Parable of Pharisee and Publican-Lk.18:9-14.
Message:Who is justified before God?
A story of everyday life. Two men went to pray in God's House, but with different motives.
The Pharisee: The religious person, full of his righteousness, pride and hypocrisy.
The Publican: The real sinner, hated for his greediness, working for the Romans.
Contrast the attitude of each man:
The Pharisee full of his pride puts himself above everybody else, ' whoever exalts himself shall be abased....' Lk 14:11. True religion before God is to visit the widows and fatherless and keep oneself unspotted from the world-James 1:27.
Five times we hear the Pharisee say'I am not.....' What he did were not necessary evil things, but the motive was not right 1Cor.10:31. Do not leave God out of your daily life in whatever you do.
The Publican: Convicted about his sin and repentant. David cries out in Ps.51, 'A broken and a
contrite heart you will not despise......' Repentance is a daily experience for the believer. It is God's call. We need to put our lives right before God and with our fellow humans- Luk.19:1-10.
Jesus made it clear which of the two was justified before God.
Message:Who is justified before God?
A story of everyday life. Two men went to pray in God's House, but with different motives.
The Pharisee: The religious person, full of his righteousness, pride and hypocrisy.
The Publican: The real sinner, hated for his greediness, working for the Romans.
Contrast the attitude of each man:
The Pharisee full of his pride puts himself above everybody else, ' whoever exalts himself shall be abased....' Lk 14:11. True religion before God is to visit the widows and fatherless and keep oneself unspotted from the world-James 1:27.
Five times we hear the Pharisee say'I am not.....' What he did were not necessary evil things, but the motive was not right 1Cor.10:31. Do not leave God out of your daily life in whatever you do.
The Publican: Convicted about his sin and repentant. David cries out in Ps.51, 'A broken and a
contrite heart you will not despise......' Repentance is a daily experience for the believer. It is God's call. We need to put our lives right before God and with our fellow humans- Luk.19:1-10.
Jesus made it clear which of the two was justified before God.
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