Irresistible to God
Are there some Christians you know that appear to enjoy favored status with God? Isaiah tells us that God esteems or looks upon the person who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at His word. Before someone can come into intimate contact with this Holy God, he or she must first be purged of the pride that dwells deep within all of us. It is this terrible sin that exalts itself against God and keeps Him at a distance. Steve has written this book of 170 pages as a roadmap to show the difficult but rewarding way out of the pit of pride and into the “green pastures of humility.” Humility is the key that opens the door into the inner regions of intimacy with God. Irresistible to God unfolds the mystery that God is indeed drawn to the one who is crushed in spirit, broken by his sin, and meek before the Lord and others.
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“True worship only occurs when the person acknowledges who he is in relation to God and who God is in relation to him. This always requires a great humbling to take place in a person’s heart.” (Page 120)
“Unquestionably, pride is one of the most prominent subjects addressed in Scripture. The Bible uses at least 17 different words (and countless derivatives) to describe this spiritual disease.* However, no matter which term is used, there is almost always a connotation of height: something high, rising, exalted, or being lifted up. Thus, a proud person has a high estimation of himself and lifts himself above those around him. This concept of self-exaltation forms the basis for our working definition of pride: Having an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance and a selfish preoccupation with one’s own rights. It is the attitude that says, ‘I am more important than you and, if need be, I will promote my cause and protect my rights at your expense.’” (Page 19)
“Coming into a true knowledge about one’s self is very humbling. The wonderful benefit of it is that as the believer becomes smaller in his own mind, God becomes bigger.” (Page 124)
“The more one gives over to pride, the more that pride demands. In other words, it strengthens itself.” (Page 37)
“Vanity puts one in the prison of living his or her life for the approval of others. To maintain that exhilaration of acceptance requires the person to constantly look, speak, and act as others wish him to. The person’s contentment depends solely upon his approval rating: praise brings happiness and perceived fulfillment, while a disapproving frown can be most devastating.” (Pages 44–45)
- Title: Irresistible to God
- Author: Steve Gallagher
- Publisher: Pure Life Ministries
- Print Publication Date: 2003
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Christian living
- ISBNs: 9780971547025, 0971547025
- Resource ID: LLS:IRRESTOGOD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:47:02Z