Pride Before Destruction .

Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 4:30-31 

The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; the kingdom is departed from thee.

Herod Agriappa.

Acts 12:21-23

21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

22 And the people gave a shout, saying, it is the voice of a God, and not of a man.

23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

All of us have pride.

Christ said there is happiness in that acknowledgement of spiritual poverty which lets God come into our souls. Now, the Bible teaches that our souls have a disease. It causes all the troubles, confusions, and disillusionments in your own life. The name of the disease is an ugly word. We don’t like to use it. It is “sin.” All of us have pride. 

We do not like to confess that we are wrong or that we have failed. But God says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” we have failed to live up to the divine standard. We must confess our sin as the first step to happiness, peace, and contentment.

                                                                                                                                      …Billy Graham.