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The Conclusion of The Pharisee and The Tax Collector: Theme: Don't Think Too Highly of Yourself

The document discusses the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. In the parable, the tax collector was humble and repentant, while the Pharisee was proud and self-righteous. The Bible teaches that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. People should avoid pride and instead be humble, as humility will be exalted while pride will be humbled.

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The Conclusion of The Pharisee and The Tax Collector: Theme: Don't Think Too Highly of Yourself

The document discusses the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. In the parable, the tax collector was humble and repentant, while the Pharisee was proud and self-righteous. The Bible teaches that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. People should avoid pride and instead be humble, as humility will be exalted while pride will be humbled.

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Theme: Don't think too highly of yourself.

The conclusion of the Pharisee and the tax collector

In the conclusion of the parable, Christ reminded the audience that “everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (verse 14).
The tax collector was humble and was in a repentant frame of mind. He was the one
justified. The Pharisee was not humble, but was quite proud, and was not justified.

The Bible often speaks of the need to avoid pride. Notice what Solomon wrote about how
God views pride: “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil
way and the perverse mouth I hate” (Proverbs 8:13). God hates pride.

But God does give grace to the humble. The apostle James wrote: “But He gives more
grace. Therefore He says: ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble’” (James
4:6). “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (verse 10).

The apostle Peter reiterated the same thoughts: “Likewise you younger people, submit
yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed
with humility, for ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore
humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time” (1
Peter 5:5-6).

The Pharisee and the tax collector were figurative of typical attitudes that are common
even in our age today. One man was full of pride and was quite self-righteous. The other
was humble; he recognized his sins and asked for God’s mercy and was justified. Which
one will you be?

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