23/9/2022 仗着自己是义人

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耶稣向那些仗着自己是义人、藐视别人的、设一个比喻、说、有两个人上殿里去祷告．一个是法利赛人、一个是税吏。法利赛人站着、自言自语的祷告说、神阿、我感谢你、我不像别人、勒索、不义、奸淫、也不像这个税吏。我一个礼拜禁食两次、凡我所得的、都捐上十分之一。那税吏远远的站着、连举目望天也不敢、只捶着胸说、神阿、开恩可怜我这个罪人。我告诉你们、这人回家去、比那人倒算为义了．因为凡自高的、必降为卑．自卑的、必升为高。

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

主耶稣！我在思考, 信主多年以后, 不知不觉, 会不会倾向仗着自己是义人。什么时候我觉得比别人更有善心, 更有信心, 更有爱心, 主啊！在当下, 求主及时让我看见, 我在许多的事上, 亏缺了神的荣耀, 求主赦免。