It may not be inaccurate to claim that pride is actually behind and responsible for all other sin. Humility,' Michelangelo replied. Humility,' came the unhesitating reply from the great man of God. Pride leads to the exaltation of our own egos to the point where we worship ourselves and our achievements instead of the creator of both. This tendency leads us into the greatest sin of all, a wilful separation from God.
Pride means the sort of self aggrandisement which precludes humility.
Humility is the basis of our relationship with God. Without humility we cannot have true faith for faith involves complete confidence in someone other than ourselves. Whatever other virtues we may possess, if we do not have humility we are lost. However grave our faults, if we are humble enough to confess them we can be saved and healed. Willingness releases spiritual energy God has made us volitional beings.