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The nature and depth of human pride are illuminated by comparing boasting to self-pity. Both are manifestations of pride. Boasting is the response of pride to success. Self-pity is the response of pride to suffering. Boasting says, 'I deserve admiration because I have achieved so much.' Self-pity says, 'I deserve admiration because I have suffered so much.' Boasting is the voice of pride in the heart of the strong. Self-pity is the voice of pride in the heart of the weak. Boasting sounds self-sufficient. Self-pity sounds self-sacrificing. The reason self-pity does not look like pride is that it appears to be so needy. But the need arises from a wounded ego. It doesn't come from a sense of unworthiness, but from a sense of unrecognized worthiness. It is the response of unapplauded pride. Christian Hedonism severs the root of self-pity. People don't feel self-pity when suffering is accepted for the sake of joy.
John Piper

Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit…. Furthermore, grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit. Indeed, grace is seen to be infinitely glorious only when it operates, as Packer says, “in defiance of” human demerit. Therefore, grace is not treating a person less than, as, or greater than he deserves. It is treating a person without the slightest reference to desert whatsoever, but solely according to the infinite goodness and sovereign purpose of God.
Sam Storms

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THE CHILD-LIKE SPIRIT AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION OF ENTERING HEAVEN by Charles G. Finney

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THE FEARFUL RESULTS OF A SPIRITUAL RELAPSE by Charles G. Finney

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GOD’S LOVE TO SINNERS AS SEEN IN THE GOSPEL by Charles G. Finney

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ALL THINGS FOR GOOD TO THOSE THAT LOVE GOD by Charles G. Finney

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ALLTHINGS CONSPIRE FOR EVIL TO THE SINNER by Charles G. Finney

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GUILT MODIFIED BY IGNORANCE by Charles G. Finney

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SALVATION DIFFICULT TO THE CHRISTIAN–IMPOSSIBLE TO THE SINNER by Charles G. Finney

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THE SALVATION OF SINNERS IMPOSSIBLE by Charles G. Finney

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PAUL AND FELIX: OR PREACHING AND PROCRASTINATION by Charles G. Finney

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CHRIST TEMPTED, SUFFERING, AND ABLE TO SUCCOR THE TEMPTED by Charles G. Finney

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