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Where there is arrogance, there is no Christ.
Arrogance shows itself by showing off its good deeds, by despising and destroying others and by condemning them and by praising itself more than others. Although it does not utter Pharisee words outwardly, it says inside its heart: I am not like other people (Luke 18:11). Oh, if such a person would pronounce these words in the opposite sense both in his heart and with his lips: I am not like other people, that is, “Everyone is better than me,” and would cry out to God: God! Be merciful to me, a sinner! (Luke 18:13) - he would really be better than many and would be righteous not by his own, but by God’s truth, which justifies the sinner!
High-mindedness awakens from carnal birth.