashCounty]

Yes, this was a reading he did of The Four Loves, for the BBC. It is the only existing recording of Lewis reading his own work. Such a treasure.

[@rooferbob4707]

Yes this is CS Lewis. Many of his writings aired on the radio originally.

[@Abr022575]

I doubt it

[@jemstanley7203]

This is so true. What we hate in Others is found first in us. 😮😢

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

Romans 2:1 was the passage that caused me to pledge my life to try and live by the Bible almost 40 years ago. No one led me to it, I just picked up the Bible and started reading (never read it before). I read Romans 1 and was thinking "yeah, those dirty perverts and terrible sinners"....Then I read Romans 2:1 "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." I literally looked up and saw God and all of heaven looking at me in my guilt. I dove to my knees and promised God, "God I don't know what is in your Bible but I promise to spend the rest of my life trying to find out and live by it." I have done so. I STILL struggle mightily with pride. ...But I have found that the overwhelming Love of Christ is the tide that washes me of self.

[@karenchandler7964]

So insightful! Showed me some ugly things about myself.... But the Lord is able to help me!!!

[@felicialally5703]

Amen!

[@BenjaminAlmberg]

I needed this. Jesus Christ is so awesome to send his servants to teach and correct us. So loving and gentle in correction and teaching. I pray we are all open in our hearts to receive. Jesus Christ can open our hearts to Himself and His love.

[@BibleTruthsUnveiled]

I've never heard pride explained quite like this before. Lewis's perspective is so profound, especially the part about how we all despise it in others but rarely see it in ourselves. This video has sparked some serious self-reflection. Grateful for this wisdom.

[@canoe365]

Excellent advice. Drawing closer to God makes me admire Him more and take less notice of myself.

[@TheJacali]

God, I am so prideful and self focused. Please help me to focus not shaming myself but on Your glory. Please God when I stray please guide me back like the lost and crippled lamb that I am.

[@grantstarsky9841]

This certainly sheds light on the origin of Gay pride. “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

[@woodshed_moments]

Simple, potent and relevant.... leave it to C.S. Lewis Bless him

[@CaptainArn]

I WAS NOT ready for how GOOD this would be

[@MsRacheal5451]

Oh God save me from the spirit of pride. Let me live for you not myself 🙏

[@ma_86]

Amen amen

[@hopenkosi2215]

And one thing about pride,it makes one to live in fear cause you might loose a certain thing. Thank you Holy Spirit for speaking to me.

[@Nomorewarsforisrael]

This should be mandatory viewing for school kids.

[@sabrinafairchild1058]

YES

[@bruce5868]

Gonna save this one to my favourites. I'll need to come back to this multiple times.

[@gothboi4ever]

"Pride is where the Devil Lies." -C.S. Lewis

[@lukeweaver9287]

Yes, pride is the mother of all sin. Keep it away from us, Lord, we pray! 🙏

[@lizzy5637]

Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@NachalYahu]

Thank you Abba Yahuah for caring so much for your children. Generations of good insight. In Lord Jesus name!

[@Kyjoe502]

I had to listen to this a couple times. It really hits home and opened my eyes to how sinfully proud I am. “The devil loves curing a small fault by giving you a great one.”

[@cwavt8849]

I needed this. My father struggled with pride his entire life. I have sworn to try to not bear that trait. But, I do. This showed me how to spot it, and how to fight against it. Thank you, I was convicted

[@geo.ies93]

1. Pleasure in being praised vs Vanity/Pride 2. Being proud of someone (especially a relative) should be admiration only, not a source of pride for oneself 3. God wants you to know Him and give Himself to you, and pride is a hindrance as humility is a requisite to this end 4. The first and biggest step to humility is to realize that you are proud

[@williamfigueroa4630]

Pride is self exaltation

[@Kenny.G63]

Pride always comes, before the fall.

[@katiegeyvanpittius7391]

Pride, the best discourse on Pride is by the Desert Father in about 300AD, John Cassian wrote the Spirit of Pride (one of the 8 deadlies). No Christian should skip reading this short document. Pride is what is nowadays called "narcissism', and the other sins you can have mixed in with your virtues, but with pride there is no virtue, pride kills taints and perverts all virtue, rather than be interspered amongst it like anger, sloth etc

[@JorgeBennettCompositor]

Thank you so much for this post. Can't think of a better or a deeper explanation on pride than this one. Also it was a pleasure hearing it by C. S. Lewis himself.

