“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭18:14‬
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Such a common lesson. One we’ve heard so many times yet we seem to forget over and over again. How easy it is for us to get caught up in ourselves through pride, but this is not the way we should go. In Luke 18:9-14 we are reading of a Pharisee and tax collector. Both who went to the temple to pray, but in very different ways. The Pharisee prayed a loud and proud prayer, boasting of his own righteousness, whereas the tax collected could not even look up to heaven as he prayed. He was humbled and grieved by his sin and asked for mercy.
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Which of the two are you like? Notice how the tax collector “went down to his house justified.” He wasn’t justified by his good works, but by faith. He humbled himself, and God exalted him. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up, or exalt yourselves, and you will eventually be humbled and brought down.
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