An extremely good Christology followed out of pride will also result in great weakness.
There really is no substitute for growing again after being born again. That means (gasp!) taking the concept of Heavenly Father at face value. This is not someone picking up the torch of the stunted love that was present in far too many families. This is something of quite a different character, and we’re often too full of pride to appreciate it without a lot of stumbles first.
**An extremely good Christology followed out of pride will also result in great weakness.**
And a poor Christology followed out of invincible ignorance leads to all manner of heresy/idolatry.
Beware of teachers that use the “pride” accusation as a weapon against biblical truth and obedience. The tender conscience can be led astray this way by being so hyper sensitive to his delight in discovered truth (which is not the sin of pride but rather a good thing) that he turns his focus on himself as “prideful” rather than keeping his focus on the truth itself, to love and understand it better.
Much deception is accomplished from these two tactics:
1. Redefine current terms
2. Redirect away from truth — a journey into error
Pray for understanding and give great consideration to what sources you trust. If even the early Christians were easily deceived by false teachers, surly we must beware of them, too.