ARE YOU A SELF CENTERED PERSON?

The Bible teaches us that we should put others before ourselves.

Phil 2:3-4 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more
important than himself; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

I will never forget an illustration a guest speaker Gayle Erwin used when I was in Bible school. He was talking about things we
got angry at. In Eph.4:26 we are told "Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger". There is a
difference between righteous anger and un-righteous anger. Jesus was angry when he drove the people out of the temple
(Jn. 2:14-17) and yet he was without sin (Heb.4:15).

The question is, why do we get upset in certain situations? Lets say that you are standing in a line and someone cuts in front of
you. Does this upset you a little? You might say yes, but what they did was wrong. I have a right to be upset. Let me ask you
this, "have you ever been upset at someone who took cuts in line behind you?" No? Well then its really not the fact that they
stepped into line in front of someone. But really it is the fact that they took cuts, in line in front of YOU! Is this regarding others as
more important than ourselves?
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      Dying to Self                                        

I thought of the words of an Indian
as my heart was dying that day.
Now these words have struck me,
in a different sort of way.

A Jewish man said the same thing,
2000 years ago.
And to this Jewish man,
this very life I owe.

The words of these men are deep.
Though their meanings are worlds away,
if I follow the words of one, I cannot go astray.

These words I must follow,
I said to myself with a sigh.
The words are simply this,
IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE !                            

(Matthew 10:38-39, Phil.2:3-8)

R.Kiser    4-28-89
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