Causes of arrogant spirit:

1. Increasing achievements and success will lead to people becoming more and more arrogant and no longer relying on God.

Lest I be full and deny You, And say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ (Proverbs 30:9)

I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. (Leviticus 26:19)

Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them. (Psalm 62:10)

2. Love to compare, see oneself as better than others, have no mercy, and lead to pride.

In lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. (Philippians 2:3)

You should have a heart like Christ Jesus. What does it look like specifically? That is And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross (Philippians 2:8)

God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble. (James 4:6)

By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom. (Proverbs 13:10)

3. To think oneself superior to spiritual or worldly knowledge, to be outstanding and to show off greatly, leading to pride.

Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. (1 Corinthians 8:1)

Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed. (1 Samuel 2:3)

4. To regard oneself as equal to God and act according to the desires of one's own heart, leading to pride.

Once our self-identification is contrary to God's words: then, we are trapped in self-justification, which is a form of pride.

I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. (Leviticus 26:19)

In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man. (Job 33:17)

Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunishe. (Proverbs 16:5)

5. Rooted in racism or sexism, or in professional, academic, religious, cultural, national or any form of pride, seeing oneself as superior and others as inferior; being proud of someone or something, leading to pride.

He beholds every high thing; He is king over all the children of pride. (Job 41:34)

When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2)

In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.. (Proverbs 14:3)

6. Because of some hurt or abuse in the past or childhood, the heart is bitter, closed, and self-rejected, leading to pride.

Not only do they not allow God's healing to come to those areas of trauma and bitterness, they also think that His power is limited, and are unwilling to let the flesh die because of their belief in the Lord's love, and even think that God causes those terrible things to happen to us.

They have closed up their fat hearts;With their mouths they speak proudly.. (Psalm 17:10)

How to eradicate pride:

The only way to eradicate pride is humility

The only way to eradicate pride is humility. Humility does not mean looking down on yourself. Humility is freedom from pride and arrogance. It is a moderate estimate of self-worth, neither looking down on yourself nor being conceited. Humility is not thinking badly of yourself, but not always thinking about yourself. Humility means gentleness, not weakness.

Jesus said, " I am gentle and lowly in heart. You should learn from me." (Matthew 11:29)

On the other hand, proud people are often harsh, severe, and sharp. You can never please such people, and they will never be satisfied.

Source: Pastoral Ministry Department of End-Time Ministry (Please notify us promptly if any copyright infringement is involved.)