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adulterers or even like this tax
collector. I fast twice a week and
give a tenth of all I get. But the
tax collector stood at a distance. He
would not even look up to heaven, but
beat his breast and said, God, have
mercy on me, a sinner. I tell you
that this man, rather than the
other, went home justified before God.
For all those who exalt themselves
will be humbled, and those who humble
themselves will be exalted.
The context of the story is the Jerusalem temple, a place of prayer. The temple is the religious centre of Judaism,
where sin is dealt with. Yet its also the cultural centre of Jewish society, clearly expressed in the temple boundaries:
Jews are allowed inside, Gentiles are kept outside, males are up the front, females are up the back. Its like the way a
mosque reveals both Islamic religion and Islamic culture.
And in both the cultural dimension and the religious dimension, the Pharisee clearly feels at home, while the tax
collector feels alienated. The tax collector is on dangerous ground: hes a corrupt extorter of Jews, a collaborator
under the authority of the Roman occupiers, working against his own countrymen. The Pharisee is out the front
praying confidently and visibly, while the tax collector is far off praying in desperation and in hiding.
Its easy for us to think of the Pharisee as a legalist, someone trying to earn his way to God via good works. Not so.
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This is why verse 14 is so stunning: It is this man, the tax collector, who went down to his house justified. Everyone
who exalts himself will be humbled; everyone who humbles himself will be exalted. Imagine a British royal function
in which a grubby street child is seated first, in prime place, while the royals are left outside in the yard thats
what this is like! In the worlds eyes, the tax collector is a disgrace who shouldnt even have made it as far as he did
in the temple, but in Gods eyes, he
s honoured.
How is this reversal possible? Well, the Pharisee has forgotten the ancient truth: it is only by atoning sacrifice that we
can come before God. This truth is embodied in the very temple structure itself the whole point of the temple is
for filthy people to be washed clean! For the Pharisee to come as he does is actually undermining the whole point of
the temple. The Pharisees attitude is like going into a hospital ER and boasting that you dont have a broken leg! Of
course, thats not the point of an ER. Yet the tax collector has stumbled on truth: he has come seeking propitiation
in the place that its actually available.
The question: which of the two hearts do we have?
6 key lessons on hear t hea l th
1. We must see ourselves as God sees us. The tax collector comes acknowledging that he is dirt, yet he is honoured!
So too us: we are dirt before God, and yet weve been clothed with righteousness in Christ. We can only
acknowledge Gods grace and righteousness if were aware of our sin.
2. We must not see ourselves as the world sees us: as good people. For those of us who are leaders in our Christian
communities, others typically perceive us as powerful and attractive, and we are easily deceived. Our righteous
deeds are like filthy rags. It is only the grace of God, the propitious work of Christ on the cross, that brings us into
relationship with God.
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3. Dont treat Jesus like the Pharisee treated the temple. For all the Pharisees assurance, he forgot the whole point
of the temple. Meanwhile, the tax collector has miraculously stumbled on the true meaning of the temple, which is
the meaning of Jesus for us: he came to give his life as a ransom for many. Its easy for us to talk incessantly about
Jesus yet make Jesus a source of boastful pride. Where is my trust and confidence? Well, how do I know Im a
Christian? Its easy for me to answer that with a list of all the things Ive done: Im David Williams, I became a
Christian in 1983, I was a missionary in Kenya for 9 years, and now I train missionaries. No those righteous
deeds are like filthy rags. Thats a Pharisee heart. The only basis of confidence is the cross of Christ.
4. Dont allow Gods means of grace to become a source of pride. One of the stunning things about this Pharisee is
that he boasts in Gods gifts as if theyre his own achievements. Yet these gifts prayer, reading, fasting, tithing
are all given by God with the intent of creating in his people a dependence on God. Theyre meant to turn us to God.
5. Confess your sin. A generation before David Williams, new Christian disciples were taught to kneel by their beds
at the end of each day, think over the days sins, and commit them to God. Weve lost that discipline. Do you
regularly, honestly, wholeheartedly bring your sins to God? Do you have an accountability partner? And why not?
