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.
Anything could be carried to the point of imbalance and evil; but I am not coming within a million light years of advocating a false humility. I am saying DO make a point of glory: the glory of God however and not the glory of human teachers.
I have lived through this and I went very strongly the “pride” direction at my first “delight in discovered truth.” And it made me alternately despairing and numb, bereft of hope. It was a bias I had to learn my way out of for literally decades. And what taught me out of it was love; I must be very adamant about that because everything else it could be has been eliminated. I am “humbly” upholding the way the Lord does things, but in the strength of love.