Theme: Humility – Pharisee and Publican
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✞ Luke 18:9-14 ▪ ✞ Matthew 9:9-13
The lowly tax collector who prayed, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” was the one who went down to his house justified before God, not the respectable, outwardly righteous Pharisee who trusted in himself and his own good living (Luke 18:9–14). The one who penitently despairs of his own righteousness and relies completely on the atoning mercy of God in Christ is the one who is declared righteous..A real life example of that is the Pharisees’ reaction to Jesus calling the tax collector, Matthew, to follow Him. (Matthew 9:9-13)
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