Were afraid of what people might think and thats a Pharisee heart. Consider the ways that we introduce
confession in our local churches: Think back over the last week and what youve done wrong, well take a moment,
and then well confess to God. This betrays an awfully light view of sin when everything
about me is matter out of place, in need of propitiation. We need the righteousness of Christ.
6. Have no contempt. This is a diagnostic question: if you treat others with contempt, you are inherently trusting in
your own righteousness. Where do you show contempt? In social status? In Christian maturity? In theological purity?
Some diagnostic questions: Would you prepare your sermon more thoroughly if you knew that John Piper would be
listening? Would you put more effort into an adult Bible study than into a childrens Sunday School class when know
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throws himself on the mercy of God and were not to give honour to the honourable but to the repentant. The
riches of the gospel is that though we are matter out of place, God clothes us with grace
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These are my notes from the talks at Summer Encounter, the annual conference ofCMS in South
Australia.
Dr David Williams is the head of development and training in CMS. His talks covered the three parables in Luke 18:1-30.
2. The Pha risee a nd the tax collector
Its easy for us to think that this parable (Luke 18:9-14) is simply about whos in the right and whos in the wrong. As with the
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To some who were confident of their own
righteousness and looked down on everyone
else, Jesus told this parable: Two men
went up to the temple to pray, one a
Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:
God, I thank you that I am not like
other people robbers, evildoers,
adulterers or even like this tax
collector. I fast twice a week and give a
tenth of all I get. But the tax
collector stood at a distance. He would
not even look up to heaven, but beat his
breast and said, God, have mercy on me,
a sinner. I tell you that this man,
rather than the other, went home
justified before God. For all those who
exalt themselves will be humbled, and
those who humble themselves will be
exalted.
The context of the story is the Jerusalem temple, a place of prayer. The temple is the religious centre of Judaism, where sin is
dealt with. Yet its also the cultural centre of Jewish society, clearly expressed in the temple boundaries: Jews are allowed
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inside, Gentiles are kept outside, males are up the front, females are up the back. It s like the way a mosque reveals both
Islamic religion and Islamic culture.
And in both the cultural dimension and the religious dimension, the Pharisee clearly feels at home, while the tax collector feels
alienated. The tax collector is on dangerous ground: hes a corrupt extorter of Jews, a collaborator under the authority of the
Roman occupiers, working against his own countrymen. The Pharisee is out the front praying confidently and visibly, while the
tax collector is far off praying in desperation and in hiding.
Its easy for us to think of the Pharisee as a legalist, someone trying to earn his way to God via good works. Not so. Hes
someone who believes that hes a child of the covenant by birthright, one of Gods children. This is the sense in which he is
confident in his own righteousness not his own works, but his status as a child of the covenant. This is why he thinks that
he belongs here. In contrast, the tax collector is a man with downcast eyes beating his breast. Hes not trying to gain attention,
but is genuinely distressed, feeling abandoned. He does not belong here. His prayer is literally Be propitious to me / make
propitiation for me he throws himself on Gods mercy as a bankrupt sinner, seeking rescue.
The whole point of the temple is sacrifice, dealing with the sin of Gods people. The peoples sin must be dealt with in order
that Gods wrath wont destroy them. This idea of ritual cleanness and uncleanness is central to coming before God.
For us, dirt is about hygiene and bacteria; something can look clean but be dirty. But in other cultures, this is simply not the
case. Mary Douglas, anthropologist: Dirt is matter out of place. Something can be clean in one place (shoes are not dirty in
and of themselves) but dirty in another (shoes on the dining table are dirty). Food on my plate is clean, but food on my shirt is
dirty. My bedroom and my sons bedroom both contain clothes, but one is messy (clothes on floor) and the other is not (clothes
packed away). Cultures all have taboos and understandings about dirt as matter out of
place .
