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Parable of the Woman and the Judge
18 Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ”
6 Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? 8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Lk 18:1–14.
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[Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] hey wednesday morning thanks for joining me this morning every weekend on the weekends you and i would get together god's word together luke chapter 18 chapter beginning verse one and we'll go through the first fourteen verses real quick this is a helpful video to you and you uh can you just hit that like button let's facebook youtube this is something you like in other people if you're on youtube hit the subscribe button go ahead and have some coffee pray and get god's word let's pray father thank you so much amen all right there was a not for a foreign but afterwards he said within himself no i do not fear god nor amen is who raise his eyes to heaven saying god be merciful to me a sinner i tell you this down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself well what great passages that's that's that's what this is meant to give us i'm just going to go ahead and jump to my mighty best verse is right so um you pray pray you pray pray and you pray you pray you pray and you pray and then when you have nothing else left you pray that's our only hope we can come to him and we shall show our faith upon him by going to him even though he bears allah wow before do we think about ourselves do we resolve ourselves and and then with gentlemen when we pray as a congregation even in your own home do you think you actually pray you actually confess you actually call out your sins faith says only in jesus christ will you find righteousness in cleansing because i gotta tell you if you come into jesus christ to righteousness a sinner because it is jesus it is jesus it is jesus who is righteous and it that we are is of all of our unrighteousness so do you go to jesus thank you righteousness much for this day we thank you lord these of words even now today lord that we still wrestle with sin flesh we thank you that it says in is name we pray amen i pray that you go forth today in the confidence of jesus righteousness and the humility of knowing who you are and then in that you walk with the peace of god [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you