8/31/2025 - The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity (Luke 18:9-14)
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8/31/2025 - The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity (Luke 18:9-14)
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The Lord Lifts Up the Lowly. “And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard” (Genesis 4:1–15). For unlike Abel, Cain’s offering did not proceed from a heart that revered and trusted in the Lord. Thus, the lowly tax collector who prayed, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” was the one who went down to his house justified before God, not the respectable, outwardly righteous Pharisee who trusted in himself and his own good living (Luke 18:9–14). The one who penitently despairs of his own righteousness and relies completely on the atoning mercy of God in Christ is the one who is declared righteous. For Christ died for our sins and rose again the third day (1 Corinthians 15:1–10). Therefore, “everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 18:14).