“He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I’m not like other people—greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’
“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” —Luke 18:9-14

JESUS TELLS US WHO THIS PARABLE IS FOR

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else” —Luke 18:9

His target audience are those who trusted in

THE

OF THE PHARISEE

“Standing up and praying like this about Himself” —Luke 18:11

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people” —Matthew 6:5

THE

OF THE PHARISEE

“God, I thank you that I’m not like other people—greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.” —Luke 18:11-12

THE POSTURE OF THE TAX COLECTOR

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest…”” —Luke 18:13

THE PRAYER OF THE TAX COLLECTOR

“God have mercy on me, a sinner” —Luke 18:13

THE SCANDAL OF THE STORY IS THAT THE “GOOD GUY” WALKS AWAY LOST AND THE “BAD GUY” LEAVES THE TEMPLE REDEEMED

“I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” —Luke 18:14

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS PARABLE TODAY?
- Religious Activity Is

- Pride Is

Reveal Answer

- How we see

Reveal Answer

is determined by how we see ourselves
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Reveal Answer

Comes The Same Way For Us As It Did The Tax Collector