Reference: Luke 18:10-14
The word exalt means to raise or elevatesomeone or something to a higher plane or position. The word of God tells usthat if a person exalts themselves then they will be abased. To be abased meansto be brought down to your true level as you really are. An officer in thearmed forces has earned their rank through their work and efforts that theyhave earned by their length of service and their ability they possess. Many ofthe officers of the armed service have lost their rank and have been broughtdown to a lower rank by their actions they have manifested. If an officershould break the rules and regulations of the service they are in, they can becourt martialed or broken down in their rank to a lower rank and position. Anofficer cannot exalt or raise his or her own rank because they must receive ahigher rank by their commanding officer of their company or their commandingofficer of their company or their battalion. In the natural realm of life aperson must earn their raise in office and be elevated by someone other thanthemselves because you cannot raise your own rank. If you worked in anindustrial plant you can get a better paying job by your doing a good job inthe position that you have at the present time because there is always a chanceof advancement to a better position in many places of employment today. Youcannot elevate yourself to a better paying job without the consent of theoffice management. There is only one place or realm that a person can exaltthemselves without someone else doing it for them and this place or realm isthe spiritual realm of the things of God.
It is very possible for a person toexalt themselves thinking they are something more than what they actually are,but the truth of the matter is that they are not elevating themsleves inreality but rather in their own sight and thinking. If you exalt yourself youare not what you think you are but rather you only think in your mind that youare what you think you are. You can think you are a preacher or minister of Godbut did you know that Satan has preachers and ministers also? If you haveexalted yourself saying and thinking that God has called you into the ministerywhen all the time you have elevated yourself to this position, then you will beabased as the word of God tells us so. Many people are claiming to beambassadors of Christ but to check the qualifications of the ministers of Godas the Bible reveals, it can be readily seen that many are not teaching thetruth that the gospel reveals proving them to be not sent of Almighty God. Itis a very easy thing to exalt oneself thinking you are something when actuallyyou are nothing. The apostle Paul tells us that if a man thinks himself to besomething when he is nothing, he deceives himself. (Galatians 6:3)Many people today are saying that they are true born again christians, butunless you have come to the knowledge of the truth contained in the scripturesthen it is almost a sure thing that you have been deceived by Satan thinkingyou are what you are not. Satan is deceiving many because of the fact that heis causing them to fail to come to the knowledge of the holy scriptures.Satan's ministers are in the world today teaching you things that the Bibledoes not teach. As long as you are not concerned enough to read the Bible andto see if what you are being taught is the revealed truth or not, then Satanhas got you to thinking you are a born again christian when actually you arenot. If you think you are a christian when actually you are not, then you haveexalted yourself to this position and you will be abased. If you have exaltedyourself then this article is the means of your being abased showing you yourtrue position in the sight of Almighty God. Are you aware of the fact that theBible says that the disciple is not above his master, nor is the servant abovehis Lord? (Please readMatthew 10:24) Did you knowthat it is very possible for you to go as far as exalting yourself higher thanthe Lord Jesus? What do you think of a person that thinks he is better thanChrist? Would you believe it if I told you that you are one that has exaltedyourself above Christ? Allow me to prove to you if you have exalted yourself tobe better than Christ or not. The Bible tells us in Hebrews 5:8 these words: "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by thethings which he suffered." The Bible alsotells us that Christ was tempted in all points like we are, but yet he waswithout sin. What makes you think that you can call yourself a bornagain christian and still commit sin in your life, when Christ himself had tobe obedient to God and his word of truth? Are you aware of the fact that if youthink you can yet commit sin in your life and still think you are a bornagain child of God that is actually thinking you are better than Christ who didno sin? If you are truly born again then you are concidered to be a son or adaughter of God just like Christ was. If Christ did not yield to sin'stemptations what makes you think that you can and get away with it? Isit not a fact that today's clergy teach that born again christians still hassin in their lives in some respects? If you did not know this then please askyour pastor of your church that you attend about this subject. The Bible veryplainly says that he who commits sin is of the devil. (read I John 3:8-10) Doyou believe what the Bible says or do you go to some church that twists thescriptures to make it say something else to suit themselves and their ownpernicious ways? Don't you believe the scriptures where it says that Christ isthe life of the true born again believer? Will you please read the scripturesfound in Colossians 3:2-4 and Romans 8:8-10 and II Corinthians13:5 and II Corinthians 4:10-11 and explain tome if you can why today's clergy teach that born again christians is yet proneto the power of sin their life?? If Christ is the one manifested in and throughyour mortal flesh, how then is it possible for him to commit sin or to be aminister of sin like today's confessing clergy is teaching? Can't you see howthe clergy today has exalted themselves to be better than Christ by theirteaching that born again christians can sin as long as they repent of itafterwards? My friend you better wake up out of your sleep and put on the robeof righteousness that the gospel reveals or else you will be one that winds upin a devils hell with all the false prophets and teachers. The Bible tells youin II Thessalonians 2:3-4 to let no man deceive you. The man of sin spoken of hereis man today that teach sin in the life of the christians born again of God,but true born again christians do not and cannot sin because Christ is theirlife. Man today has exalted himself above God by his thinking he can sin andyet be of God. Sin teaching preachers are sons of perdition, not God......