Our journey to shine brighter in 2020 continues examining lives Christ commended, turning this week to a fictional figure, the hero of a parable who says only, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” Such profound humility not only sets us right before God it frees us to powerfully love the lost and the least around us.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Luke 18: 9-14

Complementary Passage: Romans 3: 10-18

SERMON AUDIO

SERMON NOTES

• The Tax Collector and the Pharisee
• Be the Humble Tax Collector!
  • The tax collector recognizes He is spiritually bankrupt (verse 13)
  • The tax collector is justified by grace through faith (verse 14, Romans 3: 21-26)
  • God wipes away our sin through faith in Jesus
• Godly Humility Frees Us to Love Others
  • Self-righteousness makes us cold toward the weaknesses and suffering of others (verse 9)
  • Truly recognizing our weakness, sinfulness, and failure makes us sympathetic
  • Humility is a gift that empowers us to love others, no matter how different