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Luke
The Pharisee and the Publican (, COL p150)
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Do you recall the Parable we talked about a couple of weeks ago?
I know it seems like a life time ago.
It was the “Parable of the Persistent Widow”.
Do you recall the key learning from that parable?
The key point of that Parable was in its very first verse,
It was in the very first verse?
Let us read it together,
(Slide)
That Parable is all about prayer and not losing heart.
I hope we are all continuing with that key lesson from Jesus.
(Slide)
Jesus then immediately
The Two Worshippers
After this, Jesus, as recorded in Luke, immediately tells another parable.
Also involving Prayer.
It is commonly known as The Parable of “The Pharisee and the Tax Collector”.
We just read it and it is our topic for today.
Two Characters
Again, we have the comparison of the behaviour of two characters in the parable.
Last time, it was the unjust Judge and a Persistent widow.
This time, it is a self-righteous Pharisee and a humble Tax Collector.
This is not by accident.
Jesus is being very intentional, contemporary and comparative in His parable telling.
To get a key point over to His listeners.
Almost by showing one extreme against another.
Two Main Points
Again, We have the main and plain teaching of the parable stated right at the beginning.
This is very “Lukan”.
Luke starts with,
(Slide)
The NET bible puts it like this,
What is most dangerous about pride is noted right at the start.
First, we come to trust in our own abilities rather than trusting God.
Second, we come to regard other people with contempt and disrespect rather than seeing them as created equal in the image of God.
The dangers of “Religious Pride” or “Religious Elitism” are called out,
Trusting in our abilities, in our works of righteousness, as merit before God.
Regarding others with contempt and disrespect rather than as created equal in the image of God.
Looking down on them.
One wonders if Jesus retold this Parable who the object of the Pharisee prayers would be?
Those BR
The Pharisee
Jesus begins His Parable,
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The Pharisees
the Pharisees believed in the resurrection, the existence of angels and demons (20:27; ), predestination as well as free will, and the validity of both the written and the oral law.
Who were the Pharisees?
You probably know, they were the largest, most influential group of religious leaders at the time of Jesus .
Stein, R. H. (1992).
Luke (Vol.
24, p. 175).
Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers.
They believed
In the Resurrection (unlike the Sadducees, hence the name Sad…)
he existence of angels and demons, predestination as well as free will, and the validity of both the written and the oral law.
In the existence of Angels and Demons.
In Predestination and Free Will.
In the validity of both the Written and the Oral law.
Most “Teachers of the Law” were Pharisees.
The Pharisee stood, the normal posture for prayer.
(Wailing Wall)
The Apostle Paul, is probably the most famous former Pharisee.
He called himself a ?
“Pharisee of the Pharisees”
In many ways that description also applies to the Pharisee in Jesus Parable.
“The Pharisee Stood and Prayed”
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The Pharisee stood and prayed.
The Pharisee stood, the normal posture for prayer.
(Wailing Wall)
This was the normal posture for prayer.
This prayer has nothing to do with God.
Visit to the Wailing Wall
At sunset Friday Evening.
Men vs Woman.
Stood and Prayed.
I did not see anyone kneel!
It starts with Thanksgiving.
“The Pharisee Stood and Prayed” (Continued)
If the Lord’s prayer is the model prayer, then the Pharisee’s prayer is the anti type.
What we should avoid at all cost.
The mention of God in his prayer is a formality.
The prayer is basically a self eulogy.
The Thanksgiving is all about himself relative to others.
A review of his moral résumé.
Hence the title of this sermon, “Two Worshippers”
One worshipped himself.
His Comparing
"God, I thank you that I am not like other men”
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The first three words are good, and then it spirals down hill.
God, I thank You that I am not like other men
The first three words are good, and then it spirals down hill.
God, I thank you that I am better than,
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extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Pause
I find myself wondering something.
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