It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that by its soundness and well-being he may be enabled to labor for the aid of those who are in want, and thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member.
Martin Luther

AMBITION

AMBITION

AMBITION

  1. God condemns # Ge 11:7 Isa 5:8
  2. Christ condemns # Mt 18:1,3,4 20:25,26 23:11,12
  3. Saints avoid # Ps 131:1,2
  4. Vanity of # Job 20:5-9 24:24 Ps 49:11-20
  5. Leads to strife and contention # Jas 4:1,2
  6. Punishment of # Pr 17:19 Isa 14:12-15 Eze 31:10,11 Ob 1:3,4
  7. CONNECTED WITH 7a) Pride

    # Hab 2:5

7b) Covetousness # Hab 2:8,9 7c) Cruelty # Hab 2:12 8) EXEMPLIFIED 8a) Adam and Eve # Ge 3:5,6 8b) Builders of Babel # Ge 11:4 8c) Miriam and Aaron # Nu 12:2 8d) Korah, &c # Nu 16:3 8e) Absalom # 2Sa 15:4 18:18 8f) Adonijah # 1Ki 1:5 8g) Sennacherib # 2Ki 19:23 8h) Shebna # Isa 22:16 8i) Sons of Zebedee # Mt 20:21 8j) Antichrist # 2Th 2:4 8k) Diotrephes # 3Jo 1:9