The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Those who exalt themselves (like the Pharisee) will be humbled and those who humble themselves (like the Tax Collector) will be exalted. We all deserve God’s judgement, but God, in His love and mercy, justifies those who confess their sin and trust wholly in Jesus as Lord and Saviour. Let us not be like the Pharisee, but rather like the Tax Collector, acknowledging our sin and crying out to God to have mercy on us in the Lord Jesus.