LOVE OF SELF ESTEEM BREEDS PRETENCE

"Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things [taken together], and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him.But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. FOR WHAT IS EXALTED AND HIGHLY THOUGHT OF AMONG MEN IS DETESTABLE AND ABHORRENT (an abomination) IN THE SIGHT OF GOD." Luke 16:14,15 AMP.
Self esteem they say breeds confidence but when a man fights for honour among men, evil is lurcking.
Just as money is good but the love of it is the root of all evil, so also honour is good but love of it makes a man hypocritical.
O comrade, do you always want to look important among men? Do you scramble for respect? Living false life to look important is hypocrisy. Repent and you shall have peace.
Shalom.
Voice of Restoration