Always Be On Guard

Title: Always Be On Guard
Speaker: Creston Thomas
Series: Psalm 119
Date: October 26, 2025
Bible: Psalm 119:51

The sermon centers on the believer's response to pride and persecution, drawing from Psalm 119:51 to illustrate how godly endurance is sustained by faithfulness to God's law amid scorn and derision. It identifies pride as a pervasive, self-centered arrogance rooted in rebellion against God, exemplified by the Pharisees and the world's hostility toward Christ, and warns that such pride manifests in hypocrisy, self-promotion, and the desire to control. The preacher emphasizes that following Christ demands daily surrender—denying self, taking up the cross, and relinquishing worldly attachments, not as one-time acts but as a lifelong process of sanctification. The message challenges believers to examine their own hidden compromises, urging them to reject the world's values and the pride that seeks to preserve comfort at the cost of obedience. Ultimately, the sermon calls for steadfast commitment to God's truth, even when it brings suffering, because true life is found not in preserving the self, but in losing it for Christ's sake.