Mark 9.34 observes they were silent for they had argued about who was the greatest.

When alone, the disciples postured for position allowing their pride to run rampant in order to promote themselves to first place among themselves.

However, when called-out by God they were ashamed because they knew from experience God was not boastful neither was He conducting a competition to determine who would be His second-in-command.

All the pomp and pride that exists in Church is not from God but from men.

Pride is the antithesis of God’s requirement of His people to humble themselves before Him and before others.

God exemplified humility in His coming to earth as a son of a poor carpenter, living a normal life in an obscure little village in Israel, then allowing men to argue with Him over truth as He made Himself known as the Savior of the world.

No other religion portrays god so humble as the Christian religion that teaches God in Christ put aside His deity in order to become a servant of men.

Since God has humbled Himself, men who would recognize Him as God must also humble themselves.

There is no place for pride in the Kingdom of God.

Pride with its desire to be first is not the same as self-confidence to obey the will of God regardless of what others think or do to the Christian.

Being on purpose and committed to the work of God is not pride, Jesus never lost His focus, but the work of God is to be done by the means of God which is humbly serving God and men.

Serving God is to be done for the glory of God and the welfare of others.