03/08/2026
WHEN PRIDE KEEPS YOU FROM REPENTANCE
Genesis 4:7
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”
Pride can cause us to receive God’s help as an offence. When God corrected Cain, He warned him that sin was crouching at his door and that he needed to overcome it. Instead of accepting God’s correction, Cain became offended and eventually killed his brother.
Like Cain, we must learn to humbly receive God’s correction.
The sin we are too proud to repent of can eventually destroy our families, businesses, marriages, relationships and even the church. Pride works hard to maintain a good outward appearance while, inwardly, we are slowly dying.
Repentance is not a sign of weakness; it is the humility to acknowledge our wrong, receive God’s correction and choose His way.