via Got Questions (January 4, 2022)— “What is the god of self?”

“A god is what we run to when we need validation, help, or encouragement because we believe it has the power to give us what we need.

Self is a compelling god because it arises from our deepest desires and impulses. The god of self is manifest in willfulness, pride, disobedience, ostentation, defiance, intemperance, and generally wanting one’s own way ….

The god of self arises in us when we think we know better than God.

We disagree with His Word and elevate our own opinion above His. Paul challenged the god of self in 2 Corinthians 10:5: ‘We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God’ ….

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