Antiochus IV

To some who were To some who were confident of their own confident of their own

righteousness and righteousness and looked down on looked down on

everyone else, Jesus everyone else, Jesus told this parable:told this parable:

Luke18:9

““Two men went up to Two men went up to the temple to pray, the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and one a Pharisee and

the other a tax the other a tax collector.collector.

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The Pharisee stood The Pharisee stood up and prayed about up and prayed about

himself:himself:

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‘‘God, I thank you that God, I thank you that I am not like other I am not like other

men – robbers, men – robbers, evildoers, adulterers evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax – or even like this tax

collector.collector.

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I fast twice a week I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all and give a tenth of all

I get.I get.

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But the tax collector But the tax collector stood at a distance. stood at a distance. He would not even He would not even look up to heaven, look up to heaven, but beat his breast but beat his breast

and said, “God have and said, “God have mercy on me, a mercy on me, a

sinner.”sinner.”

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I tell you that this I tell you that this man, rather than the man, rather than the

other, went home other, went home justified before God.justified before God.

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For everyone who For everyone who exalts himself will be exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbled, and he who humbles himself will humbles himself will

be exalted.be exalted.

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How can we make sure How can we make sure that we leave the that we leave the

house of God today house of God today justified in his sight?justified in his sight?

The Pharisee stood The Pharisee stood up and prayed about up and prayed about

himself:himself:

Luke18:11

‘‘God, I thank you that God, I thank you that I am not like other I am not like other

men – robbers, men – robbers, evildoers, adulterers evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax – or even like this tax

collector.collector.

Luke18:11

I fast twice a week I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all and give a tenth of all

I get.I get.

Luke18:12

To some who were To some who were confident of their own confident of their own

righteousness and righteousness and looked down on looked down on

everybody else, Jesus everybody else, Jesus told this parable:told this parable:

Luke18:9

But the tax collector But the tax collector stood at a distance. stood at a distance. He would not even He would not even look up to heaven, look up to heaven, but beat his breast but beat his breast

and said, “God have and said, “God have mercy on me, a mercy on me, a

sinner.”sinner.”

Luke18:13

For everyone who For everyone who exalts himself will be exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbled, and he who humbles himself will humbles himself will

be exalted.be exalted.

Luke18:14