[@dreamsaresharedhere_]

This is the first time I’ve listened to a CS Lewis lecture. He reminds me of Alan Watts, who I used to listen to before accepting Christ. I am guilty of the pride he describes. Its scares me that I might be making up a god and not being a true believer. I think its true. Lord have mercy on me.

[@BigSunshine55]

I was and still mostly am that man who was very conceited indeed. I’m discovering this deep pride in me, and I’m still trying to find the bottom of it. Thanks for hosting the video, and thanks be to God for his work through my life through influences such as C.S. Lewis.

[@jmartin9785]

So true, l have seen this great affront to mankind all my life, and avowed myself to never be overtaken by it. Pride does truly come before the fall ! Wise man, the world should listen ! 🙏🌈

[@njcanuck]

What a great commentary on a subject we rarely hear spoken about. Always easier to hear a sermon on a topic where we might say, "oh that doesn't apply to me".

[@susanvan1672]

"If you think you are not conceited, then you are conceited indeed....." C.S. Lewis

[@marksellers4875]

A loving hammer blow. Grace and peace to you Mr Lewis. Your works live on.

[@melissastinebaugh537]

Lessons we all need to hear. Thank you for this!

[@phyllisgrellman4741]

The end said it all, if you think you’re not conceited, indeed you’re very conceited indeed”!

[@DystopiaFatigue]

Today, there's an entire month to celebrate this vice and the accompanying immorality it defends.

[@sylviajones4907]

Praying for these people. I believe they were hurt in their past. Pray for God's intervention in their heart.

[@robertfischer1041]

So true. And if you object to it, you will face the wrath of the devil himself!

[@IronsharpensIron4]

Beautiful message! We live in an extremely prideful world!! It’s sickening. We work in it and live in it. That’s why it is important to spend time with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ hourly/daily. We must ask Him to search our hearts continuously and to make us like Him. The more we spend time praying to our Father, reading the Bible and fasting; the more we become like Yahweh. Fight the good fight!❤❤❤

[@ALex-yv8xw]

Praise Jesus 👏 🙌 👏

[@debbiedean3165]

Oh Father God, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, forgive me for pride, I see it in things in me that I never thought of before, like trying to be perfect, being so disappointed that I can't do things perfectly -- I'm horrified, forgive me God and shine Your light, Word, and Holy Spirit on all pride in my life, and then everything else--thank You for leading me to this message today, ❤️🙏✝️

[@bipbip6626]

Humility is my only fault….😊 One old old friend told me in a time of hardships that true humility was only achieved through humiliation… True Humility cannot be made, home made. A visiting priest disagreed, at first, with this statement. Until i asked him to think of someone humble he knew, who had not gone through humiliation. He paused , then said…. ‘’ hummm , you re right !’’

[@karenbeardwilson]

Always trying to help others to feel at ease, comfortable. Perhaps it is I, that was not at ease. I never plan it. In Union with Jesus. He helps me - I couldn’t stay the course without Him. All the Glory to God. Amen

[@cherylwatkins588]

I have never really understood what pride is. I always thought it was thinking highly of yourself and it is but, for me, thinking how other people see me, what they think of me, do I fit in? Someone else being thought more of than me. Thinking I can do things myself and not asking for help. Pride is far more. I've cried and prayed this morning for forgiveness. I am a sinner. I am prideful but now I "get it" I shall seek God, look to my Lord and Saviour and asking the Holy Spirit for wisdom, understanding and His guidance. Without them I can do nothing 🙏❤️

[@STMukr]

Pride...I'm figting it every day ...every hour...Lord help me to be humble believer and to listen You .🙏

[@lilianarowan3571]

This is so true! Our society needs these teachings so much!

[@elzaberoos2949]

Gosh! What a profound insight....thank you! What is mere man that Father God still keeps on blessing him so much?...please make me humble,Father God.🙏

[@lizzy5637]

Amen 🙏 My prayers too, Lord.

[@JasonSchultz-b2h]

Thanks for sharing this! Lewis also said that true "Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less."

[@marygirard7907]

So incredible in both content and presentation. It goes to the heart. It is wonderful that God saved and used this man for His kingdom.

[@bukibassey3509]

I'm so glad I came across this sermon. I especially like the point that the more pride we have, the more we dislike it in others. Also, differentiating between pride and vanity was very instructive.

[@cslewissoulful]

Thank you God for loving. I thank you for everything you have done for me (seen and unseen). Please give me the strength to let go of everything not meant for me. If you see fit please grant us with better health. In Jesus name I pray 🙏🏾 Amen Amen and Amen 🙌🏾

[@gingertervasi2040]

So good! So true! We all need to hear this to humble ourselves and get rid of the entitlement attitude! Fake Christians, feminism it’s just sad!!!

