How Faith In The Savior Is The Opposite Of Pride
Faith means reliance. It is to depend on the Savior for salvation. To put our reliance and dependence on the Savior and what He did on the cross for salvation is to admit that we are helpless and powerless in ourselves to save ourselves.
Faith in the Savior, therefore, is the response of a humbled sinner, who has seen his own inability to save himself.
A proud person, on the other hand, would rely and depend on himself, his character and his own works and efforts for the salvation of his soul.
He thinks and believes that he can do it. He does not see himself as helpless and powerless to save himself with only one hope of salvation, namely, the Savior and His work on the cross.
When the Bible says: "Believe (rely and depend) on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved," it says that because we could not rely and depend on ourselves for salvation. We need the Savior, who alone can save us.
