Selfishness
is mankind's fundamental defect. Selfish means: self-centered,
self-serving, self-important. At the root of every problem is
selfishness. Giving is the opposite of acting selfishly. Divine love is
the opposite of selfishness.
No other "religion" teaches to
put others first, to love your enemies. Christianity is the only one
that teaches you can be totally changed and become a person with a new nature.
We are products of a corrupt culture that teaches selfishness. All sin
is selfish. No one ever sins for someone else -- we do it for selfish
reasons.
You can't change the fruit without changing the root.
That is why you must be born again! Only by receiving Jesus Christ, and
letting Him change you, can you be a truly unselfish person.
Pride is self-importance and self-focus -- which leads to selfishness
which is selfish thinking and selfish acting -- which is the opposite of
Jesus' command of agape love (John 13:34).
Pride and selfishness always go together. A truly humble person cannot be selfish at the same time.
Pride is the root of selfishness -- and thus the root of all evil.
Pride is hidden but manifests as selfish acts. Selfishness is the cause
of all evil. All evil proceeds from selfish actions. Selfishness is the
only manifest problem, but pride feeds it. Dealing with the root cause
of the problem is the only lasting solution.
GALATIANS 5:19-21 NKJ
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell
you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who
practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
PHILIPPIANS 2:3-4 NKJ
3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
It takes faith to put others first. It takes faith to receive, but it
takes even more faith to forsake -- because it does not seem to be in
our self-interest. (Hebrews 11:27)
ROMANS 12:10 NKJ
10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 NKJ
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
As I read everything I wrote, the words fell off my lips and into my
heart. Me as a woman is definitely seeking change. When one person is
changing, the ones around them will (for the best). I'm neva a selfish
person, but I'm also not perfect. Don't take and take and take and never
give. It's like handing someone the world and you throw them a pebble.
Have a good day everyone.
