The Pharisee & The Tax Collector

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About this series: We start a 6 week series looking at some of the parables of Jesus. Jesus used many parables as he went from town to town teaching to the crowds. He used them for various reasons: as a teaching aid, to fulfil prophecy and as way to reveal spiritual truth about the Kingdom of God to those who were serious about hearing it. Isn’t this what we so need as the crowds and busyness of life return? Truth about God and His never-ending Kingdom. Truly understanding what His Kingdom is like and how we can embrace and live it out in these days. About this talk: In the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector Jesus contrasts the attitude of a self-righteous Pharisee, obsessed with his own virtue, with the attitude of a tax collector who humbly asks God for mercy. Here is a challenge for us to check our own attitudes, and to ensure that we are remaining humble and not becoming proud.

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