“The study of doctrine is both an intellectual and devotional discipline. It is a passionate search for God that should always lead the student to greater personal transformation, obedience, and heartfelt worship. Therefore, the student should be on guard against the great error of seeking only impersonal knowledge, and not the person of God. Neither mindless devotion nor mere intellectual pursuits are profitable, for in either case, God is lost.”

 

~ Paul Washer in "The One True God"

Pride is a state of being, and lifestyle completely of God-forgetfulness, so we must combat this with a constant state of self-forgetfulness.