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Pride Versus Humility
Self-Righteousness To Be Replaced with God’s Righteousness!
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: Luke 18:10
The Pharisee, standing by himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, Luke 18:11a
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ Luke 18:13
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. Luke 18:14a
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 18:14b
Today’s story presents an astonishing contrast between two men.
Now introducing these two very different men. The Pharisee was a man of very high standing in his local community. And he knew it. He strictly observed every minute detail of Mosaic…
