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*'''Ephesians 2:8''' - ''By grace are ye [[salvation|saved]], through [[faith]].''
*'''Ephesians 2:8''' - ''By grace are ye [[salvation|saved]], through [[faith]].''
[[Infant baptism]] cannot wash away pride. Only humbling ourselves, repenting of our sin, rebellion, and idolatry of putting ourselves before God - ''worshiping and serving the creature more than the Creator'' - and leaning on our own understanding, can we put away the thing God hates most and find new life in Christ.
[[Infant baptism]] cannot wash away pride. We must be broken in our pride.<ref>''The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:17 ESV)</ref> Only humbling ourselves, repenting of our sin, rebellion, and idolatry of putting ourselves before God - ''worshiping and serving the creature more than the Creator'' - and leaning on our own understanding, can we put away the thing God hates most and find new life in Christ.
According to Sebastien Michaelis, humans are seduced by Pride by the great demon Belial, who is also known as The Lord of Arrogance. [[Pope Gregory I]] enumerated pride as the greatest of the "[[Seven Deadly Sins]]" (pride, [[envy]], [[anger|wrath]], [[sloth (sin)|sloth]], [[greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]]), although they are not explicitly listed in the Bible. Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that "inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin."<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274). ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 77, A. 5, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers.</ref> In this he followed Gregory.
According to Sebastien Michaelis, humans are seduced by Pride by the great demon Belial, who is also known as The Lord of Arrogance. [[Pope Gregory I]] enumerated pride as the greatest of the "[[Seven Deadly Sins]]" (pride, [[envy]], [[anger|wrath]], [[sloth (sin)|sloth]], [[greed]], [[gluttony]] and [[lust]]), although they are not explicitly listed in the Bible. Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] wrote that "inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin."<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274). ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 77, A. 5, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers.</ref> In this he followed Gregory.