Hmmmm...this reminds me of something...Oh yes! How many times have we been warned about pride of this sort? Lessee...
Ephesians 2:
4. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5. even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6. and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7. so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9. not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Acts of the Apostles 4:
5. On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
6. and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.
7. When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
8. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people,
9. if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well,
10. let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead--by this name this man stands here before you in good health. 11. "He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone.
12. "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."
13. Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.
14. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
1 Corinthians 1:
17. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.
18. For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19. For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE,
AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE."
20. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21. For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
1 Corinthians 3:
16. Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
17. If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
18. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
19. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS";
20. and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."
21. So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,
22. whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,
23. and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.
Perhaps a touch out of context in some...but the point is there. Take heart Brother.
