The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 24 November 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
One of my favorite stories is the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector. Through this story, Jesus makes it abundantly clear how we’re to come before God. May we today begin a fresh revival of humility in the church as we humble ourselves before God in prayer and honest worship. I want to encourage you to be open and vulnerable as you approach the Lord today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 18:10-14, and today's worship is
Mercy by First15 Worship feat. Amanda Cook.
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Outro / Wrap Up:
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As you go about your day today, look for an opportunity to practice humility in a new way. Maybe it will be with your spouse, a child, a coworker, or a complete stranger. Look for a chance to choose humble strength over pride, and pay attention to the effect it has on your heart.
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| 0:00.0 | One of my favorite stories is the parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector. |
| 0:09.5 | Through this story, Jesus makes it abundantly clear how we're to come before God. |
| 0:14.6 | May we today begin a fresh revival of humility in the church as we humble ourselves before God today in prayer and honest worship. |
| 0:23.1 | I want to encourage you to be open and vulnerable as you approach the Lord today. |
| 0:28.1 | Welcome to the first 15 podcast. |
| 0:32.3 | The ministry of Jesus was one of life-giving transformation. |
| 0:37.0 | His life, death, and resurrection ushered in a |
| 0:40.3 | completely new way of relating to God, the way of grace. One of the best examples of Jesus' |
| 0:46.8 | shifting paradigms comes in his parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. Luke 1810 |
| 0:53.0 | through 14 says, Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. |
| 1:00.0 | The Pharisee standing by himself prayed thus. |
| 1:04.0 | God, I thank you, I am not like other men. |
| 1:07.0 | Extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, |
| 1:13.8 | I give tithes of all that I get. But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift |
| 1:19.3 | his eyes to heaven, but beat his breath saying, God, be merciful to me, a sinner. I tell you, |
| 1:25.3 | this man went down from his house justified, rather than the other, for |
| 1:29.7 | everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. |
| 1:35.9 | Let's open our hearts and allow the spirit to guide us to live life more like the tax collector |
| 1:41.0 | than the Pharisee. Let's allow him to lead us to a life lived in the new covenant |
| 1:46.0 | of grace. In the time of Jesus, God's people were completely starved for relationship with him. |
| 1:52.7 | Judaism had become a religion of regulations rather than relationship. God's people believed that |
| 1:58.7 | their lives were totally based on their works, placing the religious |
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