S3-65 ORIGIN OF INIQUITY

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness ...Therefore, will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.” (Ezekiel 28:17-18) Perverted ambition to attain a station higher than God intends will destroy us. Let us never allow our wisdom (doctrines) and beauty (property, musical excellence, etc.) to annihilate us! If we place novices into office in the church, they will develop the spirit of Lucifer! Moses, King David, and the Apostle Paul are examples of men God processed before He could use them. Symbolically, all the pomp and ceremony of the courts of Egypt, all the privilege and training of a Pharisee, must be removed from a called man before God can use him in ministry.