Christ humbled Himself to exalt you

Sermon for Wednesday August 31, 2022

Our text for today’s meditation comes from the Gospel reading which you heard just moments ago, these words:
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Why was the Pharisee praying the way he was praying in our text this morning?
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The sacrifice of thanksgiving comes from grateful hearts

This week’s readings proclaim the difference, as seen from God’s all-knowing vantage point, between true God-pleasing worship as a response to His gifts and God-rejected worship that people attempt to give to God to move Him to act upon that which humans will, desire and covet. The readings declare God’s desires that His people, you, would worship Him in Spirit and Truth. The readings condemn mere outward religious acts, no matter how well they are performed. … click on the title above for more

What is the House of God?

Jesus Cleansing the Temple by Carl Bloch

Consider this: “If God’s so great, why does He need His people to worship Him? Is He insecure?” This taunt is one many of us have likely heard before. Like all taunts directed at the Most High, it reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of who God is, what happens in His House, and why we continue to show up day after day, month after month, year after year.
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In Christ One Does Not Sit with Evildoers

Treasures of the Bible -- Bearing Fruit, by John Henry Hipsley

Therefore, today’s Psalm is first and foremost to be offered by Jesus. It is one that He could freely and without deceit offer to God, even when He was charged with capital crimes. He was, is, and ever shall be the Perfect Man. He is the One Who is ever able to offer His guiltless petitions and pleas before the Holy God. That is Good News, for Jesus. But, what does it say of the use of the Psalm for everyone else?