In the Old Testament purity laws, uncleanness (menstruation, ejaculation, etc) is all about matter out
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of place . The purity rituals are to enable the unclean to become clean again and all of this is intended to be
symbolic of our need for cleanness before God. So the temple stands at the heart of coming before God.
The Pharisee is confident that he is clean he is in the heart of the temple believing that he is not out of place. But the tax
collector knows that he is dirty, and that he is dirt he has no place here, he is matter out of place.
This is why verse 14 is so stunning: It is this man, the tax collector, who went down to his house justified. Everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled; everyone who humbles himself will be exalted. Imagine a British royal function in which a grubby
street child is seated first, in prime place, while the royals are left outside in the yard thats what this is like! In the worlds
eyes, the tax collector is a disgrace who shouldnt even have made it as far as he did in the temple, but in Gods eyes, hes
honoured.
How is this reversal possible? Well, the Pharisee has forgotten the ancient truth: it is only by atoning sacrifice that we can come
before God. This truth is embodied in the very temple structure itself the whole point of the temple is for filthy people to be
washed clean! For the Pharisee to come as he does is actually undermining the whole point of the temple. The Pharisee s
attitude is like going into a hospital ER and boasting that you don t have a broken leg! Of course, thats not the point of an ER.
Yet the tax collector has stumbled on truth: he has come seeking propitiation in the place that its actually available.
The question: which of the two hearts do we have?
6 key lessons on hear t hea l th
1. We must see ourselves as God sees us. The tax collector comes acknowledging that he is dirt, yet he is honoured! So too us:
we are dirt before God, and yet weve been clothed with righteousness in Christ. We can only acknowledge God s grace and
righteousness if were aware of our sin.
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filthy rags. It is only the grace of God, the propitious work of Christ on the cross, that brings us into relationship with God.
3. Dont treat Jesus like the Pharisee treated the temple. For all the Pharisee s assurance, he forgot the whole point of the
temple. Meanwhile, the tax collector has miraculously stumbled on the true meaning of the temple, which is the meaning of
Jesus for us: he came to give his life as a ransom for many. It s easy for us to talk incessantly about Jesus yet make Jesus a
source of boastful pride. Where is my trust and confidence? Well, how do I know Im a Christian? Its easy for me to answer that
with a list of all the things Ive done: Im David Williams, I became a Christian in 1983, I was a missionary in Kenya for 9 years,
and now I train missionaries. No those righteous deeds are like filthy rags. Thats a Pharisee heart. The only basis of
confidence is the cross of Christ.
4. Dont allow Gods means of grace to become a source of pride. One of the stunning things about this Pharisee is that he
boasts in Gods gifts as if theyre his own achievements. Yet these gifts prayer, reading, fasting, tithing are all given by
God with the intent of creating in his people a dependence on God. Theyre meant to turn us to God.
5. Confess your sin. A generation before David Williams, new Christian disciples were taught to kneel by their beds at the end
of each day, think over the days sins, and commit them to God. Weve lost that discipline. Do you regularly, honestly,
wholeheartedly bring your sins to God? Do you have an accountability partner? And why not? Were afraid of what people might
think and thats a Pharisee heart. Consider the ways that we introduce confession in our local churches: Think back over the
last week and what youve done wrong, well take a moment, and then well confess to God. This betrays an awfully light view
of sin when everything about me is matter out of place, in need of propitiation. We need the
righteousness of Christ.
6. Have no contempt. This is a diagnostic question: if you treat others with contempt, you are inherently trusting in your own
righteousness. Where do you show contempt? In social status? In Christian maturity? In theological purity? Some diagnostic
questions: Would you prepare your sermon more thoroughly if you knew that John Piper would be listening? Would you put
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youre treating others with contempt a Pharisee heart. Yet the tax collector throws himself on the mercy of God and were
not to give honour to the honourable but to the repentant. The riches of the gospel is that though we are matter out of place,
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(Btw, you have a typo in the last paragraph
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These are my notes from the talks at Summer Encounter, the annual conference ofCMS in
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Dr David Williams is the head of development and training in CMS. His talks covered the three parables in Luke 18:1-
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