{"id":3663,"date":"2015-07-22T15:58:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/christiancrier\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2015-07-22T15:58:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:58:40","slug":"what-does-the-bible-say-about-arrogance-a-christian-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christiancrier\/2015\/07\/22\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-arrogance-a-christian-study\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does The Bible Say About Arrogance? A Christian Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

How does the Bible define arrogance? Why is God opposed to all who live arrogantly?<\/p>\n

A Secular Definition of Arrogance<\/h2>\n

You could define arrogance as a person\u2019s sense of his or her own importance that shows itself in a proud and insulting way before others. It acts condescendingly towards other people and looks down on others with a superior attitude towards self and with regards to other people considers them in just the opposite manner. This creates a personality that is overbearingly assuming and acts insolently proud. Another word for arrogance is pride.<\/p>\n

Arrogance in the Old Testament<\/h2>\n

The Hebrew word for arrogance is \u201cge\u2019ah\u201d which means \u201cpride.\u201d There is no other definition given for \u201cge\u2019ah.\u201d This is what is used throughout the Old Testament anytime the word arrogance is used, for example in Proverbs 8:13 which say \u201cThe fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate<\/span>.\u201d Pride is more inwardly directed while arrogance is reflected outwardly toward others. That\u2019s the main difference between pride and arrogance in this context but they both are what God opposes (James 4:6). That\u2019s why the psalmist wrote \u201cLet not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away<\/span>\u201d (Psalm 36:11) because he knew that God resists the proud. The noun used for arrogance is \u201cga`avah\u201d and means pride but also \u201cmajesty, rising up,\u201d or \u201cswelling\u201d which might explain why people who are arrogant are sometimes called people with swelled heads. This is why the Moabites fell as Jeremiah prophesied \u201cWe have heard of the pride of Moab\u2014 he is very proud\u2014 of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart<\/span>\u201d (Jer 48:29). Moab, who was a descendent of Lot, refers to the Moabites and they continually had hearts of haughtiness, pride, loftiness, arrogance. That\u2019s exactly the reason they fell.<\/p>\n

\"As-it-is-you-boast-in\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Arrogance in the New Testament<\/h2>\n

When James wrote about arrogance and boasting he said \u201cAs it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil<\/span>\u201d (4:16). The Greek word for arrogance used here is the noun \u201calazoneia\u201d and means \u201cempty, braggart,\u201d and \u201cinsolent\u201d much of which you see in the world today. God doesn\u2019t want us to boast about tomorrow because we don\u2019t even know if we\u2019ll live until then. This is exactly why God is opposed (literally in the Greek \u201cat war with\u201d) the proud (James 4:6) for we have nothing to brag about. That\u2019s why we are saved through faith (Eph 2:8) and it is not \u201ca result of works, so that no one may boast<\/span>\u201d (Eph 2:9). Knowing human nature\u2026and knowing my own self, if we believed that we accomplished our salvation by works, we\u2019d be boasting or be bragging all the time.<\/p>\n

The Arrogance of the Last Days<\/h2>\n

Paul warned Timothy about the times that were coming and I believe they have now come when Paul wrote \u201cFor people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy<\/span>\u201d (2nd Tim 3:2). The Greek word Paul uses for arrogant is \u201chyper\u0113phanos\u201d and it means \u201cshowing one\u2019s self-importance above others\u201d and being and acting \u201cpreeminent\u201d so people in the last days will be arrogant and proud. I have to battle my own tendency to be full of pride and arrogance too. Which among these things listed by Paul is more prevalent today? It could well be pride or arrogance. Just look at some of the professional athletes, Hollywood actors, tycoons, or anyone else that has a powerful position or has great affluence. We are suffering today from, what I call affluenza\u2026and it is pride induced, no doubt, and God resists such people.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

I have to slay the dragon of pride almost every day. I need to stay humble before God because I will either humble myself or God will have to do it for me, and guess which is more painful?<\/p>\n

Article by Jack Wellman<\/h4>\n

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know <\/a>whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer\u2019s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus <\/a>or check out his book Blind Chance or Intelligent Design available on Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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