Galatians 6:3 “For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”
People are by human nature prideful, and conceited. Some people are in other people’s minds as heroes, good natured, good moral values. Even in the world of Christians some people look at themselves as great, smart, valuable, good, and in some, even pride exist and in other, they are conceited. Some Christians think they can do God’s work and they fail to credit God where His credit is due. Some Christians fail to even credit God with salvation as though He had noting to do with it. God said, “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.” Romans 1:25 Some even say they are working their way to heaven, as though they have that power in themselves to do that, eliminating Jesus Christ as Saviour altogether. Pride and conceit are two of Satan’s most powerful tools. But God said people are nothing, that we deceive ourselves. God tells us in Galatians 2:6 “But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:” The Lord warned us as Christians not to think more of ourselves than we ought too. Romans 12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” In God’s eyes no man is great, we are as nothing, we are only what God has made us. Never on their own will a person ever do anything to please God, we are only what we are in Jesus Christ. Our greatest example in the bible is the Apostle Paul, he wrote 13 and maybe more books of the bible. He served the Lord faithfully for some 40 years in his ministry. He blessed God with ever know move he made after salvation. However, just before his death Paul wrote these words, “But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul was given much grace from God and that is how he accomplished everything he did for God. Paul said all the grace that God “…bestowed upon me was not in vain;” meaning he took advantage of everything God used him for. Even while in prison Paul wrote letters to churches from His cell, and when it was all finished Paul said, “by the grace of God I am what I am”. Paul also wrote these words, “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;” 2 Corinthians 3:5 Man on his own is nothing, we can be proud, we can be arrogant, we can convince ourselves that we are something and that “we did that” but we are only fooling ourselves. If God’s grace did not carry us just as it did the Apostle Paul and all other great Christians in history, not one single soul would have accomplished anything. Praise God for His wonderful grace.
