I love this story in Luke 18... Jesus is talking to some people who were a little smug about how they thought God viewed them...
So he tells them a story of a Pharisee (basically a pastor today) and a Tax Collector (Meaning a horrible sinner at the time). The Pastor thought he was great so he spent time basically telling God how great that he (the pastor) was...
on the other hand... the sinner would not even look toward heaven because he was so aware of his sinfulness.
God preferred an honest sinner over a religious person who was too proud to realize his sinfulness...
This is so freeing to know that God does not want me to pretend to be something I am now, but rather to come to him honestly,
saying, " God have mercy on me, a sinner!"
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