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In doing good never let pride be lifted up
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Claim to fame: Uzziah did many great public works while he followed the Lord his God! Worst betrayal: Uzziah disobeyed God by usurping the role of the priests in the temple. Uzziah had become terribly proud. So proud that he burned incense to the Lord as though he were a priest. “Pride was his downfall,” indeed. When rebuked by the chief priest and other leading priests, Uzziah became enraged. Then the Lord struck Uzziah with leprosy. Few temporal judgments of God are worse. What the Bible calls leprosy covers a wide range of horrible conditions, not just leprosy we think of today. In ancient times, any such condition instantly made you leprous…untouchable. You instantly and permanently lost your spouse, family, home, and the blessing and well-being of everyone else you knew and loved.
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