[@rickleech1422]

Have comments been turned off? This is an excellent presentation and is the opposite of what is being pushed on us at this time.

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

What a good reminder! Thank you for posting this.

[@yungace617]

This one hurt so good. Have a lot to pray about. Thank you Heavenly Father for your endless mercy.

[@donnafoster5215]

Excellent lecture. It’s helpful to listen to a discussion of the problem with pride.

[@GloryToTheHighest]

God sent. This is exactly what I was fighting with. Exactly what I thought that those thoughts are.

[@harmoniabalanza]

you and everyone else.

[@NinaReviewsThings]

This is truly so wise! Wow! Thank you CS Lewis and thank you for sharing this here on KZbin. Pride truly is scary.

[@debbiegraham5585]

Great, R.I.P. C.S.Lewis

[@Onthelauchpad]

That was awesome!!! And the worship at the end had me going!!! Awesome!!!

[@georgealderson4424]

If Professor Lewis is critical of those who are proud, does not that mean that he is still prouder? If we praise God for anything we do which is worthy of respect, is that still a display of pride? "Without Thee we are not able to praise Thee." Thank you for these videos which are so stimulating and so enjoyable.

[@davidmiller4078]

CS Lewis wrote some great stories as well as the Cronicles of Narnia about children discovering a mysterious Wardrobe he wrote an amazing sci fi Trilogy i forgot the name of it but when i read it 40 years ago it blew my mind and definately expanded my horizons He definately knew the philosphical side of thinga

[@jillshepherd4225]

Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength

[@chuckevans2792]

Great teacher! His books are amazing! Thanks, subbed.

[@mrchristian8782]

If you think you're not conceited, it means you're very conceited indeed. - C.S Lewis

[@DonJessen]

I do like his insight into our Biblical and spiritual journey in life.

[@marygomez9240]

I needed to hear this. Thank you.

[@garudain77]

From reading about Lewis, I’ve learned that he was a delightful guy to hang out with. Very down-to-earth and regular, despite being famous and brilliant.

[@adeotiwilliams199]

“Pride has no pleasure of having something other than having more of it than another man”

[@PrayersfromtheRedwoodForest]

The silence is deafening

[@amoseannamalai4506]

Destruction comes in different ways where we least expect it but it leaves a change when taken as a lesson to learn !

[@MO-cf8tl]

This is just brilliant! I’ll watch this over again, thanks!

[@happinessyogateacher]

Brilliant, the very heart of Christian teaching. Let me be humble in realization of this truth…

[@MyRockMyFortress]

A timely reminder that I need. Thank you ❤

[@danieleburks3218]

This was needed. God bless this message

[@lauraivanakircanski6679]

That was so accurate and thoughtful! I loved it. Thank you so much for sharing it!

[@deeflores6203]

C.S. LEWIS SUCH VISION !! WORDS EVEN MORE RELEVANT NOW IN THIS DAY OF WICKEDNESS AND PERVERSION

[@nicoleharber8038]

I really can’t get enough cs lewis. FYI lots of his books are free on audible

[@hugovanderzee4944]

Thanks for posting this 🙏

[@valjadsplodgny4455]

Very insightful, as ever, from C S Lewis. Is this his actual voice, or some kind of representation of it ?

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

The love of the Lord is the pathway to salvation from self. Once I learned to love, I learned to focus on that object of love outside of myself. Seeking the Lord with all of my heart eventually overcame pride enough to see his love. "I am gentle and Humble of Heart...take my yoke upon you and learn from Me." The yoke of Christ is selfless love.

[@ChelleMEis]

And sometimes being cheerful and content with your life looks like pride to those who dont understand those qualities.

[@SteveSteve7590-di2dn]

Isn’t it prideful to say that others don’t understand those qualities. Sounds complacent .

[@davidorellanafuchs]

Beautyfull thoughts!! Subscribed.

[@kenboyer5948]

Repetition of this message is important to spiritual life. Remember, remember, remember. I’m reminded of Blessed Charles de Foucauld’s observation: “It pleased God to make it easy for us to be saved. God didn’t attach salvation to knowledge or intelligence or wealth, nor to long experience or rare gifts that are not given to all. God attached it to something within the reach of everyone. Jesus attaches salvation to humility, to the act of making yourself little. That is all it takes to win heaven.” I see the wisdom of Foucauld’s observation but I don’t find it an easy one; therefore, the repetition of C.S. Lewis’ message.