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EGO
Updated October 2025
It is EGO that has me so locked on me that I can’t see no evil.
My wins? My hustle, my hours, my grind. I earned the crown, so I wear PRIDE like a medal.
No shock, then, that the crowd leans back, fingers cocked, ready to critique.
They see the world the same way I do: through blind eyes.
We are wired to defend the castle we call self. Any idea that rattles the gate gets labeled heresy before it finishes the sentence. We curate feeds that stroke us, mute voices that sting us, and call it “mental health.” Comfort is king; conviction is canceled.
This is not new. The serpent’s first pitch was, “You will be like God.” Ever since, we have been polishing the mirror instead of breaking it. Pride is not a vice we fall into; it is the floor we stand on. The Triune God, who shares one will in three Persons, invites us into perichoresis: mutual indwelling, mutual submission, mutual glory. Ego answers, “I’d rather be the center.”So we build empires of I.
  • My truth.
  • My identity.
  • My trauma.
  • My platform.
Each brick is a choice to ignore the beam in our own eye while we tweet about the speck in theirs. The algorithm loves it; it feeds us more of us. Meanwhile, the world burns, and we livestream the ashes with the caption “This is fine.”
Scripture calls this doubling down on death.
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Prov 16:18)
“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (Jas 4:6)
Opposes. Not dislikes. Not disapproves. Opposes. The sovereign decree stands against the self-made throne. Yet in the same breath, grace waits for the collapse. That is compatibilism again: God ordains the fall, we choose the climb, He catches the repentant.The way out is not better self-esteem. It is self-crucifixion.
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live…” (Gal 2:20)

Die to the mirror. Live to the Master.Trade the spotlight for the foot-washing basin.
Let the Spirit search the ego’s attic and torch every trophy that does not bear nail scars.Until then, we remain doomed, not by God’s decree, but by our own clenched fists. The gospel is the open hand: “Come, die, and live.” Only when we stop seeing through blind eyes do we finally see.
The Responsible Christian

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