Sermon Notes:

- Outside of God’s grace in my life, I’m one step from stupid.

- PRIDE = “I deserve better” “They’ll pay for this”

- Where do you see pride in our culture?

- Jacob = Israel/Judah | Esau = Edom

- Edom had money. They had security. They had geographic advantage.

- Obadiah 1:3-4 - 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.

- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

- Self-reliance quickly leads to self-deception

- Has your heart ever deceived you?

- BUT Yahweh will never be defeated.

- Obadiah 1:8 - 8 Will I not on that day, declares the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?

- They placed their hope in the wisdom of man.

- Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

- 1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.

- Obadiah 1:10-12 - 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever. 11 On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. 12 But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.

- Edom’s choice was to fulfill their plan rather than participate in God’s

- Are we ever like the Edomites?

- Obadiah 1:15-16 - 15 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head. 16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and swallow, and shall be as though they had never been.

- Romans 6:23 - “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

- Obadiah 1:21 - Saviors (deliverers) shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

- How often are we the Edomite?

- Are you building your own kingdom like Edom? Or are you surrendering to God's kingdom?

- In His kingdom there is no place for pride.

- Choose humility over pride. Choose trust over control. Choose Christ over self.

- “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (James 4:6)

- Faith in the One who humbly rules forever.

LIFE Group Discussion Questions

Opener: When was a time you got really upset over something small—and later realized it revealed something much deeper about your heart?

1. Read Obadiah

2. Where do you see pride showing up in your life right now—maybe in your relationships, decisions, or even thoughts?

3. Have you ever trusted yourself or others more than God—and how did that turn out?

4. Why is it so hard to wait on God’s plan instead of doing things our own way?

5. Jesus chose humility instead of pride—even when He had all the power. What does that teach us about how we should respond when we feel wronged?

6. What’s one area in your life where you need to lay down pride and trust Jesus more this week?